According to the case of Tennessee v. Garner, what is the difference between the fleeing-felon rule and the defense-of-life standard?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer may vary

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The problem of stress is exacerbated in large measure in policing because:

a. officers are reluctant to admit that they have problems. b. there is too frequent amounts of counseling available in police departments. c. the situations police encounter are extremely negative. d. in general, the police subculture is very extroverted and transparent.

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

1. Cultural feminism emphasizes the interaction of race and gender and how that impacts women 2. The three classical sociological theorists are Weber, Marx, and Kant. 3. Judicial behavioralism uses statistics to test whether there is a correlation between the personal characteristics of judges and the content of their judicial opinions. 4. Legal positivism is concerned with the goodness or badness of legal rules. 5. Legal realism is the idea that legal rules are the product of logical analysis and that the outcome of cases is dictated by the mechanical application of legal rules.

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When local officers are part of ______, they are also assigned to federal agencies and are officially sworn to enforce federal laws.

a. first-responder teams b. transnational organized crime c. task forces d. white-collar crime

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In what year was the USA PATRIOT Act passed?

a. 2001 b. 2002 c. 2003 d. 2004

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