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Sometimes there are problems with the people or patterns that are gathered as agency data within the criminal justice system. Which of the following is an incorrect statement with respect to the data gathered by the agencies identified?
 
  a. police officers deal not with individual calls but with cases
  b. prosecutors document their work by case
  c. judges document their work by their dockets
  d. the FBI collects arrest data for NCIC based upon the individual

Question 2

What factor is most important when evaluating the reliability and validity of agency records?
 
  a. who collected the data from within the agency
  b. where that data was stored (file cabinet, computer, etc.)
  c. who has access to the records
  d. how the data was collected



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Jody Vaughn

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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

d



bio_gurl

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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again




 

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