What is meant by the term confidence game?
What will be an ideal response?
• Confidence games are crimes that betray the trust of the victim. For decades, criminals have practiced the art of getting something for nothing by stealing from a trusting person. They include the pigeon drop, bank examiner scheme, pyramid scheme, travel scam, home repair scam, contest con, and magazine subscription scam.
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Which of the following statements about Terry v. Ohio (1968) is NOT accurate
A. A Terry stop is justified by the Fourth Amendment probable cause standard B. A police officer who accosts and restrains an individual has seized the person C. A pat-down of a person's outer clothing is a search D. Terry is an example of the reasonableness construction of the Fourth Amendment
The first Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health asserted that:
A. tobacco smoking was linked to cancer and other serious diseases B. nicotine was a dependence-producing drug C. cigarettes were less harmful than cigars D. chewing tobacco led to diseases of the mouth
Describe the Martinson Report and the impact the findings had on corrections.
What will be an ideal response?
__________ interventions are designed to reduce conflict by examining and altering preexisting conditions of the organization that promote conflict
a. Process b. Conflict c. Structural d. Administrator