Explain the different ways ‘clearance rates' can be interpreted
What will be an ideal response?
The UCR defines clearing crimes as making arrests. The FBI guidelines for tabulation state once an offender is turned over the prosecutor, the crime has been cleared by police. Other clearances occur when the offender has died, is already incarcerated for another crime, or is somehow unattainable. Some police departments use cold case squads to boost their clearance rates. These squads re-open old cases with the hopes of finding resolution.
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Present-day probation is:
A) streamlined and bureaucratic. B) a form of net-widening. C) punishment centered. D) extremely effective at decreasing recidivism.
According to Liebert in evaluating the contributions of psychiatry to the investigation of serial murders, some offenders pose special problems of being narcissistic, highly intelligent, skilled impostor, and manipulative. He was referring to:
a. asexual serial killers b. lust serial killers c. mission-oriented killers d. all of the above
Chronic conditions such as cancer, hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, asthma, hepatitis, and cirrhosis are highest among ______.
A. male inmates B. female inmates C. the male general population D. the female general population
The idea of a police "subculture" originated with a 1950 study by:
A) William Westley B) O. W. Wilson C) J. Edgar Hoover D) August Vollmer