Chapter 12 A researcher wants to know whether judges’ gender (measured as male or female) affects the severity of sentence (measured as months of sentence) is the impose on convicted defendants. Answer the following questions: What is the independent variable? What is the level of measurement of the independent variable? What is the dependent variable? … Read more
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The Supreme Court in their 1986 ruling in Ford v. Wainwright held that executing the insane was a violation of the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The American Medical Association has defined the direct participation in an execution as unethical. On rare occasions, inmates on death row may decompensate and become psychotic … Read more
Topic – Correctional Officers Risk Factors and Strategies for Safety and Wellness From the recommendations provided in the article , which one do you believe will be the most feasible and effective? You can discuss more than one policy. Instructions and Formatting Requirements: Provide a comprehensive reflection of your critical thoughts on the … Read more
Prior to beginning your written assignment, read the Excessive Bail (Links to an external site.) article and review all previous weeks’ materials concerning the 4th Amendment, due process, the right to remain silent, the right to counsel, cruel and unusual punishment and capital punishment. In the state of Denial, the Capital City Police have been watching … Read more
Watch the following Video on Data-Driven Crime Fighting Initiatives in Memphis. Memphis Police Department – IBM Smarter Planet Leadership Series Video (Links to an external site.) What do you think about the way Memphis is using technology to fight crime? What types of data do you think Police agencies would use to detect and interdict crime. … Read more
Law enforcement officers use two methods to investigate possible criminal activity: reasonable suspicion and probable cause. Reasonable suspicion means officers have a reasonable belief, sometimes called a hunch, that criminal activity may have occurred. They have no hard evidence to support their belief. Probable cause is more concrete. Probable cause means officers are not just suspicious that … Read more
You and Officer Landonio are on patrol. You see two juveniles sitting on the curb, and they are smoking what appears to be a marijuana cigarette. They are not trying to hide the fact that they are smoking marijuana, and you pull your patrol car over to talk to them. You run their names … Read more
Officer Landonio is now on the drug task force. He and three other officers have to serve a search warrant regarding a stolen 50-inch plasma television set. He serves the search warrant and walks into the residence with the three officers. Sitting on the coffee table is a variety of narcotics, both prescription and … Read more
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