Some areas are so crime-prone that they are considered to be “hot spots” for crime. Identify three of these locations that increase the risk for one to be victimized.

What will be an ideal response?


Family structure, structural density, and residential mobility

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Explain why public order (crime control) is necessary in our society?

What will be an ideal response?

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President Nixon began this organization in 1973 within the U.S. Department of Justice:

a. DEA b. FBI c. ATF d. USSS

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The due process model

a. protects victims from the power of the state. b. denies constitutional rights to the accused. c. provides limitless police discretion. d. protects individuals from the power of the state.

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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. If a supervisor knows that an officer on a number of occasions has used more force than was necessary to effect an arrest and fails to take corrective action, the supervisor can be held liable for failure to supervise in a subsequent action. 2. The legislation in 42 U.S. Code Section 1983 is intended to provide civil rights protection to all persons protected under the act, when a defendant acts under color of law. 3. The legislation in 42 U.S. Code Section 1983 traces its roots to the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. 4. In nonemergency situations, police officers operating vehicles have absolute liability. 5. Police officers are afforded no special privileges or immunities in the routine operation of their patrol.

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