What are some of the primary concerns of statistics showing a decline in sexual abuse?
What will be an ideal response?
Although sexual abuse is still prevalent, the number of reported cases has been in a significant decline, being reduced from about 78,000 reported cases in 2003 . This trend must be interpreted with caution. While it is possible that the actual number of cases is truly in decline because of the effectiveness of prevention programs, increased prosecution, and public awareness campaigns, declines might be the result of more cases being overlooked because of: (a) increased evidentiary requirements to substantiate cases, (b) increased caseworker caution due to new legal rights for caregivers, and (c) increasing limitations on the types of cases that agencies accept for investigation.
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Why do you think no one has ever classified criminals based on palm prints or the prints from the soles of their feet?
What will be an ideal response?
The possibility of wrongful convictions and executions and other problems in the application of the death penalty have led:
a. The Texas state assembly to call for the end of the use of death penalty in all states b. The United Nations to condemn all nations that utilize the death penalty c. The American Bar Association to call for a moratorium on executions d. The National Corrections Officer Association to call for a strike on any maximum security facility
Police control is somewhat synonymous with
A) order maintenance. B) territoriality. C) coercive action. D) dominion.
Which is not a function that police agencies at the national, state, county, and municipal levels are responsible for carrying out?
A) Enforcing the law B) Maintaining order C) Preventing crime D) Providing services to the community E) Creating the law