According to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Fourth Amendment applies to use of force by a police officer because the Fourth Amendment provides an explicit textual source of constitutional protection against this sort of
a. physically intrusive governmental conduct
b. inappropriate governmental conduct
c. abusive governmental conduct
d. physically abusive governmental conduct
a
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_____________ are quantitative case studies that involve longitudinal measurement of a dependent variable on a single subject or case
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In a Bureau of Justice Statistics report on inmate mortality in state prisons, prisoners between 15 and 64 years of age had a mortality rate ______ than that of the U.S. general population.
a. 22.5% higher b. 12% higher c. 4.8% lower d. 19% lower
Which of the following is a recognized critique of the UCR?
a. It overemphasizes white-collar offenses such as insider trading. b. The FBI lacks the resources to compile and distribute the data. c. It seriously underestimates the number of crimes committed each year. d. It is biased against the upper-middle class.
Critical feminists believe that sexual and other victimization of girls is a function of ___
a. economic conditions b. a biased legal system c. male socialization d. women's acceptance of their role as victims