Police Administration
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Course Introduction
Police Administration explores the fundamental principles, organizational structures, and management practices of modern law enforcement agencies. The course covers topics such as leadership strategies, personnel management, budgeting, community relations, policy development, accountability, and ethical considerations within policing environments. Students will analyze administrative challenges and decision-making processes, assess the impact of organizational culture, and evaluate the role of technology and innovation in police operations. Emphasis is placed on effective communication, the significance of interagency cooperation, and adapting to evolving societal needs to ensure public safety and trust.
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Justice Administration Police Courts and Corrections Management 8th Edition by Ken J. Peak
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Chapter 1: The Study and Scope of Justice Administration
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Q1) The primary difference between the consensus and conflict theorists with respect to their view of government vis-à-vis the governed is:
A) the loss of freedom and the creation of conflict in modern societies.
B) the development of private property and the unequal distribution of resources.
C) their evaluation of the legitimacy of the actions of ruling groups in contemporary societies.
D) All the above
Answer: C
Q2) According to the textbook,people working in the private sector must achieve job satisfaction primarily through __________ rewards.
A) extrinsic
B) intrinsic
C) management
D) None of the above
Answer: A
Q3) According the due process model,police powers should be limited to prevent
Answer: oppression
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Chapter 2: Organization and Administration Principles and Practices
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Q1) The theory that contends that good leaders possessed certain character traits that poor leaders typically did not is the trait theory.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Maslow believed that people's basic and primary needs or drives are physiological (survival),safety or security,social,ego (self-esteem),and _________________.
A) actualization
B) dreams
C) sympathy
D) apathy
E) None of the above
Answer: A
Q3) Social entity is a concept that alludes to the organization's goals and the public served.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Rights of Criminal Justice Employees
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Q1) According to rulings made by the U.S.Supreme Court regarding constitutionally protected property,a person clearly must have more than an abstract need or desire for it.A ___________ claim of entitlement to it must exist.
Answer: legitimate
Q2) Discuss what is meant by a bona fide occupational qualifier (BFOQ)in the process of recruiting and hiring.Give an example of a bona fide occupational qualifier and the reasons it is permissible.
Answer: In certain situations,a rationale for discriminating on the basis of a business necessity
Q3) The U.S.Supreme Court's ruling in _____________________ served to bring local police employees under the coverage of the FLSA.
A) Bakke v. Regents
B) Gardner v. Broderick
C) Cooper v. Pate
D) Garcia v. San Antonio Transit Authority
E) None of the above
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Police Organization and Operation
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Q1) The most important difference between crime-analysis software and the individual police officer is that the software:
A) does not get sick.
B) does not take vacation.
C) does not make mistakes.
D) cannot transfer to a different precinct.
Q2) The patrol function is often called the ____________of policing and is the primary line element.
A) non-essential element
B) departmental optional division
C) sole function
D) backbone
E) None of the above
Q3) Specialization in an organization such as a police department creates an increased need for coordination because it adds to the hierarchy,which can lead to narrowly defined jobs that can enhance the creativity and energy of those who hold them.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The acronym S.A.R.A.stands for Scanning,Analysis,Response,and _____________.
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Chapter 5: Police Personnel Roles and Functions
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Q1) ______________ ___________features pervasive but muted conflict that is tolerable for a time.This kind of conflict is commonplace in American policing,and in this situation,the chief's survival depends on external support.
Q2) Describe how police agencies are using social networking sites to perform background checks.
Q3) Police departments' recruiting efforts should emphasize the challenges involved in becoming a police officer.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Sheriffs are generally aligned with a political party.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The _________ ________supervisor is the lowest,yet very important level of leadership.This supervisor directs,controls,and evaluates the work of field personnel.
Q6) The _________ ___________is a model that delineates and defines the primary roles of a chief executive officer.
Q7) The ____________ supervisor is most closely associated with community policing.
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Q8) What are some similarities and differences between the FTO and PTO concepts?
Chapter 6: Police Issues and Practices
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Q1) Officers who use more force are more likely to work certain shifts-evenings and nights-and are usually female.
A)True
B)False
Q2) While police chief executives,through succession planning,need to take a long view and identify and develop employees who have the potential to fill key leadership positions in the organization,how will these executives need to address these issues given the characteristics of newer generations and the use of social media?
Q3) Police administrators should consider creating a warning system to alert them when an officer receives excessive complaints within a year.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Researcher David Carter looked at officers' conduct and provided a typology of abuse of authority.List and describe the three types of abuse of authority discussed.
Q5) The _____________center coordinates all response and counter-terrorism elements within a community or metropolitan area.
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Chapter 7: Court Organization and Operation
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Q1) Tradition holds that when the Supreme Court is in session,a fixed seating arrangement requires the junior justice to sit on the Chief's extreme left.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is the organization of our dual court system,and what are the primary functions of each of the major types of courts that exist within the federal and state court systems?
Q3) The state supreme courts are also the ultimate review board for matters involving interpretation of _____________law.
Q4) The U.S.Supreme Court declared in 1966 in Tehan v.United States ex rel.Shott that "the basic purpose of a trial is the determination of___________."
Q5) stated that "Every violation of truth is a stab at the health of human society."
A) De Tocqueville
B) De Gaulle
C) Ralph Waldo Emerson
D) Shakespeare
Q6) The great majority of the nation's judicial business occurs at the______,not the federal level.
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Chapter 8: Court Personnel Roles and Functions
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Q1) The American Judicature Society argues for limiting the role of politics in the selection of state judges.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Duties of the Chief Justice of the United States include all but which of the following?
