Compared to street gangs, gangs in prison are:

a. not as disciplined
b. more sophisticated
c. more motivated by publicity
d. none of the above


B

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The police chief in Anytown, USA, is conducting weekly seminars where the residents of his city can come and learn about crime rates, crime trends, and crime patterns in their city. Every week the seminars seem to become more popular. At the most recent seminar, 200 people attended. They had to move the seminar into the city auditorium. At this week's seminar, one of the participants asked the chief of police to comment on crime rates. Which statement below would the chief be able to state with certitude?

A. "Speculating about future crime trends is risky because change can occur rapidly." B. "Crime rates will continue to decrease because they have been decreasing for the past 20 years and crime trends move in 40-year cycles." C. "Crime rates will most likely increase because the baby boomer population is increasing." D. "All U.S. cities will experience a decrease in crime rates next year because international crime rates continue to decline."

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The new-generation jails are based on the ____________________model

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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One of the primary differences between interrogating criminal suspects and suspected terrorists, which impacts whether the interrogation techniques are legal is:

a. the suspected terrorist will most likely be a noncitizen and the criminal suspect most likely be a citizen. b. the terrorist suspect may be detained outside the U.S. and the criminal suspect is in the U.S. c. law enforcement officers question criminal suspects and intelligence officers question suspected terrorists. d. for criminal suspects the issue is whether a confession is admissible in court to establish guilt; for terroristssuspects the issue is getting information to prevent a future attack.

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A method of identifying crimes that are likely to have been committed by the same offender because of similarities across the crimes is referred to as ______.

A. psychological autopsy B. modus operandi C. criminal investigation D. linkage analysis

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