What test is used to determine consent for the police to search an individual or a residence? Are all people from diverse backgrounds alike in their ability to understand their options and give true consent? Does it matter?
Fill in the blank with correct word.
Answer: Answers should focus on knowing and voluntary consent from a reasonable person standard. Students should address issues like societal diversity in age, cultural, educational, socioeconomic, and demographic backgrounds, and whether such a standard can ever be reasonable.
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Under most state and federal statutes, the convicted offender:
A) must provide the court with a version of the criminal event in the PSI report. B) may or may not wish to append his/her version of the criminal event to the PSI report. C) is prohibited from giving a version of the criminal event in the PSI report. D) None of the above
Compared to in-person lineups, photo-lineups are considered to be less likely to result in which of the following?
A. a conviction B. a positive identification C. a misidentification D. inadmissible eyewitness evidence
Which of the following statements is true about the objective of advertising to attract police applicants?
a. The objective is to attract every person possible in hopes that the best applicants will gain more interest through the process. b. The objective is to attract those and only those who are qualified and interested in being police officers. c. The objective is not to attract too many applicants due to the costs of the hiring process, so it is often done in a discreet fashion. d. The objective is to attract more lateral-transfer officers, women, minorities, and people with disabilities.
In the United States, ____________________ percent of police departments have 25 or fewer officers
a. 23 b. 37 c. 53 d. 87