Police and Society
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Course Introduction
Police and Society explores the complex relationship between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve. This course examines the historical development of policing, the role of police in contemporary society, and the sociological theories underlying policing practices. Key topics include community policing, police discretion, accountability, use of force, and the impact of race, class, and gender on police-public interactions. Students will analyze current issues, controversies, and reforms in policing, emphasizing the importance of building trust, legitimacy, and ethical practices within diverse societal contexts.
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Chapter 1: Police History
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Q1) William J.Bratton completely reengineered the New York City Police Department to make reducing crime its primary objective.What vehicle did he use to accomplish this mission?
A)creating SWAT
B)adding helicopters to the police force
C)CompStat
D)community policing
Answer: C
Q2) In early U.S.colonial society, citizens were responsible for protecting themselves and maintaining an orderly society.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) List and discuss the different types of police agencies as outlined in the current chapter.
Answer: Student answers will vary but should at least mention Federal, State and Local agencies.
Q4) The "watch and ward" required all men to serve on the ___________. Answer: Night Watch
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Chapter 2: Organizing Security in the United States
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Q1) The investigative arm of the Navy and Marines is called the __________________.
Answer: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
Q2) Among local departments, African Americans account for approximately _____ percent of sworn personnel.
A)10.2
B)11.9
C)12.5
D)19.4
Answer: B
Q3) The ______ Crime Act expanded federal criminal jurisdiction in Indian country in such areas as guns, violent juveniles, drugs, and domestic violence.
Answer: 1994
Q4) Most counties in the United States are patrolled by a _______ department under the leadership of an elected official.
A)sheriff's
B)police
C)constable's
D)state police
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Organizing the Police Department
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Q1) The most common problems for police officers during this shift are disorderly and intoxicated people at home and on the street, domestic violence, disorderly tavern patrons, commercial burglaries, prostitution, and drug sales. A)day
B)evening
C)midnight
D)weekends
Answer: C
Q2) The number of officers or subordinates that a supervisor can supervise effectively is called the ____________________.
Answer: span of control
Q3) An example of an operations unit in a police department would be:
A)patrol
B)communications
C)training
D)internal affairs
Answer: A
Q4) Another name for chain of command is ____________________. Answer: hierarchy of authority
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Chapter 4: Becoming a Police Officer
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Q1) All police departments have the same hiring standards that have to be met by applicants.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Explain the typical selection process most police departments use to identify and select qualified police officers.
Q3) Which of the following is not considered when selecting police applicants?
A)education
B)physical abilities
C)vision
D)criminal history of parents
Q4) The background investigation for most police department's usually only looks back five years into the applicant's life and history.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Why are field training programs and probationary periods vital phases in the police hiring process?
Q6) Describe the field training process.
Q7) Describe typical educational requirements for police selection.
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Chapter 5: The Police Role and Police Discretion
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Q1) Officer Brown believes his role is keeping the peace and preserving the social order, yet he is very careful not to violate the constitutional rights of individuals.According to Broderick, he would be considered a/an:
A)realist
B)optimist
C)enforcer
D)idealist
Q2) The concept of "what do the police do" is known as the ________________.
Q3) The availability of a choice of options or actions one can take in a situation is called
Q4) The Largetown Police Department issues many summonses and makes many misdemeanor arrests.According to James Q.Wilson, it would be considered to be a _____ department.
A)watchman
B)legalistic
C)moralistic
D)service
Q5) List and discuss what offenses the police deal with the most. State your opinion to why and provide examples to back up your opinion.
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Chapter 6: Police Culture, Personality, and Stress
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Q1) Studies indicate that police officers are _____ more likely to suffer from alcoholism than the average citizen.
A)25%
B)55%
C)75%
D)300%
Q2) The stress produced by the daily need to confront the tragedies of urban life, such as dealing with derelicts, criminals, and the mentally disturbed, and the need to engage in dangerous activity to protect a public that appears to be unappreciative of the police, is classified as:
A)external stress
B)organizational stress
C)personal stress
D)operational stress
Q3) What are some of the methods being used by police departments today to deal with stress?
