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Researchers use unstructured or intensive interviews in field research in order to

Professor Jones gathers existing statistical information from various United Nations Publications and other sources on 120 nations. She then analyzes the information to see whether nations with certain forms of government (e.g., democratic versus dictatorship) and economies (e.g., industrial versus agricultural) have particular social programs (e.g., public health programs). This is which type of comparative research?

When conducting interviews on a field site, a field researcher should

The agency having statewide police powers for traffic regulation and criminal investigation is known as 

A model of policing that stresses a two-way working relationship between the community and the police, in which the police become more integrated into the local community and citizens assume an active role in crime control and prevention, is called team policing. 

The most important new figure in American law enforcement in the 1930s was the director of the Bureau of Investigation, _____. 

Which of the following acts launched the largest government reorganization at the federal level since 1947? 

Most police work can be described as order maintenance or peacekeeping. 

The legislation allowing federal authorities to sue law enforcement agencies if there is a “pattern or practice” of abuse of citizen rights is called _____. 

Which of the following countries had the greatest impact on American policing?