What do we know today about the relationship between IQ and crime?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: [key points to be made]
*No longer accept early 1900s view that feeblemindedness is lower class trait
*No evidence for direct relationship between race or ethnicity and IQ
*1970s studies showed link between delinquency and IQ, but this may be influenced by school adjustment
*IQ tests contain inherent bias for middle class and white, measures language skill more than innate intelligence
*Self-control and vulnerability to peer pressure may be related to IQ
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Providing maps and data to the public is a means to hold the police department accountable
a. True b. False
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1.As of 2016, all 50 states have been certified to report NIBRS to the FBI. 2.The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) gives a tally of the incidents but does not contain information on each reported incident. 3.The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) tracks 462 crimes across all 50 states. 4.Victimization data do not have to meet any stringent legal or evidentiary standards in order to be reported as an offense; if the respondent says he or she was robbed, a robbery will be recorded. 5.Self-report surveys of offending provide a way for criminologists to collect data that must rely on government sources.
Surveillance is a process that allows investigators to perform which of the following actions?
A. purge dated files no longer needed by the department B. review court decisions relevant to the crime C. make fragmented information flow in a logical sequence D. observe a suspect without arousing his or her suspicions
The International Association of Chiefs of Police is researching a possible collaboration between public and private police
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false