Distinguish between a stop and an arrest

What will be an ideal response?


When a suspect is handcuffed, placed in the back of a patrol car, and driven to the police station for booking, an arrest has occurred.

If a person is confronted by a single police officer and asked general questions about his or her suspected involvement in a crime, a stop has occurred.

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a. narcotics b. sedatives c. stimulants d. hallucinogens

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Which of the following terms is used by labeling theory to refer to an agent or official who is concerned with creating and labeling new categories of deviance?

a. Bureaucrat b. Capitalist c. Moral entrepreneur d. Proletariat

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The conditional release of a convicted offender into the community under the supervision of a probation officer is called ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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?Evanescent evidence? refers to evidence that is likely to:

A) Be hidden. B) Spoil. C) Disappear. D) Be transferred to another location. E) All of the above

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