Law enforcement agencies collect data, often using case studies or anecdotal information, which then is transformed into general descriptions of the types of persons most commonly associated with a certain type of criminal activity
a. offender profiling
b. geographic profiling
c. equivocal death profiling
d. crime scene profiling
A
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The peculiarities of the Common Law have shaped not only the legal tradition but also:
a. legal education b. criminal procedure c. general approach to law and government d. all of the above
Which of the following sentiments is likely part of the popular police culture described in the text?
A) ?Detective work is glamorous. B) ?Patrol work is the pits. C) ?In order to win the war against crime, we must bend the rules. D) ?Only choice a and choice b are sentiments of police culture. E) ?All of the above are sentiments of police culture.
John Hagan's critical feminist model uses gender differences to explain the onset of criminality. According to Hagan's power-control theory, what two factors account for female crime and delinquency?
a. race/ethnicity and social status c. education level and family status b. class position and economic ability d. class position and family functions
The rate of confirmed AIDS cases in state and federal prisons is __________ in the total U.S. population
a. three times lower than b. the same as c. 2.5 times higher d. on a par with