Define, and provide two examples of, police misconduct.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer may vary. Police misconduct is inappropriate or illegal behaviors of police officers. It includes actions of officers both on- and off-duty. The motivation for police misconduct varies, it may be personal, or financial, but it may also be for other reasons. The range of activities covered under police misconduct is wide and can cover everything from not so serious breaches of departmental policy to very serious violations of law. For example, if an officer calls out sick, and really isn’t, it would be a violation of departmental policy, and thus, misconduct. Another example, of serious breach of law, would be an officer stealing drugs from an evidence locker and selling them.
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A) the change in investment spending and the change in government expenditures on infrastructure. B) the change in inventories over a 1-year period. C) the change in the capital stock after subtracting out depreciation. D) exports minus imports.
According to the text, in the twenty-first century, all of the following are known to produce higher global crime except ______.
a. breakdown of political order b. lack of police training c. increase in economic equality d. growing urbanization
In determining the amount of bail for a federal criminal offense, judicial officials are permitted to consider
A) whether the defendant's bail hearing has been held within the time required by law. B) whether the defendant will pose harm or involve challenges to the security of any other person. C) the conduct of other defendants who were charged with the same crime and how they behaved while on pretrial bail. D) how the defendant behaved while on bail for prior criminal charges E) both B and D state correct responses.
Which of the following questions would you be most likely to use a self-report survey to try to answer?
A. What segments of the population are most prone to being victims of crime? B. How much crime is committed by the typically noncriminal population? C. How should the police respond to crime issues within their communities? D. How effective are the police at preventing crime?