What is predictive policing?

What will be an ideal response?


A strong answer will define predictive policing as the application of analytic techniques to identify likely targets for police intervention and prevent crime or solve past crimes by making statistical predictions.

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The __________ perspective is most applicable to homogeneous societies

a. Legalistic b. Consensus c. Pluralistic d. Political

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Much of the debate on the ethics of the war on terror has centered on how to balance:

a. The demands of U.S. and international law. b. The requirements of statutes and inconsistent treaties. c. The conflicting goals of security and punishment. d. The need to provide security and still protect rights.

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Death-qualified juries involve exclusion of which of the following?

a. potential jurors who oppose the death penalty b. potential jurors who have lost a loved one to murder c. potential jurors in non-death penalty states d. judicial instructions to jurors prior to deliberations

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Intensive supervision probation is an intermediate sanction whereby probationers who present a high risk of failure are placed on caseloads of much smaller size than standard caseloads

a. True b. False

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