The newly established UN almost immediately took two significant steps in regards to human rights. Identify and summarize these two steps.
What will be an ideal response?
First, on December 9, 1948, the members adopted a treaty that proclaimed that genocide was an international crime that all countries signing the treaty were obligated to prevent and to punish.
Secondly, the next day the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a “common standard of achievement for all people and all nations.” The document in Article 1 proclaims that all human beings are “born free” and “equal in dignity and rights.”
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Define social control.
What will be an ideal response?
Modern criminology began with the positivist approach of a physician named:
a. William Sheldon. b. Cesare Lombroso. c. Emile Durkheim. d. Enrico Ferri.
All of the following are cited benefits to increasing the number of women serving in a police department EXCEPT for ______.
a. reducing the likelihood of use of excessive force by officers b. reducing the rate of police officer turnover in a department c. assistance in implementing community-oriented policing d. improving law enforcement’s response to violence against women
James Byrne (2008 ) classifies devices such as pepper spray as "good technology" and contrasts that with the development of tasers, which he classifies as "bad technology."
Indicate whether the statement is true or false