Empathy for the victim

A. legitimizes the desire for revenge
B. authorizes actual revenge
C. is understandable and an important part of police officer motivation to act
D. always leads to curbside justice


Answer: C

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Crime mapping is

a. The process of using a geographic information system to conduct spatial analysis of crime problems and other police-related issues b. The discipline concerned with the development, use, application and influence of information technologies c. The study and practice of making maps d. A system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data and associated attributes which are spatially referenced to the earth

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In the context of the most common means of disposing stolen motor vehicles, a chop shop is a place where vehicles are:

A. disassembled for resale of their parts. B. recycled. C. disposed of for insurance purposes. D. cut into pieces for easy delivery to recyclers.

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According to the SCOTUS opinion in Terry v. Ohio (1968), involving the stop and frisk of a citizen on the street to investigate a robbery:

a. a stop is conducted outside the purview of the Fourth Amendment because the action does not rise to the level of a seizure. b. whenever a police officer accosts an individual and restrains his or her freedom to walk away, he has "seized" that person c. a stop is not a serious intrusion upon the sanctity of the person and maybe taken lightly. d. the personal security and privacy of the individual always outweigh the government's interests in detecting crime.

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