For example , owners of licensed premises , parking lots , pornographic shops , homosexual bars , and other businesses where legal requirements and their regulation are unpredictable and uncertain , might actively seek out police officers to negotiate the exchange of money or goods in return for ``environmental tranquility . In this way , the costs (and hence profits ) can be better forecast . Similarly , persons engaged in lucrative criminal activities might suggest to officers courses of action other than law enforcement this might well succeed because the...











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