How is crime analysis used by academics?
What will be an ideal response?
A strong answer will identify the following: Crime analysis can be used to answer research crimes, to test criminological theories, to develop new techniques used to identify crime patterns, to improve existing methods, to apply crime analysis techniques as a research methodology to assess the efficacy of various crime prevention or reduction policies and programs
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arrest. a. True b. False
SMART Policing Initiative (SPI), sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, sought to encourage
A. federal agencies to establish a minimum police-population ratio or set standards for patrol operations. B. covering extraordinary policing expenses. C. local police to focus their resources on places and people that are most responsible for crime and violence. D. local agencies to show reduced crime statistics.
The Supreme Court ruled that authority over immigration belongs:
a. solely to the federal government b. solely to the state governments c. to both to the state and federal governments d. to neither the state nor the federal governments
What was considered to be the main purpose of the 1989 amendment to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974?
a. It prohibits states from placing juveniles into adult facilities. b. It mandates that juveniles must have a hearing within 24 hours of placement at a secure detention facility. c. It mandates that any juvenile placed at a secure detention facility must have an attorney appointed to represent him/her. d. It provides for the mandatory education and health care of the youth while in the detention facility