Describe the history of the National Crime Victimization Survey. What do data from the NCVS tell us about crime in the United States today?
What will be an ideal response?
• The NCVS, first conducted in 1972 and built on efforts by the National Opinion Research Center and a 1967 Presidential Commission, is based on victim self-reports rather than police reports. It aims to capture crimes of which the police are not notified, and NCVS data has shown that crimes of all types are more prevalent than the UCR had indicated.
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Explain the concerns of some police observers regarding what they see as an alarming trend toward the police becoming more federalized and militarized
What will be an ideal response?
One of the most influential changes taking place in policing today is related to
A. information technology. B. foot patrol. C. efficient patrol vehicles. D. community policing.
The act of moving a juvenile out of and/or avoiding the detention of a juvenile in an institution as a punishment for wrongdoing is called:
a. deincarceration. b. release. c. aftercare. d. deinstitutionalization.
The idea that evidence that has been illegally obtained, but would have eventually found through constitutional means should thus not be excluded by virtue of the exclusionary rule is __________ _____________ exception
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word