You have been working with a local police department that makes use of their aviation unit's helicopter to conduct thermal imaging operations in seeking out drugs in your community. Discuss and determine why you would choose to ask this organization for

assistance with locating marijuana growing in your community.

What will be an ideal response?


Thermal imaging operates like a human eye but is more powerful. This device measures heat patterns and can be seen when they use this device. Heat is actually what is seen and for marijuana grows, the lighting used to assist the plants to grow would show intensely when viewed by thermal imaging. They are passive and nonintrusive, and can be used in the day or night. This device has been shown effective by law enforcement and the military, thus showing why one would request assistance to use this device.

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a. a hand in prostitution profits b. the drug trade c. maritime crime d. human trafficking

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Street gangs are all highly organized, very cohesive, and have centralized leadership. 2. According to Hagedorn’s typology, “dope fiends” view illegal drug sales as their primary career. 3. Street gangs are all violent. 4. The RICO statute prohibits the use of the proceeds from criminal operations from being used to acquire legitimate operations. 5. Internationally, organized crime is confined to one political arena and thrives especially in political climates such as corrupt dictatorships.

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When researchers talk about relative rates and incarceration, what do they mean?

A. whether prisoners have immediate family members who are also incarcerated B. whether prisoners have extended family members who are also incarcerated C. how the number of prisoners of a racial or ethnic group compares to the number of people in the United States who belong to that group D. why the proportion of prisoners in a certain racial or ethnic group changes so swiftly over time

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Describe the factors that influence lifestyle and how those are related to crime

What will be an ideal response?

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