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

1. The first professional police department in the United States was established in Philadelphia.
2. The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished slavery.
3. Jim Crow laws required racial segregation in all public facilities.
4. The Kyoto Prefecture Constabulary served as model on which American police departments were built in the mid-1800s.
5. The London Metropolitan Police Department was founded by Sir Robert Peel.


1. False
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. True

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The "justice model of supervision" that took place from 1982 to 2000 utilized an escalated system of sanctions that corresponded to the level of social harm that resulted from an offender's actions.

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

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With regards to prison sentences, white collar criminals:

a. are considerably less likely to go to prison than conventional offenders, and are likelier to receive shorter sentences b. are considerably more likely to go to prison are conventional offenders, but are likelier to receive shorter sentences c. are just as likely to go to prison as conventional offenders, but are likelier to receive shorter sentences d. are just as likely to go to prison as conventional offenders, and are likely to receive comparable sentences

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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. In Ford v. Wainwright, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Eighth Amendment prohibits the execution of a prisoner who has become legally insane. 2. According to the authors of this text, academicians who study capital punishment are nearly unanimous in believing that the death penalty is a general deterrent to murder. 3. According to the authors, the most common form of criminal punishment is the monetary fine. 4. Under no circumstances may a court limit the right of an offender to associate freely with other persons as a condition of probation.

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In the case of ____________________, the Supreme Court created objective standards for questioning by police after a defendant has been taken into custody

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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