There has been a negative reaction to the term "minority," which critics find outmoded and offensive because the: For question 8, indicate the answer that is NOT correct:
a. term leaves non-whites feeling diminished, almost second-class
b. word carries overtones of inferiority and inequity
c. word, technically, is used to describe numerical designations, but over the years, it has come to have much larger implications
d. Term involves a stereotype.
D
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A police officer, police department or city, may be subject to civil liability in which of the following situations?
a. Acivil action based upon an intentional tort b. Testifying in a criminal trial c. Subjected to a subpoena in a criminal or civil trial d. Testifying on his or her behalf in a criminal trial
One important distinction between ordinal measures and interval measures is that interval measures ______.
A. do not have a fixed zero point B. can be put into indexes C. the change between each value is equal D. are mutually exclusive and exhaustive
The Supreme Court ruled in McKeiver v. Pennsylvania (1971) that juveniles do not have the right to:
a. counsel. b. Miranda warnings. c. due process. d. bail. e. jury.
When officers arrest someone who is in a car, the officers are allowed to search:
a. under the hood (engine compartment) b. passenger compartment c. trunk of car d. all of these can legally be searched