What is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?

What will be an ideal response?


Person must have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury to oneself or others or threat to the physical integrity of oneself or others; patterned response to trauma (victimization)

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Probable cause is ________

a. a precedent-setting term concerned with the use of undercover operations b. a police procedural issue concerned with the use of deadly force c. a legal explanation for the use of interrogation as a means to elicit a confession d. a set of facts that cause a reasonable person to believe that a person committed a specific crime

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The eyewitness identifications rulings of Neil v. Biggers (1972 ) and Manson v. Brathwaite (1977 ), which allowed the introduction of suggestive identifications, are "totality of the circumstances" decisions

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following is considered the last step in a big con?

a. cooling out the mark b. roping the mark c. sending the victim after more money d. putting in the fix

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

1. Loan sharks illegally lend money at usurious interest rates. 2. Success at small business permits mob infiltration of big business, which is the heart of the nation’s economy. 3. Organized criminal activity is an example of career crime, in which crime is pursued as a livelihood. 4. The Hobbs Act is an antiracketeering act that can basically be interpreted to mean that any interference with interstate commerce to any degree whatsoever is in violation of the act. 5. Assets forfeiture (seizure) is an example of laws that have been used against organized crime.

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