Issues in Policing - Criminal Justice & Law
Practice questions to test your knowledge and improve your understanding.
_____ is known as factors that cause stress in police officers that lie outside of their control.
_____ is defined as grants and budgetary supplements police departments seek from external sources
_____ is known as practice that allows the police to take items and admit them into evidence.
_____ is defined as Force that involves the use of batons, flashlights, and other implements to deliver force against an individual.
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?
_____ is defined as improper or illegal conduct carried out while performing one’s job.
_____ is the psychological and physical distress caused by witnessing or experiencing a major catastrophic event.
_____ is known as a type of search that occurs when the individual gives permission to conduct a search.
According to data, ______are more likely to be involved in use-of-force incidents.
Four external influences that policing must deal with are political, economic, social, and technological influences.
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?
_____ is known as the code by which many police officers are asked to live, upholding good values with strong ethics
_____ 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.
_____ 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.
The Supreme Court has a clear stance on when, where, and how offenders should be identified and apprehended by the criminal justice system.
_____ is the stress caused by the organization, that is, the police department, for which an individual works.
_____ is an ethical dilemma that occurs when officers fail to make good ethical decisions and the results of their actions lead to personal gain.
_____ is occurs when the race or ethnicity of an individual is used as the sole or primary determinant by the police when making decisions.
Which of the following cases asked whether the police are allowed to search the cell phone of an arrestee without a warrant?
_____ is legal searches conducted without a warrant, after police officers have placed a person under arrest.
_____ is known as force that involves the pointing of or firing of a handgun.
The legitimacy of the police is dependent on how officers deploy their power and authority.
_____ is defined as lying to cover up wrongdoing.
_____ is police misconduct committed in order to ensure justice is served on a criminal.
_____ 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.
The ______ Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
Is order Maintenance the maintenance of territorial control over a specific area or beat by police officers?
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?
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.
_____ is a police officer’s ability to decide whether to apply the law or not
Is rotten Apple Theory suggests that the corruption of a select few individuals can, in turn, shed a negative light on a department?
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.
Ethical dilemmas can occur in four different realms: discretion, duty, honesty, and corruption.
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?
_____ is force that involves the use of electrical current to temporarily incapacitate an offender, such as with a Taser.
_____ is known as officers who actively pursue corrupt activities that could result in significant and illegal gains.
Warrants are required in all cases.
_____ is defined as a legal document that allows an officer to complete a search of a person’s belongings.
Probable cause must be presented before a jury in order for an officer to secure an arrest warrant or a search warrant.
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 ______.
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.
_____ is known as a system by which trained police officers con-duct debriefings of officers involved in major incidents.
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?
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 ______
Officer Kearns used pepper spray on an offender. What type of force does that constitute?
Is searches Based on Exigent Circumstances legal searches conducted without a warrant, typically when evidence may be destroyed or a person faces imminent danger?
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.
_____ is defined as legal searches conducted without a warrant, when contraband is in plain view of the police.
_____ is defined as officers who are considered to be involved in corrupt activities in a passive sense.
_____ 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.