What is the difference between random and directed patrol?

What will be an ideal response?


Random patrols—allowed officers to cruise randomly throughout the streets. Here,
the idea was that a visible police presence would serve as a deterrent to would be
criminals. At the same time, law-abiding citizens would feel safer knowing that the police
were present. Directed patrols—target a specific area of a city. In many cases, these
regions are identified because either they have a high rate of crime in a particular area,
or the area is dominated by a particular type of criminal activity.

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A pat-down search conducted solely to ensure the safety of a police officer is legal

a. true b. false

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The ________ model has become the standard among law enforcement agencies for responding to the mentally ill

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The standard deviation is used:

a. as a consistent measure of variability. b. to determine how far scores are from their means. c. to determine proportions of scores between different points in a distribution. d. All of the above.

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In ______, the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC) developed a Stalking Resource Center. The mission of the program is to raise awareness of stalking and to encourage the development and implementation of multidisciplinary responses to stalking in local communities across the United States.

a. 1975 b. 1950 c. 2000 d. 2010

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