Issues in Policing - Criminal Justice & Law

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Question 1 Easy Mcq

_____ is known as factors that cause stress in police officers that lie outside of their control.

Question 2 Easy Mcq

_____ is defined as grants and budgetary supplements police departments seek from external sources

Question 3 Easy Mcq

_____ is known as practice that allows the police to take items and admit them into evidence.

Question 4 Easy Mcq

_____ is defined as Force that involves the use of batons, flashlights, and other implements to deliver force against an individual.

Question 5 Easy Mcq

Is issues of Duty ethical dilemmas where officers are faced with challenges based on how they view their role as police officers. An issue of duty also occurs when an officer knows what is expected of her or him but is not inclined to perform a particular aspect of the job?

Question 6 Easy Mcq

_____ is defined as improper or illegal conduct carried out while performing one’s job.

Question 7 Easy Mcq

_____ is the psychological and physical distress caused by witnessing or experiencing a major catastrophic event.

Question 8 Easy Mcq

_____ is known as a type of search that occurs when the individual gives permission to conduct a search.

Question 9 Medium Mcq

According to data, ______are more likely to be involved in use-of-force incidents.

Question 10 Easy Mcq

Four external influences that policing must deal with are political, economic, social, and technological influences.

Question 11 Easy Mcq

Is exclusionary Rule established by the U.S. Supreme Court case Mapp v. Ohio (1961). It states that items obtained outside the context of a warrant cannot be used against someone in a court of law?

Question 12 Easy Mcq

_____ is known as the code by which many police officers are asked to live, upholding good values with strong ethics

Question 13 Easy Mcq

_____ is the process by which the criminal justice system is allowed access to your personal space and belongings to determine whether evidence of a criminal act is present.

Question 14 Easy Mcq

_____ is known as the legal standard of proof by which a reasonable per-son would suspect that someone might be engaged in criminal behavior; leads to an investigative detention.

Question 15 Medium Mcq

The Supreme Court has a clear stance on when, where, and how offenders should be identified and apprehended by the criminal justice system.

Question 16 Easy Mcq

_____ is the stress caused by the organization, that is, the police department, for which an individual works.

Question 17 Easy Mcq

_____ is an ethical dilemma that occurs when officers fail to make good ethical decisions and the results of their actions lead to personal gain.

Question 18 Easy Mcq

_____ is occurs when the race or ethnicity of an individual is used as the sole or primary determinant by the police when making decisions.

Question 19 Easy Mcq

Which of the following cases asked whether the police are allowed to search the cell phone of an arrestee without a warrant?

Question 20 Easy Mcq

_____ is legal searches conducted without a warrant, after police officers have placed a person under arrest.

Question 21 Easy Mcq

_____ is known as force that involves the pointing of or firing of a handgun.

Question 22 Easy Mcq

The legitimacy of the police is dependent on how officers deploy their power and authority.

Question 23 Easy Mcq

_____ is defined as lying to cover up wrongdoing.

Question 24 Easy Mcq

_____ is police misconduct committed in order to ensure justice is served on a criminal.

Question 25 Easy Mcq

_____ is defined as defined as the application of amount and/or frequency of force greater than required to compel compliance from a willing or unwilling subject.

Question 26 Easy Mcq

The ______ Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.

Question 27 Easy Mcq

Is order Maintenance the maintenance of territorial control over a specific area or beat by police officers?

Question 28 Easy Mcq

Is police Misconduct police behavior that is in violation of departmental policies and procedures, is a misuse of power and authority, or is a violation of the law?

Question 29 Easy Mcq

When police officers conduct a search incident to arrest, they may search any area they want to, no matter whether the area is incident to the arrest.

Question 30 Easy Mcq

_____ is a police officer’s ability to decide whether to apply the law or not

Question 31 Easy Mcq

Is rotten Apple Theory suggests that the corruption of a select few individuals can, in turn, shed a negative light on a department?

Question 32 Medium Mcq

In the ______ case, the Court considered whether the police could obtain cell phone data records, which includes the location and movement behaviors of individuals, without a warrant.

Question 33 Easy Mcq

Ethical dilemmas can occur in four different realms: discretion, duty, honesty, and corruption.

Question 34 Easy Mcq

Is emergency Exception an exception to the warrant requirement that is invoked if police are concerned that waiting to secure a warrant could either jeopardize the safety of others or threaten the integrity of potential evidence?

Question 35 Easy Mcq

_____ is force that involves the use of electrical current to temporarily incapacitate an offender, such as with a Taser.

Question 36 Hard Mcq

_____ is known as officers who actively pursue corrupt activities that could result in significant and illegal gains.

Question 37 Easy Mcq

Warrants are required in all cases.

Question 38 Easy Mcq

_____ is defined as a legal document that allows an officer to complete a search of a person’s belongings.

Question 39 Easy Mcq

Probable cause must be presented before a jury in order for an officer to secure an arrest warrant or a search warrant.

Question 40 Easy Mcq

The idea that police misconduct is typically committed by an immoral individual, and when that individual commits misconduct, it makes all police officers look bad, is referred to as ______.

Question 41 Easy Mcq

In order for a plain-view search to be admissible, it is imperative that the police officer has a legal right to be wherever the contraband is located.

Question 42 Easy Mcq

_____ is known as a system by which trained police officers con-duct debriefings of officers involved in major incidents.

Question 43 Easy Mcq

Is use-of-Force Continuum the concept that, as force escalates, officers are authorized to use force that is just above the level of force being used against them?

Question 44 Easy Mcq

The U.S. Supreme Court typically hears cases on appeals that deal with an alleged violation of a constitutional right that is provided by the Bill of Rights, which are the ______

Question 45 Easy Mcq

Officer Kearns used pepper spray on an offender. What type of force does that constitute?

Question 46 Easy Mcq

Is searches Based on Exigent Circumstances legal searches conducted without a warrant, typically when evidence may be destroyed or a person faces imminent danger?

Question 47 Easy Mcq

The decisions of the ______ have had the broadest impact on police policies and procedures, for when they decide a case, it affects every police department in the United States.

Question 48 Easy Mcq

_____ is defined as legal searches conducted without a warrant, when contraband is in plain view of the police.

Question 49 Easy Mcq

_____ is defined as officers who are considered to be involved in corrupt activities in a passive sense.

Question 50 Easy Mcq

_____ is this doctrine states that any evidence obtained as a result of an illegal search is excluded and cannot be used against someone in a court of law.

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