Risk assessment instruments are largely based on ______ prediction.

A. limited
B. clinical
C. criminal
D. actuarial


D. actuarial

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Using the tools you have learned previously, how would you resolve the following scenario in an ethical manner? As newly hired officer, you are partnered with a 10-year veteran who likes to visit his girlfriend for long periods of time while on duty

You partner asks you to stay in the car and only call him for an emergency. What should you do?

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Which punishment philosophy is also referred to as the restraint or isolation philosophy?

A. retribution B. vengeance C. deterrence D. incapacitation

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According to a study based on interviews with 150 black men, the reason that black men violate the law more often than other people is that:

a. the legal system lacks legitimacy for many black men. b. black men are more likely to have learned to use firearms while in the military. c. black families are more likely to have a father absent from the home. d. black men are more likely to have low incomes.

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African American males are sent to jails and prisons at a rate of ____ times greater than that of whites

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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