Following the killing of Diallo by NYPD police in 1999, there was a shift in how the media stereotypically constructed police. Previous stereotypes of professionals and vigilantes were replaced by a new framing of police as civil rights ______.
a. protectors
b. oppressors
c. advocates
d. heroes
Ans: B
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The most common methods of crime-scene recording do not include which one of the following?
a. Note taking b. Photographs c. Sketches d. Infrared analysis
When police begin to arrest more offenders for drunk driving, more offenders will be sent to the courts, which in turn have implications for the corrections system. This illustrates the ______ nature of the three components of the criminal justice system.
a. interdependent b. bipolar c. cyclical d. ineffectual
Staff diversity is not an important factor within the operation of correctional agencies since what is required is a set of efficient and talented bunch of people and not the representation of a wide variety people in terms of gender, race, and
ethnicity. Indicate whether the statement is true or false
To distinguish between the male and female pelvis, the sub pubic angle is:
a. greater than ninety degrees on the female and less than ninety degrees on the male. b. less than ninety degrees on the female and greater than ninety degrees on the male. c. greater than ninety degrees on both the male and the female. d. None of these choices.