Explain the importance of crime victims to law enforcement agencies when it comes to knowing how much crime occurs and the law enforcement agency's efforts to clear the crime
What will be an ideal response?
Victims fail to report crimes, change their stories, or say they don't want to get involved in the investigation or the prosecution because of how they were treated by police. The ability of the police to control crime is largely dependent on reports from victims and witnesses and appropriate police response. Based on research, the vast majority of reported crimes come from calls from victims and witnesses for assistance. The relationship between police and victims/witnesses is one of the most important relationships in the CJ system and is essential to optimum law enforcement (see page 62 in text).
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The street term __________ is when Drew inhales solvent from a handkerchief
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
?Hewitt examined demographic characteristics of victims and offenders in the often-publicized community of "Middletown, U.S.A." (_____) and found the victim-offender relationships to be similar to those in larger cities.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
?Who is at greatest risk of victimization in cases of serial murder?
A. ?young women B. ?young men and young women C. ?the elderly D. ?young women and children