Profiling criminals tends to be controversial. Explain the arguments for both sides and how profiles are developed in the first place.
What will be an ideal response?
Law enforcement has developed profiles to detect terrorists, drug couriers, and other offenders. Courts generally do not give particular weight to the claim that an individual fits a “profile” and, instead, ask whether the combination of the factors identified in the profile constitutes reasonable suspicion.
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All of the following are elements of criminal attempt EXCEPT ______.
a. an intent or purpose to commit a crime b. an act or acts toward the commission of a crime c. a failure to commit the crime d. an accessory accomplice to help commit the crime
At the place of detention, after a valid custodial arrest, the person will automatically be subject to a/an ____ search (which requires no warrant or case-by-case assessment of facts).
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Individual _____ include demographic variables such as age, gender and race impact a person’s fear of crime
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Early _____________ is considered an effective crime control policy with juveniles
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