The shopping center parking lot in Some City, Texas has high levels of motor vehicle theft. This parking lot, then, would be referred to by law enforcement as a/an ______.

a. impact area
b. hot spot
c. neglected area
d. target area


b. hot spot

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What will be an ideal response?

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Criminal law is an offspring of:

a. personal vendetta. b. common law. c. civil law. d. the Code of Hammurabi.

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The first national commission to discuss police brutality was the:

a. Knapp Commission. b. Wickersham Commission. c. Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice. d. National Commission on Causes and Prevention of Police Brutality.

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