What is the relationship between private security and public policing in America today? How might the nature of that relationship be expected to change over time? Why?

What will be an ideal response?


The growth of the private security industry has certainly caused friction with public law enforcement. Sources of friction include the erosion of public law enforcement’s turf, moonlighting by public officers in private security, and different relationships and case priorities when interacting with a prosecutor’s office. This relationship is constantly evolving, and some scholars have noted that the distinction is “increasingly meaningless,” and there is a general recognition that both can benefit from cooperation.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. For the defense of duress, there must be a threat of death or serious bodily harm that causes an individual to commit a crime. 2. Duress excuses the intentional taking of the life of another. 3. The mistake of law does not constitute a defense. 4. Involuntary intoxication is not a defense to criminal offenses in those instances that the defendant’s state of mind satisfies the standard for insanity. 5. The irresistible impulse test requires the jury to find a defendant NGRI in the event that the jurors find that the defendant possessed a mental disease that prevented him from curbing his or her criminal conduct.

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In the State Court system, the Intermediate Court of Appeals have appellate jurisdiction. What is the federal equivalent to the state Intermediate Court of Appeals?

A. U.S. District Courts B. U.S. Circuit Courts C. U.S. Supreme Court D. U.S. Court of Last Resort

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About 25 percent of students report bringing weapons to school on a regular basis

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Nearly 80 percent of child maltreatment victims were abused by non-parent relatives

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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