In many cases, linguistic barriers do more than simply make it difficult for officers and minorities to communicate with each other. What other problem(s) can arise in this situation?
A) The ability of the police officer to demonstrate a commitment to the community in question and a willingness to at least try to understand their culture is hampered.
B) The ability of the police officer to gather information and carry out investigations is compromised.
C) The ability of the police officer to assert his or her authority through the use of spoken commands and gestures is undermined.
D) all of the above
C
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Federal judges have lifetime appointments, and therefore cannot be impeached for judicial misconduct
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In 1984, a study in Minneapolis was conducted to study different police responses in domestic abuse cases. The city was divided into three different responses. One response was to arrest, plus a night in jail. Another response was advising the couple to calm down and a third was ordering the suspect to leave his home for six hours
What did this controversial study reveal? A) There was no difference in the rate of future violence in any of the approaches used by the police. B) A night in jail cut in half the risk of repeat violence against the victim in the following six months. C) Advising the couple to calm down cut in half the risk of repeat violence against the victim in the following six months. D) Ordering the suspect to leave his home for six hours cut in half the risk of repeat violence against the victim in the following six months.
Henderson purchased an acre of property two miles out side the city limits with the intent to build a house. While he was building the house, he was living in a used mobile home he had moved to his property
One night, Maxwell set fire to the mobile home and it was destroyed. Henderson was not in the mobile home at the time. A charge of arson against Maxwell would be: a. improper because a mobile home cannot be a dwelling. b. improper because the fire occurred outside the city limits. c. proper because the mobile home was used as a dwelling. d. proper because the mobile home was destroyed.