An officer threatens a restaurant owner, threatening to enforce obscure zoning violations unless the owner pays a weekly fee. This is an example of which type of police corruption?
A. case fixing
B. shakedown
C. kickback
D. patronage
B. shakedown
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In the case of homicide, the investigator's search will be centered on the _____ as well as any type of evidence left as a result of contact between the victim and the assailant
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
?________ in the complaint process will produce? (1) more objective and more thorough? investigations, (2) a higher rate of sustained complaints and more disciplinary actions against guilty? officers, (3) greater deterrence of police misconduct? (through both general and specific? deterrence), and? (4) higher levels of satisfaction on the part of both individual complainants and the general public.
a. Citizen involvement
b. Internal review involvement
c. Mediation
d. Government review involvement
A ____________________ sentence is determined by statute and cannot be altered by a judge
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
In ___________, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a judge or jury must take into account specific aggravating and mitigating factors before deciding which convicted murderers should be sentenced to death
A) Furman v. Georgia (1972 ) B) Gregg v. Georgia (1976 ) C) McCleskey v. Kemp (1987 ) D) Payne v. Tennessee (1991 ) E) Ford v. Wainwright (1986 )