Test 6 220 11 and 13

Question 1

police corruption involves all of the following except for

Answer 1

familiar cooperation

Question 2

Reforms in the early and middle 1900s emphasized the importance of _____ as a means of reducing corruption of all kinds

Answer 2

professionalism

Question 3

According to the 1998 Government Accountability Office(GAO) report, police officers who are ____ are more susceptible to corrupt practices

Answer 3

young

Question 4

____ is the most widespread form of police misconduct; it includes a wide variety of unauthorized material inducements or gratuities, ranging from discounted clothing and meals to free alcoholic beverages and commercial sex

Answer 4

corruption of authority

Question 5

According to the text, all of the following seem to be favorite targets of shakedowns except for ____

Answer 5

arsonists

Question 6

Officers in a major metropolitan area often have to stand by while other officers use the radio airtime to transmit priority information, which impedes immediate response to emergencies. Which new technology helps to prevent this problem?

Answer 6

mobile digital computers(MDCs)

Question 7

Which of the following technologies is still used by law enforcement but is not admissible in court?

Answer 7

psychophysiological detector of deception

Question 8

Which of the following established strict procedures for conduction interception of wire, oral, and electronic communications?

Answer 8

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act

Question 9

Which of the following acts protects email, pagers, and cell phone calls?

Answer 9

Electronic Communications Privacy Acts

Question 10

Which of the following acts gave federal authorities much wider latitude in monitoring Internet usage and expanded the way such date are shared among different agencies?

Answer 10

USA PATRIOT Act

Question 11

ethics

Answer 11

the moral obligation of humans to act in ways that are good and proper

Question 12

acts of misconduct

Answer 12

committed by a minority of police, creating suspicion and mistrust

Question 13

corruption

Answer 13

when a police officer’s act places his personal gain ahead of duty

Question 14

corrupt acts

Answer 14

forbidden by law, rule, regulation, or ethical standard

Question 15

grass eaters

Answer 15

condoning corruption by not speaking out against it

Question 16

meat eaters

Answer 16

actively engaging in corrupt activities

Question 17

Knapp Commission

Answer 17

reported corruption was systematic and pervasive

Question 18

Mollen Commission

Answer 18

recommended external panel to monitor corruption

Question 19

Miami in the mid 1980s

Answer 19

they’d kill drug dealers and sell the drugs

Question 20

80s

Answer 20

Philly saw over 30 officers convicted of taking part in a scheme to extort drug dealers

Question 21

CPD

Answer 21

caught violating the 4th amendment

Question 22

nonfeasance

Answer 22

reluctance to report wrongdoings of peers

Question 23

misfeasance

Answer 23

lying for others

Question 24

malfeasance

Answer 24

actively doing the wrongdoing

Question 25

Who is more susceptible to practices of corruption

Answer 25

young, inexperienced officers

Question 26

perjury

Answer 26

uniformed officers were twice as likely as detectives to commit perjury

Question 27

"othering"

Answer 27

Us versus them mentality, goes hand in hand with symbolic assailants

Question 28

gratuities

Answer 28

does not violate criminal law expectations; expectations of favors can be unethical and compromise public trust - know the department policy

Question 29

kickbacks

Answer 29

local case involving VCSD and Vigo County School Corporation

Question 30

shakedowns

Answer 30

accepting money or other valuables and personal services from offenders

Question 31

bribery

Answer 31

not taking action in exchange for money

Question 32

opportunistic theft

Answer 32

example: taking a watch from a dead body

Question 33

excessive use of force

Answer 33

used to affect an arrest, coerce information from, or simply bully ppl

Question 34

rotten apple theory

Answer 34

holds that while there are a few corrupt officers in policing, most officers are unaffected by corruption

Question 35

Foreign intelligence act

Answer 35

foreign powers and individuals connected to international terrorist groups (established procedures for electronic surveillance

Question 36

National Security Letters

Answer 36

written demands from the FBI that compel internet service providers, credit card companies, etc. to be hand over confidential records about the customers