Explain a police officer's "right of arrest." Who can be arrested? Where, when and why?

What will be an ideal response?


The "right of arrest" is the police officer's power to make an arrest. The officer may arrest any
person when the police officer personally sees that person committing a crime. The arrest may
take place wherever he or she has the legal right to be; when an arrest warrant has been issued
against an individual; or when a police officer has probable cause, based on facts and
circumstances, that a person has committed or is about to commit a crime.

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What strategies, if any, would you propose to change police culture? Explain your position.

What will be an ideal response?

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Calvin Goddard is credited with making firearms identification a science through his development of the bullet comparison microscope

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The statement that "most crime committed against older persons are violent street crimes" is not a myth

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Kauffman (1988) remarks that during the the Massachusetts prison system relied on brutality and physical coercion.

a. 1950s b. 1960s c. 1970s d. 1980s

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