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After Tennessee v. Garner, many departments emphasized “threat perception training.” Critics argue this, combined with militarization, has what systemic consequence?

Officers are more likely to die in the line of duty from motor vehicle collisions than from being feloniously killed.

An officer argues that militarized equipment “prevents violence” because it intimidates potential offenders. From a legitimacy and community-trust perspective, what’s the strongest counterargument?

Socialization theory suggests that police behavior is shaped more by pre-existing personality traits than by on-the-job experiences.

Officers chase a suspect from a robbery scene into their home and follow immediately through the open door, arresting the person inside without a warrant.What justifies their entry?

According to Differential Reinforcement theory, past consequences are sufficient to maintain current behavior

Rational Choice theories return to an earlier school of thought, the classical school.

Rational choice theories developed in the midst of social events that included all of the following EXCEPT:

The notion that the quality of interpersonal relationships is a resource for an individual to draw upon when needed is called social capital.

Jack Katz’s theory of criminality is based on his book, Chaos and the Limits of the Law.