Prison gangs, or Security Threats Groups, are managed differently depending on the state. What do you feel is the best way to control gang members who are incarcerated?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Answer should include information on at least one of the following:
• Transferring gang members to maximum-security prisons
• Limiting inmates' access to money, which often plays a critical role in inmates' underground economy
• Placing the most violence-prone gang members in special facilities
• Developing gang intelligence
• Recruiting informers
• Observing inmates' daily routine activities to identify patterns of activities and associations of gang members

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a. Brown v. Board of Education c. Lawrence v. Texas b. Roe v. Wade d. Miranda v. Arizona

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Some police departments analyze lawsuits against police officers and recommend policy changes based on the findings of those analyses. 2. Media reports tend to provide an accurate representation of police misconduct. 3. According to researchers, the most common sanction for both on-duty and off-duty offenses committed by officers was suspension. 4. All states have the ability to decertify officers. 5. Insidious expansion theory asserts that police misconduct is caused by individual officers who have personal shortcomings or character flaws

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Manning (2007) defines as officers who make up the bulk of law enforcement.

a. Patrol officers b. Middle managers c. Higher administrators d. Detectives and investigators

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__________ terrorism refers only to acts of terrorism that occur outside the United States

a. Domestic b. International c. Anarchist d. Foreign

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