The belief that as the percentage of minorities increases in a population, so does the added attention and stress placed on this group by police presence, is known as:
A) ?the Wendall Holmes theory.
B) ?the racial threat hypothesis.
C) ?the double marginality hypothesis.
D) ?the minority profiling hypothesis.
B
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A) polygraph exam B) physical ability tests C) oral interview D) All of the above. E) A and B only
Conduct disorder is discussed as a precursor of long-term chronic offending in ____________ theory.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. A police officer can request a general warrant to search a suspect’s entire house and vehicle, even if they are not sure what they are looking for, if they believe that a crime has been committed. 2. The use of no knock warrants has been increasing since the 1980s. 3. Police are allowed to move belongings around under the plain view doctrine if they think that there may be illegal contraband in the house. 4. A Terry stop requires a Miranda warning. 5. Suspects have been known to give false confessions under stressful circumstances.
Malice aforethought is killing another person with justification, excuse, or mitigating circumstances
a. True b. False