Discuss the impact of technology on policing through the use of specific examples
What will be an ideal response?
The first technological breakthroughs in police operations came in the area of communications with the telegraph radio where early officers could call into the station and receive information. Since then technology has been used to increase effectiveness of policing. Crime mapping illustrates "hot spots" where a majority of predatory crimes are concentrated. LPR technology uses camera and computer software to discern license plates and then compare them with records contained in state and federal databases. Digitizing criminal identification uses computerized imaging systems for criminal identification and includes AFIS and Digital Dental records. Every year, there are more high-tech devices to help law enforcement catch criminals.
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a. In breathable paper bags b. In air-tight plastic containers c. In boxes d. In envelopes
Under Merton's Adaptations to Anomie, when does conformity occur?
a. If one accepts cultural goals and accepts the institutional means b. If one accepts cultural goals and rejects the institutional means c. If one rejects cultural goals and accepts the institutional means d. If one rejects cultural goals and rejects the institutional means
Federal prison inmates are most likely to be:
A. Asian. B. White. C. African American. D. Hispanic.
New technology allows law enforcement to detect these by using sensors strategically placed throughout various neighborhoods
a. robberies b. gunshots c. assaults d. car accidents e. terrorist cells