What is the lowest level of suspicion that must be present for the police to detain a person in the field for a showup?

A) Police have the authority to detain people to participate in showups based on their subjective opinions
B) Reasonable suspicion
C) Probable cause
D) Proof beyond a reasonable


Ans: B) Reasonable suspicion

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When files are deleted from a hard drive:

a. they are gone forever. b. the entry in the file allocation table is marked as empty and the files are ignored on the hard drive. c. the entry in the file allocation table is marked as empty and the files are removed from the hard drive. d. they cannot be restored without a laboratory.

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States like ______ and Oregon have instituted statewide Intensive supervision programs (ISPs) for youths.

A. New Hampshire B. California C. New Jersey D. Georgia

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Which of the following refers to the process in which a previously peripheral issue is pushed onto the social agenda and perceived as a major social menace?

a. Comic book panic b. Moral entrepreneur c. Moral panic d. Symbolic crusade

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One way of dealing with conflicting duties is to:

a. ask for help in solving the ethical dilemma b. argue that moral rules should be treated as generalizations c. test each option against each of the maxims d. always opt for the duty that provides the best consequences

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