Since the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, ______.

a. fewer minorities are working for corrections industries than before
b. there are more female staff than male staff
c. the hiring of minorities and women has increased
d. Hispanics have risen as the highest number of staff in jails


c. the hiring of minorities and women has increased

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Regarding injuries sustained by innocent bystanders during a high speed chase, which of the

following statements is most accurate? a. Police officers should never initiate a high speed search without first obtaining the permission of a supervisor. b. Since a police officer has the discretionary power to engage in a high speed pursuit, he must assume all legal liability for injuries incurred by innocent bystanders. c. In most states police officers are granted immunity from civil and criminal liability arising out of injuries to innocent third parties arising out of a high speed chase. d. A growing number of states are adopting a case-by-case approach in deciding whether or not the pursuing police vehicle was the proximate cause of injury to an innocent bystander.

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Bail is established at the preliminary hearing.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. One of the problems with the terms MO and signature is that it is often not clear what is MO and what is signature. 2. A blitz-style attack often indicates a younger (and disorganized) killer. 3. Trauma to the victim's face usually indicates that the victim and the offender are strangers. 4. The construction of psychological profiles is a process of mapping the characteristics of offenders of previously solved crimes and applying them to offenders of unsolved ones. 5. ViCAP is a nationwide database, which will identify an offender if enough characteristics of a crime are entered into it.

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Who made the following observation in the 1800s: "scarcely any political question arises in the United States that is not resolved, sooner or later, into a judicial question"?

A) Thomas Jefferson B) Benjamin Franklin C) John Locke D) Alexis de Tocqueville

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