Quick Response Questions

1. What impact do you think Community-Oriented Policing (COP) has had on the crime rate? Why?

2. Do you believe that James Q. Wilson's "Broken Windows" Theory is true? Check out the article concerning Broken Windows.

3.

Read the section concerning the death penalty located in chapter 13 of the text and comment on capital punishment as a sentence. Give at least one argument for and one against using capital punishment. Although the text states that capital punishment is less expensive than life imprisonment, DON"T BELIEVE IT!!! Check some other websites for the truth on the costs!

See http://www.floridabar.org/divcom/jn/jnnews01.nsf/8c9f13012b96736985256aa900624829/bce3cb33c0857da4852576ce0066f7b4!OpenDocument

4. Research capital punishment. Answer the following questions:

A. Which is the least expensive for the taxpayers? Is it life in prison w/o any possibility of parole or the death penalty?  Document your answer with at least one website.

B. List the 5 lawful ways of executing a person.