Identify the five types of activities that may qualify as organized crime
What will be an ideal response?
Answer Organized crime is defined as the establishment and control of both legal and illegal forms of gambling including lotteries, bookmaking, and horse-race and athletic betting. Organized crime includes loan-sharking (the activity that entails the lending of money at far higher rates than legal limits), large-scale drug trafficking, fencing of stolen goods (the systematic sale of stole merchandise), and infiltration of legitimate businesses in order to launder money.
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This chapter states there are five purposes for policing in a democratic society. List and define each of these purposes and give examples where appropriate
What will be an ideal response?
The Supreme Court had no occasion to rule on the concept of the presumption of innocence until 1970
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What was airport security in the 1960s aimed at preventing?
a. Preventing bombs getting on an aircraft. b. Preventing a hijacking. c. Preventing ground attacks on aircraft. d. Preventing guns being placed by staff on aircraft.
Many states require officers to have warrants of arrest for misdemeanors committed outside of their presence
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.