Which of the following has increased opportunities for corruption?
A. legalization of victimless crimes
B. decriminalization
C. overcriminalization
D. None of these answers is correct.
C. overcriminalization
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Equivalence reliability is ________________
a. measurement reliability across time; a measure that yields consistent results at different time points, assuming what is being measured does not itself change b. measurement reliability across groups; a measure that yields consistent results for various social groups c. measurement reliability across indicators; a measure that yield consistent results using different specific indicators, assuming that all measure the same construct d. how well an empirical indicator and the conceptual definition of the construct that the indicator is suppose to measure fit together
In reality, when someone is charged with a crime...(select the least accurate answer):
a. We believe that the accused individual is presumed legally innocent. b. We believe that the accused is likely to be factually guilty. c. The accused will be tried in an adversarial manner. d. Under our adversarial system of law it is virtually impossible for a factually guilty person to be found legally innocent.
Felix Padilla's study of a Puerto Rican street gang in Chicago used which research methods?
a. Observational and biographical methods b. Biographical and cohort analysis methods c. Comparative and patterns-of-crime methods d. Observational and cohort analysis methods
An Incident Command Post (ICP) is located:
a. at or in the immediate vicinity of an incident site. b. as far from the incident as possible. c. always at the nearest police stationhouse or precinct. d. in Washington, D.C.