Explain the three procedures courts use to determine whether a department is discriminating against a protected class
What will be an ideal response?
Population comparisons. The court examines the percentage of minorities in the population relative to the percentage of minorities on the department or who passed a selection or promotion test.
Four-fifths rule. The courts examine selection policies to ensure that minority passing rates are at least four-fifths the passing rate for majority candidates. For example, if majority candidates have a 50-percent pass rate, minorities must have a 40-percent success rate (four-fifths of 50 percent).
The McDonnell Douglas rule. The court determines whether (a) an applicant is from a protected class, (b) the applicant was qualified for the position but was rejected, and (c) the employer continues to advertise for the position.
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A. judges are not fair. B. judges favor probation over incarceration. C. most jails offer inmates little or no rehabilitative programming. D. most crimes do not deserve long jail stays.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. “Controlled vengeance” is about the state taking responsibility for punishing wrongdoers from the individuals who were wronged. 2. Retributive justice is driven by simple deterrence and is humanistic and tolerant. 3. Enrico Ferri believed the purpose of punishment was to rehabilitate offenders. 4. Severity of punishment is the most effective element in deterrence. 5. The contrast effect compares the possible punishment for a crime to the life experience of the individual to be punished.
What is predicted to be the status of drug testing within police departments in a few years?
a. used more frequently than it is now b. used less frequently than it is now c. removed as a procedure for screening police applicants and current police officers d. administered by civilian employees instead of fellow officers
Most of the homicides for which the circumstances were known resulted from a(n) ______.
A. argument B. intimate partner violence C. robbery D. carjacking