What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Whren V. United States case?
A. Racial profiling is not an acceptable practice and officers who are caught using it must be terminated.
B. Racial profiling is acceptable.
C. Pretext stops are acceptable, as long as police officers have legitimate reasons for the stop
D. Pretext stops are generally frowned on, but not illegal.
C
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a. dispatchers, first responders, and records clerks. b. reports, records, and databases; people who are not suspects in a crime but know something of the crime; and suspects in the crime. c. reports, records, and databases; first responders; and only people who are suspects in a crime. d. snitches, rats, and informants.
General standards of program success, as measured by recidivism, define successful programs as having recidivism levels lower than:
A) 30 percent. B) 75 percent. C) 5 percent. D) 50 percent.
The underground Corsican movement Armata Corsa opposed links between which to organizations?
a. Nationalist and the Corsican government. b. The Corsican government and the Corsican mafia. c. The Corsican mafia and the nationalists. d. The mafia and the Sicilian nationalist.
Actions taken by officials that violate the law and/or the formal rules of an organization, but that are clearly oriented toward the needs and goals of the organization, as perceived by the official, and thus fulfill certain informal rules of the organization are known as ______.
a. noble cause b. official deviance c. personal gain d. ethical practice