Which of the following is incorrect?
a. The police make more arrests for minor violations than for serious crime.
b. The police make more arrests for driving while intoxicated (DWI/DUI) than they do for drug offenses.
c. The police make more arrests for aggravated or felony assault than they do for misdemeanor assault arrests.
d. The violation of liquor laws, drunkenness, disorderly conduct, vagrancy, and loitering are responsible for approximately 2.5 million arrests a year.
C
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Nder the Fourth Amendment, there are three distinct levels of interaction between the police and an individual on the street or in a public place. Which of the following is not one of these levels?
A) Consensual encounters B) Detentions C) Arrests D) Prosecutions
Crime will increase in areas of the community that are not well maintained according to Wilson and Kelling's __________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Driving under the influence is a felony if the person has previously been convicted of DUI
(a) two times within the past five years. (b) two times within the past ten years. (c) three times within the past ten years. (d) three times within the past twelve years.
What was the significance of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution?
a. It gave African American men the right to vote. b. It repealed the Eighteenth Amendment of Prohibition. c. It gave women the right to vote. d. It established the first victim rights legislation in the United States.