Chapter 8

Question 1

The set of informal values which characterize the police force as a distinct community with a common identity

Answer 1

Police Subculture

Question 2

4 aspects of police subculture

Answer 2

1. ) Informalization
2. ) Ongoing
3. ) May emphasize a different set of values compared to mainstream society
4. ) Often extends to personal lives

Question 3

The abuse of police authority for personal or organizational gain

Answer 3

Police Corruption

Question 4

Police corruption is behavioral _______ from an acceptable ethical standard

Answer 4

deviation

Question 5

What perspective is police corruption viewed in?

Answer 5

Slippery slope perspective

Question 6

Kerner Commission

Answer 6

Made findings about how African American’s were underrepresented and there was a discrepancy in pay, lack of professionalism

Question 7

Knapp Commissions in the NYCPD 1970s looked at…

Answer 7

Corruption

Question 8

Accept bribes or goods in exchange for not issuing tickets, making arrests, etc

Answer 8

Grass eaters

Question 9

Grass eaters do not ____ but don’t ______ offer

Answer 9

Initiate, refuse

Question 10

1. ) Free meals, items from stores
2. ) Two officers uses of force
3. ) Body shop
4. ) Diamond watch

These scenarios are examples of…

Answer 10

4 situations that officers were presented with and asked which form of misconduct they would be most okay with reporting

Question 11

Solicit bribes or take a share of the drugs they confiscate to sell for their own profit

Answer 11

Meat eaters

Question 12

Meat eaters _____ activity

Answer 12

Initiate

Question 13

What was the response to the issues of police corruption?

Answer 13

Increased police professionalism

Question 14

What 5 areas are addressed when it comes to dealing with increasing police professionalism?

Answer 14

1. ) Hiring
2. ) Increased pay
3. ) Ethics training
4. ) Continuing education
5. ) Drug testing

Question 15

The branch of a police organization tasked with investigating charges of wrongdoing involving members of the department

Answer 15

Internal affairs

Question 16

Garrity Rights

Answer 16

When a police officer is forced to talk about an administrative issue not a criminal matter

Question 17

Police department bureau internally conducts the investigation into…

Answer 17

The allegations of wrongdoing

Question 18

True/False

When necessary an outside agency can conduct the inquiry

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Protections that officers have against self-incrimination in the face of questioning

Answer 19

Officer’s Garrity rights

Question 20

The purpose of the Garrity rights is to…

Answer 20

Protect officers themselves when being questioned by representatives of their department’s internal affairs division or by their superior officers

Question 21

4 Main dangers of police work

Answer 21

1. ) Police and alcohol
2. ) Police and family problems
3. ) Police and suicide
4. ) Dealing with the stress of policing

Question 22

1. ) Exercise and diet
2. ) Meditation
3. ) Abdominal breathing
4. ) Music
5. ) Prayer
6. ) Peer support

Are all factors in…

Answer 22

Stress reduction

Question 23

The use of physical restraint by a police offer when dealing with a member of the public

Answer 23

Police use of force

Question 24

Police use of force needs to be ________ and ______

Answer 24

Reasonable necessary

Question 25

5 Police use of force continuum

Answer 25

1. ) Officer presence 2. ) Verbal commands 3. ) Soft techniques 4. ) Hard techniques 5. ) Deadly force

Question 26

Designed to disable, capture, or immobilize but not kill

Answer 26

Less-lethal weapons

Question 27

Application of an amount and/or frequency of force greater than required to compel compliance from a willing/unwilling subject

Answer 27

Excessive force

Question 28

Force likely to cause death or great bodily harm

Answer 28

Deadly force

Question 29

Deadly force with the intentional use of a firearm or other instrument...

Answer 29

Resulting in a high probability of death

Question 30

When police offers act on a person's race, ethnicity, or national origin instead of the person's actions or information that identifies the person as a suspect

Answer 30

Racial profiling

Question 31

4 Police liability for constitutional violations

Answer 31

1. ) Civil remedies 2. ) Criminal remedies 3. ) Non-judicial remedies 4. ) Exclusionary rule remedies

Question 32

Potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court-ordered enforcement as a result of a ruling in lawsuit

Answer 32

Civil libabilty

Question 33

2 levels of civil liability

Answer 33

1. ) Federal | 2. ) State

Question 34

Civil liability is different from....

Answer 34

Criminal liability

Question 35

4 common sources of lawsuits against police

Answer 35

1. ) Assault 2. ) Battery 3. ) False imprisonment 4. ) Malicious prosecution

Question 36

Which common lawsuit has... - High media visibility - Most well-known

Answer 36

Assault

Question 37

Which common lawsuit has... | -High media visibility

Answer 37

Battery

Question 38

Which common lawsuit has.. | -Arrest without just cause

Answer 38

False imprisonment

Question 39

Which common lawsuit has... | -Negligent or malicious actions

Answer 39

Malicious prosecution

Question 40

Denies others their constitutional right to life, liberty or property without due process of law

Answer 40

1983 lawsuit

Question 41

A civil suit brought against federal government officials for denying the constitutional rights of others

Answer 41

Bivens action