Which technology involves analysts mapping where crime occurs to combine the resulting visual display with other geographic data?
a. CompStat
b. real time crime center
c. closed circuit televisions
d. Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
d. Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
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Some people, called the _____, live in a continuing cycle of concentrated disadvantage characterized by extreme poverty, housing segregation
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Although there are many different factors that influence violent assaults, the majority of homicides appear to be sparked by relatively minor conflicts and disagreements. 2. Most of us use the terms murder and homicide interchangeably, but they are really distinct categories of killing. 3. Generally, involuntary manslaughter makes up the majority of nonlethal violent crime victimizations. 4. Other factors that frequently appear in the histories of serial killers include what has been termed the homicidal triad: bed-wetting past an appropriate age, cruelty to animals, and fire setting. 5. In 2015, the death penalty was authorized as punishment for capital murder in 31 states, by the federal government, and by the U.S. military.
When the court determined in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) that segregation did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment requiring equal protection under the law, the court established the ______ doctrine.
A. separate-but-equal B. pro-segregationist C. anti-miscegenation D. judicial activism
Which theory of punishment is most likely to be effective for dealing with “career criminals”?
a. retribution b. rehabilitation c. incapacitation d. deterrence