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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.

According to the text, the first theories to be widely used in integration were:

Argument Timed Writing – 90 minutesWrite a 500+ word essay with these parts:- introduction, including thesis with argument words-three body paragraphs with topic sentences-conclusionUse the strategies for argument writing that we have studied.Edit your writing.Unlike the Untimed Argument essay, DO NOT use any outside internet sources, only your own ideas. Do NOT attach a document. Type directly into the test screen.