What ethnic and gender differences characterize policing today? What is the social signific-ance of this diversity?
What will be an ideal response?
• This chapter points out that ethnic minorities are now employed in policing in numbers that approach their representation in the general population. Women, however, are still significantly underrepresented, even though they bring many benefits to policing, including better communication skills and a greater ability to defuse potentially violent confrontations. Questions can be raised about the degree of minority participation in the command structure of law enforcement agencies, about the desire of significant numbers of women to work in policing, and about the respect accorded to women and members of other underrepresented groups in law enforcement by their fellow officers.
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a. guardianship and conservatorship b. ward of the court and conservatorship c. ward of the court and guardianship d. ward of the court and parens patriae
CrimeStat allows police to do all of the following EXCEPT for ______.
a. identify and analyze hot spots within larger areas b. track offender behavior over time c. anticipate a serial offender’s next move d. plot crime incidents on a map
Early American colonists were fervent supporters of the centralized Britishgovernment
a. True b. False
During intervals of at least ___ months and at least 2 times each year, the sheriff/operator shall inspect each facility for which he/she is responsible inquiring into the security, control, conditions and state of compliance with the rules of the commission.
a) 2 b) 4 c) 8 d) 9