______ describes the police maintaining the status quo by using interventions with short-term effects to keep society stable and functioning by acceptable rules.

a. Law enforcement
b. Performance measures
c. Order maintenance
d. Preventive patrol


c. Order maintenance

Criminal Justice

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In 2008, marketed as "built green" in Seattle, Washington.

A. ABORTS B. CTS C. ABC D. ELF

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Gunnar Myrdal's classic study of race relations in America led to four systems of justice based on race. What are they?

What will be an ideal response?

Criminal Justice

A prime function of police work that ensures the safety of the community by denying criminals the opportunity to commit crime and by defusing volatile situations before they reach the point of violence is:

A. Law enforcement B. Crime prevention C. Order maintenance D. Deterrence

Criminal Justice

Which of the following dispositions is the judge not allow to impose on a juvenile without a second opinion from the appropriate professional?

A) institutionalization in a mental hospital B) day treatment program C) foster home placement D) outpatient psychiatric therapy

Criminal Justice