Police ________ can be defined as the choice between two or more possible means of handling a situation

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


Answer: discretion

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The Fourth Amendment includes a

A. General Warrant clause B. Reasonableness clause C. Self-incrimination clause D. Balancing test

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Advocates of sentencing commissions argued that sentencing ______.

A. works best when it is locally determined B. should be developed by experts in penology C. is an individual judge’s prerogative D. should take victims' families into account

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Catalytic combustion detectors are:

a. the most common type of flammable vapor detector used by arson investigators. b. recently developed instruments for detecting the presence of an explosive bomb. c. a remote-controlled instrument for approaching and analyzing unknown explosive devices. d. a device that can be repurposed by technologically-sophisticated arsonists to start fires.

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The concept of a subculture of violence was developed by

a. Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay. b. Robert Park and Ernest Burgess. c. Franco Ferracuti and Marvin Wolfgang. d. Steven Messner and Richard Rosenfeld.

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