List and discuss four basic types of structural designs within police departments
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Answer should include points such as:
Line structure: The oldest, simplest, and clearest form of organizational design. Authority flows from top to bottom in a clear, unbroken line, creating superior-subordinate relations in a hierarchy commonly called "the chain of command."
Line and staff structure: This structure displays the addition of support staff functions to the line elements. Typical staff functions in a police agency are personnel, training, fiscal affairs, media relations, and legal services.
Functional structure: This is a line and staff structure that has been modified by the delegation of management authority to personnel outside their normal spans of control. In this manner, a coordinated and effective effort relating to specialized units can be achieved.
Matrix structure: The matrix structure is the assignment of members of functional areas
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How does society's perceptions of the severity of a particular class of crime affect sentencing decisions?
What will be an ideal response?
A country in which no civil or constitutional rights effectively protect citizens and residents from acts by the government, including detention, questioning, and conviction is known as a/an __________________________
Fill in the blank with correct word.
__________ assumes that the police should deal with the underlying conditions that generate crime
a. Restorative policing b. Diversionary policing c. Directed patrol d. Problem-oriented policing
Bob has been incarcerated in California for the past five years. During his sentence, he could have monthly visits with his wife where they were given a private trailer on the prison grounds. Bob has been granted a ________ visit with his wife.
A. marriage B. rehabilitation C. conjugal D. spousal