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Which of the following is true of police corruption? |
| | A) | crime and corruption are more prevalent in policing than in most other occupations |
| | B) | virtually every urban police department in the U.S. has experienced organized corruption |
| | C) | it is related to high crime rates and widespread demands for illegal goods and services |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Which of the following was NOT discussed as a form of police corruption? |
| | A) | meals and services |
| | B) | private security |
| | C) | exemplars |
| | D) | patronage |
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Which is NOT a common interpretation of police corruption? |
| | A) | the society-at-large explanation |
| | B) | the truth and justice explanation |
| | C) | The structural explanation (influences within police departments) |
| | D) | the rotten-apple explanation |
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What occurred in the 1960s to bring attention to police misconduct? |
| | A) | the "criminal law revolution" carried on by the Supreme Court |
| | B) | the findings of the Kerner Commission |
| | C) | the ruling in Brown v. Mississippi |
| | D) | a and b only |
| | E) | all of the above |
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Which of the following was NOT discussed as true of the Kerner Commission? |
| | A) | it was more formally known as the National Advisory |
| | B) | it targeted the issue of street justice and investigated the causes of riots and destruction in several large cities |
| | C) | it closed down several police departments as a result of its findings concerning police brutality |
| | D) | it identified police practices in inner cities as the primary cause of violence in inner-city areas |
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Police brutality has been found to be associated with? |
| | A) | police officers' unrestricted use of force |
| | B) | characteristics of the police "working personality" |
| | C) | watchman style police departments |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Dissatisfactions with internal police review boards include? |
| | A) | the boards cannot be impartial to their fellow officers |
| | B) | police officers and departments were insulated from public accountability |
| | C) | officers were rarely disciplined as a result of their actions |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Purposes of citizen controlled review boards included all of the following EXCEPT? |
| | A) | to restrain officers who engaged in brutality, harassment, and other illegal practices |
| | B) | to handle police officer complaints about unfair policies |
| | C) | to ensure an impartial investigation of complaints against police officers |
| | D) | to explain police procedures to citizens |
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Preventive control of police misconduct involves? |
| | A) | internal accountability where members are responsible for their own actions |
| | B) | tight supervision of police officers by administrators and other staff |
| | C) | a move toward the abolition of formal procedures that inadvertently lead to corruption |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Misconduct by the police such as illegal activities for economic gain and accepting gratuities, favors or payment for services that are a part of their normal peacekeeping role such as kickbacks, shakedowns, and case fixing is referred to as police corruption. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The slippery slope hypothesis suggests that police corruption begins with small, seemingly harmless activities such as accepting money in place of traffic tickets, and then extends to more serious crimes. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The "watchman's style" of policing attempts to curb organized corruption, discriminatory arrests, and unnecessary police violence. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Dating back to the Middle Ages, under common law police were authorized to use deadly force as a last resort to apprehend a fleeing felon. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Police professionalism implies that brutality and corruption are symptoms of incompetent policing. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Tennessee v. Garner, the Supreme Court emphasized that deadly force may not be used unless it is necessary to prevent the escape of a suspect for whom there is reasonable cause to believe a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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