The media tend to focus on ______ police behavior.
A. bad
B. good
C. all
D. routine
A. bad
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From a functionalist perspective, negative treatment of particular groups and individuals belonging to those groups would be dysfunctional behavior on the part of the police, particularly in a society where everyone is supposed to be treated equally
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Implemented in the early 1990s, _______ is an effort to update the Uniform Crime Reports program by expanding the number of crime categories and counting all the crimes committed at one scene,
not just the most serious as reported by the Uniform Crime Reports. a. the National Crime Victimization Survey b. the Homeland Security Act of 2002 c. public opinion polls d. the National Incident-Based Reporting System e. administrative rulemaking
Which of the following is a self-report approach that examines the experiences of an individual offender at length and in detail and can suggest useful hypotheses to test later with a larger sample of the same kind of offender?
A. Crime Indices B. Uniform Crime Reports C. National Incident-Based Reporting Systems D. Case studies
Which of the following statements is the best interpretation of the "no drop" policy that has been adopted in several states?
A) Arrested persons under domestic abuse laws must not drop child support payments prior to trial. B) Once a person accuses another with abuse, that person always agrees to testify should the case come to trial. C) Battered children must not be dropped off in foster care until the batterer is prosecuted in a court of law. D) If a battered wife refuses to testify, officers may use 9-1-1 tapes to ensure the prosecution of the offender.