Identify and discuss the UCR index offenses.

What will be an ideal response?


? The UCR index offenses are those crimes that are considered serious and that the police feel are fairly accurately reported and uniformly measured
? Homicide
? Larceny
? Forcible rape
? Car theft
? Robbery
? Burglary
? Aggravated assault
? Arson (not actually calculated in index due to unreliability of measurement)

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In which court case did the United States Supreme Court rule that exculpatory evidence not made available to the accused could result in denial of the constitutional right to a fair trial?

a. Brady v. Maryland b. United States v. Agurs c. Dodd v. Florida Bar d. Nix v. Whiteside

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When you arrest a person and transport him or her to jail, under which circumstances would you handcuff the arrestee?

A) when the arrest is for a violent crime B) when the arrestee resists C) when it is a misdemeanor arrest D) when it is a felony arrest E) handcuffs are applied in all cases

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________ is the taking of a child less than one year of age by a nonfamily member.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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_____________________ refers to questions posed by the police to a suspect held in custody in the prejudicial stage of the juvenile justice process

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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