If a researcher was using the Uniform Crime Reports to write a report on murder in the United States he or she would be using ______________
a. survey research
b. experimentation
c. ethnographic field research
d. observational research
e. existing document or statistics research
E
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Which of the following statements is true of prison programs?
A. They help inmates improve their health and skills. B. They are a type of probationary measure. C. They help inmates fight for their constitutional rights. D. They are offered only in federal prisons.
Are Peel's Nine Principles relevant to policing today? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The fact that the police usually have to react to the report of a crime may help explain the inability of the police to solve more crimes. 2. Identifying the perpetrator is basically the same thing as apprehending the perpetrator. 3. Luck and good fortune are rarely present in successful criminal investigations. 4. Criminal evidence can also be thought of as crime-related information. 5. According to the entrapment theory, the criminal investigation process resembles a battle between the police and the perpetrator over crime-related information.
A 1992 study of police corruption by the Defense Personnel Security Research Center found that the single best predictor of corruption was ______.
A. a history of intimate partner violence B. a pattern of violence that begins later in life C. misconduct early in the career D. immature and/or irresponsible behavior