A) Directing the publication of Supreme Court opinions
B) Selecting a company to handle the printing and binding of court opinions
C) Calling and presiding over an annual meeting of the Judicial Conference of the United States
D) Making all official phone calls to perform stays of execution
Q3) Some people believe that judges would do well to remember that wearing the robe does not confer omniscience or omnipotence.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What criteria may be employed by judges to evaluate the effectiveness of their administrators?
Q5) A federal judge maintained that it takes about ________years to "get a full feel of a docket."
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Chapter 9: Court Issues and Practices
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Q1) A program that is in widespread use to reduce costly litigation in the United States is:
A) alternative dispute resolution.
B) the expansion of expert witnesses.
C) an annual reduction of the numbers of lawyers graduating from college.
D) the refusal by the courts to hear any product-liability claims.
Q2) The first veterans' court opened in____________,_____ _____ in 2008.
Q3) Types of disputes commonly resolved through arbitration include:
A) collective bargaining agreements.
B) construction and trademark disputes.
C) warranties and leases.
D) All of the above
Q4) The unit management concept now assists nearly every state in controlling prisons. A)True B)False
Q5) Arbitration may be mandatory and binding,meaning that the parties abandon their right to go to court once they agree to arbitrate.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Corrections Personnel Roles and Functions
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Q1) Age and seniority are associated with Farkas' correctional officer types,with older COs tending to be more hard-line.
A)True
B)False
Q2) To address and prevent corruption among corrections personnel,administrators must strive to:
A) upgrade the quality of correctional personnel.
B) establish supervisory techniques that emphasize quality (how well tasks are performed) over quantity (how many tasks are accomplished).
C) terminate all staff at the first sign of impropriety.
D) upgrade the quality of correctional personnel and establish supervisory techniques that emphasize quality (how well tasks are performed) over quantity (how many tasks are accomplished).
Q3) A type of correctional officer,the "_________ ________," are actually an extreme version of the rule enforcers and are also more likely to be________.
Q4) Most acts of prison corruption involve the illegal acquisition of ___________.
Q5) What are the three types of inmates who engage in inappropriate relationships with correctional staff members?
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Chapter 12: Corrections Issues and Practices
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Q1) Factors that appear to increase sexual coercion rates include large population size (more than 1,000 inmates),________ _______,racial conflict,barracks-type housing,inadequate security,and a high percentage of inmates incarcerated for crimes against persons.
Q2) Robert Levinson delineated four categories for classification of new inmates,which include all except?
A) Security and custody
B) Housing and programs
C) Dangerous and less-dangerous
D) Security and custody, and housing and programs
Q3) Wolff and Shi also found that inmate-on-inmate physical and sexual assault incidents most often involved attackers with a _________ _______and with whom the victim was acquainted.
Q4) In a hostage incident in a corrections facility,traditional CRTs are the first,primary level of response.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are some stated advantages and disadvantages of privatization? What do available studies report regarding its efficacy?
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Chapter 13: Ethical Considerations
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Q1) The grass-eater type of police officer is considered to be the most highly corrupt.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Withrow and Dailey argue that,in certain circumstances,the exchange of any gratuity is ethical or unethical regardless of its value.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Deontology means the study of duty.
A)True
B)False
Q4) _____________ ethics does not consider consequences,but instead examines one's duty to act.
Q5) The Ethics Reform Act of 1989 regulates:
A) Congress.
B) the U.S. Senate.
C) judicial conduct.
D) arrests.
Q6) How may corrections officers be unethical?
Q7) What is the definition of ethics? Give examples of relative and absolute ethics.
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Chapter 14: Special Challenges Labor Relations, liability, and Discipline
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Q1) Three major forms of impasse resolution during collective bargaining are:
A) mediation, fact-finding, arbitration.
B) meet and confer, open-shop, mediation.
C) unilateral, bilateral, interagency.
D) "bargaining not required," impasse closure, arbitration.
Q2) The movement to bargain collectively has not often occurred in the courts.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A(n)___________ complaint occurs when a written,signed,and/or tape-recorded statement of the allegation is made and the complainant requests to be informed of the outcome.
A) primary
B) formal
C) informal
D) secondary
Q4) Failure to protect claims against police most often involve:
A) victims of natural disasters.
B) battered women.
C) abused children.
D) victims of white-collar crimes.
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Chapter 15: Financial Administration
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Q1) Some strategies for policy makers to consider for addressing the burgeoning cost of criminal justice activities would include which of the following?
A) Reforming sentencing and drug laws
B) Looking at nonviolent prisoners and special populations (e.g., who might require more extensive health care services)
C) Considering parole reforms (e.g., early parole and good time).
D) All of the above should be considered.
Q2) The primary purpose of financial administration is to convey the fundamental elements of controlling fiscal resources through _______________________ a budget.
A) maintaining
B) formulating and executing
C) creating and changing
D) adapting
Q3) Audits determine whether or not funds were spent legally.
A)True
B)False
Q4) _________________ budgeting is the most commonly used budget format.
Q5) Discuss what is involved in each of the four steps of a budgeting cycle.
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Chapter 16: Technologies and Tools: in an Era of Big Data and the Cloud
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Q1) What does the field of robotics promise for the police?
Q2) All of the following has been cited as a positive uses of mini tablets by prison inmates,except:
A) it allows inmates to plot escapes.
B) it allows inmates to keep up with technological advances.
C) it allows inmates to better connect with family and friends on the outside.
D) it allows for inmates to establish positive ties to their communities.
E) it allows for better educational opportunities.
Q3) Describe the benefits along with the disadvantages of inmates' use of mobile devices in correctional facilities today.
Q4) Robots are now fitted with odor sensors; video capability,including night vision; and a camera (also useful for photographing crime scenes).
A)True
B)False
Q5) N-DEx uses a simple traffic light model to specify permissions or authority for access to the system.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Explain how modern technologies are assisting in correctional institutions.
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