According to Bayley and Shearing, How Will Future Generations Likely

question 105

Multiple Choice

According to Bayley and Shearing, how will future generations likely view policing in advanced Western nations in the final decades of the 20th century?

• A)as a time when one system of policing ended, and another took its place
• B)as a time when new technology made many changes to the way the police did their work
• C)as a time when computers opened enormous opportunities to hold and search far more data than could ever be done manually
• D)as a time when tough public order situations have led to police being provided with riot gear which makes them look like the armed soldiers Sir Robert Peel was so careful to avoid in 1829

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Definitions:

Flexible Budget

A budget that adjusts or flexes with changes in the volume or activity level, allowing for more accurate forecasting and planning.

Indirect Labour Cost

Expenses related to employees that cannot be directly traced to specific products or services, such as maintenance staff or supervisors.

Machine Hour

A unit of measure representing the operation of a machine for one hour, used in costing and budgeting for manufacturing.

Fixed Overhead Volume Variance

The difference between the budgeted fixed overhead costs and the fixed overhead costs actually allocated to produced goods, based on standard activity levels.