What are the possible advantages and disadvantages, for a community, of deciding not to have an active police force, and instead contracting with a private security firm (depending on the local sheriff's department) or contracting with a county sheriff's department?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Answers will vary. Students should consider cost, control, service, attitude, and community-police relations.

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Rolf Loeber and colleagues identified multiple developmental pathways to a delinquent career. An early ________ pathway consists of a sequence of stubborn behavior, defiance, and authority avoidance

A) authority conflict B) chronic C) covert D) overt

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Which of the following does not illustrate a population where cluster sampling would be the best choice?

a. law enforcement officers in the United States b. citizens of Florida c. probation officers in America d. inmates in the Wayne County jail

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A(n) ________ is a document issued by the county clerk authorizing a couple to get married.

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

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At a bar, Marge approaches Jim because she recognized him from previously dating her roommate. Jim buys Marge a few drinks and they talk for hours. As the bar closes, Jim asks Marge to come back to his place for a few more drinks. Marge goes along and when they get back to the apartment, Jim takes Marge into the bedroom. There, Jim begins taking off Marge’s clothes when she tells him to stop. Marge testifies that she told Jim she had a boyfriend hoping that would be incentive for Jim to stop. Jim continued to remove her clothing, then his own, and proceeded to have intercourse with Marge. When asked why she did not resist, she testified that she was afraid that he would hurt her. Her roommate had been beaten by Jim in the past, and she was fearful that he would beat her as well. When

the intercourse was complete, Marge ran out of the apartment and went to the police. Analyze and discuss the case under the intrinsic force test. What will be an ideal response?

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