Discuss the ways that an investigative detention differs from arrest

What will be an ideal response?


• An investigative detention is something less than an arrest but more than a consensual encounter. As with stop-and-frisks, the suspect thinks he or she cannot just walk away, but a full arrest, along with its numerous constitutional consequences, has not occurred.

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In most states, law enforcement services in rural and unincorporated areas of a county are provided by the

A) municipal police. B) sheriff. C) highway patrol. D) state police. E) county prosecutor's office.

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Networks accomplish data transfer with a concept called packet switching

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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What was Nicky Barnes' role in the development of Black organized crime?

What will be an ideal response?

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The USA PATRIOT Act was designed to deter and punish terrorist acts in the U.S. and around the world and includes provisions ________________________

a. creating new categories of offenses proscribing computer hacking b. criminalizing trafficking in passwords with the intent to defraud c. creating the crime of domestic terrorism d. all of these

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