Our discussion about stereotyping suggests that the police appear to the public to be "paranoid" much of the time. Why is this? What types of actions do the police take in the name of self-preservation that seem to be unrealistically worrisome? Is there anything the police can do about this appearance?

What will be an ideal response?


Beginning at the police academy, police officers are trained to be suspicious and alert for danger.

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A ___________ is the inverse of the sampling ration that is used when selecting cases in systematic sampling

a. central limit theorem b. systematic sampling c. confidence intervals d. sampling interval e. stratified sampling

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The police, to a large extent, must depend on the public to supply terrorist-related information to effectively thwart local terrorist plots.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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When an officer is handling a family violence case, he or she must

a. give a written notice to the alleged offender of his or her rights. b. give a written notice to the alleged victim of his or her rights. c. call in assistance from family violence experts. d. not make an arrest without a warrant.

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