Describe a chop-shop operation.
What will be an ideal response?
Very simply, a chop shop is a place where stolen vehicles are disassembled for resale of their parts. The operators and employees of chop shops cut stolen motor vehicles apart with torches, power saws, and other tools, sometimes in as little as 8 to 9 minutes. They alter or dispose of the parts that are potentially traceable and sell the untraceable parts to repair shops or salvage yards. Sometimes the parts buyers are unsuspecting. Often, the salvage yard or repair shop operator is in collusion with the thief or the chop shop. In fact, a chop shop may well direct the theft of a specific type of motor vehicle in order to "fill an order" for a specific part needed by a repair shop or salvage yard.
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A) ?substantive criminal B) ?procedural criminal C) ?civil D) ?public E) ?process
Which level of Skolnick and Fyfe’s (1993) linear continuum of force policy involves actions that are designed to overcome resistance that is forcible but is not life threatening?
What will be an ideal response?
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A) youth services B) emergency mobilization for natural disasters C) alcohol abuse and drug abuse programs D) homicide investigation
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What will be an ideal response?