Explain how an organization may use symbols and slogans to protect its boundaries
What will be an ideal response?
• Symbolism can be a powerful communication tool for criminal justice organizations. Agencies may use general symbolic statements that provide them with the appearance of conforming to the demands of clients and constituents.
• Examples of the use of symbolism include the use of specific terminology while discussing players within the corrections systems. Guards have become corrections officers, and inmates are now being called clients. Police no longer simply fight crime, they serve and protect.
• Another example is the use of the American Missing Broadcast Emergency Response, or AMBER alerts. This program was developed after public outcry regarding the seemingly alarming increase in the number of child abductions. However, Griffin and Miller have shown that little empirical evidence exist to support the effectiveness of this program.
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a. True b. False
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a. misdemeanors b. lesser felonies c. serious felonies d. high profile
An act that violates criminal law and is punishable by criminal sanctions is:
a. a crime. b. a felony. c. a tort. d. deviant.
The suspect interview should:
What will be an ideal response?