Do you agree with the traditional purposes of the police organization? Has the modern police organization fulfilled these purposes? Should it?
What will be an ideal response?
All police agencies need to protect life and property, preserve the peace, prevent crime and apprehend criminals as central goals of the police organization. Police have taken on many other service functions such as licensing while neglecting these goals to the detriment of the community. Over the last few years New York City developed a proactive model based on active data that emphasized this traditional model using modern technology. This model, Comstat, has been adopted by many large cities that have the resources to implement this model.
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Under provisions of the Texas Penal Code, if a corporation is found guilty of committing a felony offense, the penalty assessed is a monetary fine and loss of its corporate charter
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The Supreme Court held in Fellers v. U.S. that once the _____________ Amendment's right to counsel attached, statements made by the defendant must be excluded if the police "deliberately elicited" incriminating information from the defendant
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Match the following social control theories to their basic premise
1. Containment theory a. Crime results when the link between an individual and society is broken 2. Self-derogation theory b. Low self-control accounts for crime 3. Social bond theory c. Low self-esteem fosters delinquent behavior 4. The general theory of crime d. Crime is linked to an imbalance of control 5. Control balance theory e. Crime results from the failure of internal and external control mechanisms
Which of the following is not a characteristic shared by white-collar and computer criminals?
a. Their acts generally involve information manipulations that create profits or losses b. Their crimes can be committed by an individual, several people working in collusion, and/or organizations c. Their crimes generally are committed through violent means d. The generally require access to computers or computer storage media