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Research has found that policies of criminal justice agencies have not had an effect on crime rates.

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The RAND Corporation conducted a study of the criminal investigative process and concluded:

A) An investigator's time is largely consumed in reviewing reports, documenting files, and attempting to locate and interview victims on cases that experience shows will not be solved.
B) Training pays an important part in the solving crime, arrest rates, and clearance rates.
C) On the use of investigators' time: Substantially more than 90% of all serious reported crimes receive a large percentage of attention from investigators.
D) The victim's failure to document a case investigation thoroughly may have contributed to a higher case dismissal rate and a weakening of the prosecutor's plea bargaining position.

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During the 1970s, researchers conducted a study of preventive patrol in Minneapolis.The results of the study showed that preventive patrol did prevent crime.

Advocates of the deterrence theory advocate that police can have an effect upon crime if they intervene during the crime.

According to Rosenbaum (1996), "Nearly all of the evaluation research on collective anti-crime strategies focuses on opportunity-reduction activities."

According to the text, the ____________ statistics compiled by the FBI show trends, but they do not provide a true picture of the crimes actually committed at any specific time.

One rationale for having motor patrol officers cruise streets on free patrol is that their visible presence in the community should act as a deterrent to crime.

In the RAND Study, it was determined that investigative strike forces were not effective.

The professional model had little direct impact on crime rates even after millions of federal dollars were poured into crime-fighting programs.

Researchers have proposed that socioeconomic factors influence or affect crime.List and explain the socioeconomic factors affecting crime.

Murder can be premeditated or impulsive, but, in either case, the police face limits on their ability to make a difference.

Research has disputed the traditional model of investigation.Explain the arguments against traditional investigation as to why it is not effective.

According to Eck, there are only two categories of cases that face investigators.They are solvable and unsolvable. Unsolvable account for 80% of an investigator's caseload.

The UCR really tells us more about police practices than about crime.

According to research by Eck, there are three categories of crimes facing investigators.As a result of his research, it was recommended that investigators be assigned the following category of criminal investigations:

One study showed that 75% of serious crimes were cold when police were notified, and that delays in calling the police are attributable to:

The showed arrest was the most effective of the three standard methods police use to reduce domestic violence.

Community policing can reduce violence by targeting domestic violence by:

The ___________ was a major study to determine the effectiveness of patrol.

The presence and absence of crime has been an occupational standard against which police programs were measured.