exam 3

Question 1

A nonuniformed law enforcement officer of medieval England. They were small and unorganized

Answer 1

comes stabuli

Question 2

an early form of police patrol in English cities and towns

Answer 2

night watch

Question 3

A police formed under the command of Sir Robert Peel. IT became the model for modern-day police forces throughout the Western World

Answer 3

new police

Question 4

the pop British name given to members of Sir Robert Peel’s Metropolitan Police

Answer 4

bobbies

Question 5

the act of taking the law into one’s own hands

Answer 5

vigilantism

Question 6

the first large-scale scientific study of law enforcement practices. Sponsored by the Police Foundation, it focused on the practice of preventive patrol

Answer 6

Kansas City experiment

Question 7

What were the results of the KS exp?

Answer 7

Crime rates were not impacted by preventive patrol and directed patrol is better

Question 8

A police management strategy designed to increase the productivity of patrol officer through the scientific analysis and evaluation of patrol techniques

Answer 8

directed patrol

Question 9

uses research into everyday police procedures to evaluate current practices and to guide officers and police execs in future decision making

Answer 9

evidence based policing

Question 10

a US govt agency or office whose primary functional responsibility is to enforce federal criminal laws

Answer 10

fed law enforcement agency

Question 11

What are the 3 leg and jud jurisdiction

Answer 11

fed
state
local

Question 12

first state level agency

Answer 12

texas rangers

Question 13

combined criminal investigational duties and state hwy patrol
assist local dpts 
operate identification bureaus
maintain a crim records repository 
patrol hwys
provide training for local officers

Answer 13

centralized state agencies

Question 14

separates state hwy patrol from other duties

other duties performed by adjunct state-level law enforcement agencies

Answer 14

decentralized

Question 15

what do local agencies contain

Answer 15

municipal dpts
sheriffs dpts
specialized groups like transit and campus police

Question 16

city or town based
can create its own police dpt
many have fewer than ten full-time officers
many utilize part-time
some contract w private security firms

Answer 16

municipal dpts

Question 17

responsible for law enforcement throughout their countie

main job is to run the jail

Answer 17

sheriffs dpts

Question 18

privately funded, for-profit agencies

provide a variety of security-related services to their clientele

Answer 18

private protective services

Question 19

Why is their growth of privavte protective services

Answer 19

increase in crimes within the workplace and fear of terrorism
the fiscal crisis of state
increased awareness for private security

Question 20

How does integrating public and private security work

Answer 20

They go hand in hand

Question 21

Who is the father of policing

Answer 21

Robert Peel

Question 22

set of informal values that characterize the police force as a distinct community w a commune identity

Answer 22

police subculture

Question 23

How can police subculture be changed?

Answer 23

new hiring process

investigations into corruption

Question 24

the abuse of police authority for personal or organizational gain

Answer 24

police corruption

Question 25

more common form of police corruption

involves small bribes or relatively minor services offered by citizens seeking to avoid arrest and prosecution

Answer 25

grass eaters

Question 26

more serious form of corruption, involving an officer’s actively seeking illicit moneymaking opportunities. Solicit bribes through threat or intimidation.

Answer 26

meat eaters

Question 27

How can police integrity be promoted

Answer 27

integrating police ethics training into programs

conducting research in the area of ethics

Question 28

What is the rate if violent deaths among police officers in the line of duty

Answer 28

small

Question 29

Where do most on-the-job deaths come from

Answer 29

stress, training accidents, auto crashes and violence

Question 30

What is the most cause of of death

Answer 30

car crashes

Question 31

Sources of stress

Answer 31

feeling like you’re not making a difference
arrests not leading to convictions
evidence not allowed in court

Question 32

the use of physical restraint by a police offcer when dealing w a member of the public

Answer 32

police use of force

Question 33

application of an amount greater than that required to compel compliance from a willing or unwilling subject

Answer 33

excessive force

Question 34

a law enforcement officer who exhibits problem behavior

Answer 34

problem police officer

Question 35

force likely to cause death or great bodily harm. According to FBI “the intentional use of a firearm or other instrument resulting in a high probability of death”

Answer 35

deadly force

Question 36

Court invalidated the fleeing felon rule and held that deadly force could be justified only where the suspect could reasonably thought to SERIOUSLY HARM THE PUBLIC

Answer 36

Tennessee v Garner (1985)

Question 37

designed to disable, capture, or immobilize–but not kill– a suspect

Answer 37

less-lethal weapons

Question 38

any police-initiated action that relies on the race, ethnicity, or national origin rather than the behavior of the individual, an infor that leads the police to a particular individual who has been identified as being, or having been, engaged in criminal activity

Answer 38

racial profiling

Question 39

what was profiling origignally meant for

Answer 39

catching drug couriers

Question 40

suits against any law enforcement personnel

Answer 40

civil liability

Question 41

shields “responsible” law enforcement officers from civil liability if they believe their actions to be lawful

Answer 41

qualified immunity

Question 42

criminal charges can be brough against officers who appear to overstep boundaries or who act in violation of set standards

Answer 42

criminal liability

Question 43

reasonable suspicion

Answer 43

reasonable belief that through articulate circumstances that criminal activity might be afoot

Question 44

probable cause

Answer 44

the reasonable belief that a specific person committed a specific crime