Discuss how the economy affects the police
What will be an ideal response?
The state of the economy holds a number of implications for the police. In general, as a country undergoes modernization (i.e., it becomes economically developed, or industrializes itself) crime rates show an increase. The majority of the offenses that fuel this increase are property crimes, mainly because there is much more in terms of property to steal. In advanced industrial societies (such as the United States) property crimes make up a larger proportion of total crime than violent crimes. At the same time, economically developed countries are also likely to professionalize their police forces into bureaucracies that focus on better record keeping. Thus some of the increase in crime can be attributed to the police doing a better job of documenting their activities.
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Which of the following best describes Sutherland's differential association?
a. People are more likely to engage in deviance when they are either very controlling or very controlled than when they have a balance of control. b. Techniques of and attitudes regarding criminal behavior are learned within intimate personal groups. c. Some individuals' antisocial behavior is serious and persists adolescence-limited through the life course. d. Inner containments (e.g., a positive self-concept and tolerance for frustration) and outer containments (e.g., family influences) help prevent juvenile offending.
A police officer who testifies in court should wear a business suit during the trial
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Identify and discuss at least four of the nine school security efforts presented in the text
What will be an ideal response?
In Boykin v. Alabama(1969), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a. when a guilty plea rests on a promise of a prosecutor, it must be fulfilled
b. defendants must uphold the plea agreement or suffer the consequences. c. a plea of guilty may be accepted for the purpose of a lesser sentence of a defendant who maintains his or her innocence. d. defendants must state that they are voluntarily making a plea of guilty.