What characteristics distinguish the professional robber from the opportunistic robbery?

What will be an ideal response?


For example, the professional robber’s getaway vehicle may be rented or stolen and may have stolen license plates. This enables the suspects to ditch the vehicle or the plates after they have left the area of the robbery. Conversely, an amateur robber often uses his or her own vehicle. Bank robbery has changed in recent years due to an increase in the number of branch banks, which tend to be located in such a way as to be highly vulnerable to robbers.

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Which of the following were not found to be advantages to hiring college-educated police officers:

A) officers were found to have more empathy for people with different lifestyles and ideologies B) better communications skills C) more aggressive D) officers were more innovative

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Criminals sometimes neutralize wrongdoings by "appealing to higher loyalties." Which of the following would be an example of that technique?

A. Vandalizing the home of a disliked neighbor B. Attacking someone who is arguing with a friend C. Stealing from a large department store that "has plenty of money" D. Blaming the police for being unfair

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Identify the different types of damages that can be awarded in civil court.

What will be an ideal response?

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Crime statistics are the only way to sufficiently evaluate the effectiveness of the community policing strategy

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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