Compare and contrast the facts and the Court’s ruling in the Hoffa v. United States case with that of the Court in United States v. White.

What will be an ideal response?


Student responses should include discussion of the conversations with an informant who was not wearing a wire as compared to conversations that the informant was wearing a wire with an electronic device that recorded the conversation and the Court’s decision that the conversations in both cases did violate the Fourth Amendment right to privacy of the suspects.

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Recent research into brain chemistry indicates neurotransmitters may play a part in criminal behavior. Discuss this research and the connections to criminal behavior posited

What will be an ideal response?

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The largest county police department (not a sheriff's office) in the United States is the Miami–Dade County, Florida, department, which has approximately how many sworn officers?

a. 3,000 b. 2,500 c. 2,000 d. 1,500

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When the blood enters the lungs, it contains very little oxygen and a great deal of carbon dioxide

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Which of the following typically occurs immediately after arrest and requires no financial security?

A. citation release B. property bond C. surety bond D. cash bond

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