Discuss how Robert Peel's principles and viewpoints for policing relate to today's community policing philosophy

What will be an ideal response?


First, Peel believed the principal objective of policing was the prevention of crime. He was aware of the needs of a community-oriented police force as well as the need of the public who would be asked to maintain it. He drafted several guidelines

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Which of the following is the new category of crime that NIBRS created?

a. crimes against persons b. crimes against God c. crimes against society d. crimes against property

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Economic crime victimization is handled by which system:

a. Regular criminal justice process b. Governmental regulatory agencies c. Civil justice system d. All of the above

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Evidence suggests that African-American and Hispanic offenders are morelikely to be sent to prison than whites—and for longer periods

a. True b. False

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One circumstance in which a defendant claiming the intoxication defense, even when he or she voluntarily became intoxicated, can be acquitted is if

A. he or she did not have a correct understanding of his or her alcohol tolerance level. B. he or she did not have the specific state of mind that is required to be criminally culpable for the crime. C. he or she is physically addicted to drugs or alcohol. D. intoxication caused temporary memory loss that made the defendant insane during the criminal act.

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