What are the elements of the police officer's "craft"? How would you describe the multiple sorts of types of practical skills involved in being a good, competent officer?

What will be an ideal response?


Academic knowledge, street sense, particularized skills, and intuitive logic, according to Skolnick.

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Approximately 85 to 95 percent of all criminal convictions are the result of a guilty plea and most guilty pleas are the result of plea bargains

a. True b. False

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Goffman conducted a famous study of people in a ______.

a. military boot camp b. prison c. mental hospital d. cult

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Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons for wrongful convictions stated in your book?

a. Eyewitness misidentification b. False confessions c. Misconduct by judges d. False informant testimony

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During the colonial period and the country's earliest years, a permanent army was not possible because of which of the following reasons?

a. There was no central government to implement a formal army. b. There was not adequate funding or manpower. c. Formal armies were not viewed as productive for the rural fighting of the Revolutionary War. d. The attitude of colonists was not favorable toward an armed, formal military power.

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