The application of an amount and/or frequency of force greater than required to compel compliance is known as
A) excessive force.
B) unreasonable force.
C) maximal force. D) culpable force.
A
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Which is the most widely used and abused drug?
a. Alcohol b. Cocaine c. Heroin d. Marijuana
____________________ policing strategies require police agencies to identify particular long-term community issues and to develop strategies to eliminate these issues.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
On April 8, 2014, the FBI arrested nineteen-year-old Conley at the Denver Airport as she was preparing to board a flight to Adana, Turkey. She had planned to make her way into Syria, which borders Turkey, and marry a Tunisian man she met online who was affiliated with the terrorist group known as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). A certified nurse's aide Conley apparently intended to provide medical assistance to ISIL fighters, who have killed a number of Americans in the Middle East. Conley eventually pleaded guilty to providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, and, in January 2015, a federal judge sentenced her to four years in prison. The ___________________ prohibits persons from "knowingly providing material support or resources" to any group that the
United States has designated a "foreign terrorist organization." A. Electronic Surveillance Act B. National Securities Act C. Patriot Act D. Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act
It is a crime to be drunk in public. Homeless people are always in public because they have nowhere else to go. Would it be constitutionally permissible to punish alcoholics who are homeless?
a. Yes, they violated a statute for which the standard is strict liability. b. Yes, providing they were exhibiting the type of disruptive behavior the statute was aimed at preventing. c. No, being alcoholic and homeless are both statuses, which cannot be criminalized. d. No, as a society we aim to not kick people when they are down.