Most mid to large departments will frequently have units such as vice, homicide, juvenile, and plainclothes officers, a system of organization referred to as:
A) chain of command.
B) special units.
C) operations.
D) compartmentalization.
E) bureaucracy.
B
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. According to Cloward and Ohlin, all neighborhoods are fertile criminal learning environments for the young. 2. According to differential opportunity theory, criminal subcultures and the neighborhoods in which they reside can perpetuate crime through generations with the use of their own forms of icons and role models (legitimate or not). 3. According to Cloward and Ohlin, retreatist subcultures develop in disorganized communities where illegitimate opportunities are largely absent and those that exist are closed to adolescents. 4. According to Robert Agnew’s general strain theory, some people are pressured into crime. 5. According to Messner and Rosenfeld, the American Dream fosters an “anything goes” mentality.
Using trained personnel to assess an offenders’ risk levels are thought to help significantly ______.
A. reduce violent crime B. reduce recidivism C. improve offenders’ marital relationships D. improve offenders’ work and school performance
Until the 1800s, offenders who were between the ages of 7 and 14 could be criminally liable if the prosecutor could prove that the juvenile was mentally and morally ______.
a. wrong b. disabled c. intelligent d. mature
Which of the following statements is false?
a. Parole board members or their designees make decisions regarding release.
b. Probation officers write presentence reports to help judges decide sentences.
c. Probation and parole officers have the authority and power to recommend revocation.
d. Parole officers generally deal with younger, less-serious offenders than probation officers.