A study conducted on the Internal Affairs Division of the Houston Police Department cited that more than 50% of complaint investigations were initiated by internal officers as opposed to the general public. This suggests that ______.
a. the blue wall or code of silence is not as prevalent as the media portray it to be
b. the general public does not care about officer misconduct
c. officers should adopt a “lay low” attitude to cope with organizational stress
d. police officers generally have a distrust of human behavior and motives, even among their peers
a. the blue wall or code of silence is not as prevalent as the media portray it to be
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a. malicious software b. denial of service attacks c. defacement d. all of these
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1) Crime analysis is mostly conducted in small police agencies in the United States. 2) The beginnings of crime mapping are different from the beginnings of crime analysis in that crime mapping began through the work of researchers in the 1800s and the early 1900s. 3) The first substantive spatial analysis of crime in Europe was conducted in the 1920s and 1930s by urban sociologists. 4) Scholars’ focus on the geographic analysis of criminal events and problem-oriented policing increased attention to crime analysis in the 1970s and 1980s. 5) Implementation of Compstat in police agencies across the United States fueled the rapid adoption of crime mapping in the mid- to late 1990s.
How many steps are there in handling a complaint?
A. five B. six C. seven D. eight
What is the relationship between AGE and ACT in the juvenile justice system?
What will be an ideal response?