Q4) The ethical problem in which police are confronted with situations in which they feel forced to take certain illegal actions to achieve a greater good is known as the ____________________ problem.
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Chapter 7: Minorities in Policing
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Q1) Academic research has shown that female officers can do patrol work effectively and are well received by the public.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The ____________________ extended the 1964 Civil Rights Act and made its provisions applicable to state and local governments.
Q3) What percentage of our police departments today are women, African American, or Hispanic? How do these numbers compare to earlier years?
Q4) ____________________ is the unequal treatment of persons in personnel decisions (hiring, promotion, and firing) on the basis of their race, religion, national origin, gender, or sexual orientation.
Q5) The first important job discrimination case was ____________________.
Q6) Discuss the many ways that women have been discriminated against in policing.
Q7) Describe the methods used by women and other minorities to earn their proper place in U.S.police departments.
Q8) A major concept behind the affirmative action movement, and possibly the most disturbing concept to many, is the establishment of ____________________.
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Chapter 8: Police Ethics and Police Deviance
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Q1) ____________ means that a police officer may be sued in civil court for improper behavior, using such civil law concepts as negligence and torts.
A)Criminal liability
B)Civil liability
C)Administrative liability
D)Strict liability
Q2) Basic ethics are the rather broad moral principles that govern all conduct, whereas applied ethics focuses these broad principles upon specific applications.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The ideal way for police agencies to handle the deviance and corruption issue is through:
A)detection
B)prevention
C)arrests
D)convictions
Q4) Detail several explanations of police corruption.
Q5) Discuss the emotional toll on officers when going through an internal investigation.
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Chapter 9: Patrol Operations
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Q1) The impression of the police always being there is called ____________________.
Q2) The traffic enforcement function in policing always ranks high as an area of concern among the public.
A)True
B)False
Q3) _____ is the most expensive part of a police department's budget.
A)Fuel cost
B)Equipment
C)Personnel
D)Liability insurance
Q4) According to your text, the NHTSA reported and increase in alcohol-related crashes. A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain what the research says about police pursuits and how law enforcement is responding to this information.
Q6) This telephone system allows police departments to call citizens in certain geographic areas and notify them to lock their doors, evacuate, or be aware of a crime problem:
Q7) Discuss the value of evidence-based policing.
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Chapter 10: Investigations
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Q1) List some examples of solvability factors.
Q2) Informal mentoring is a new form of training to new detectives/investigators in departments.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A(n) ____________________ consists of a group of heavily armed officers who hide in an area of a store or building waiting for an impending holdup.
Q4) Through the Rand investigation into detectives, it was found that detective's value in the investigative process was _______________.
Q5) What are decoy programs? Describe a typical decoy operation.
Q6) The Managing Criminal Investigations program is designed to put most of an investigator's time and effort into:
A)all felonies that have a chance to be solved
B)very important cases only and cases that can actually be solved
C)only cases in which the complainant agrees to cooperate D)none of the above
Q7) ____________________ involve using various undercover methods to apprehend thieves and recover stolen property.
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Chapter 11: Police and the Community
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Q1) TRIAD programs are focused on senior citizens.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ____________________ is a crime prevention program in which neighbors are supposed to watch over their blocks and alert the police to any suspicious or disorderly behavior.It is also known as Crime Watch, Block Watch, or Community Alert.
Q3) Crime Stoppers is a program in which:
A)police operate decoy programs where they dress like possible crime victims
B)police open up storefronts and pose as criminals who buy stolen property
C)the police ask television and radio stations to publicize a "crime of the week" and citizens call tips into a special police phone number
D)all of the above
Q4) The program GREAT is aimed at helping the elderly avoid telephone scams.
A)True
B)False
Q5) ____________________ programs are programs produced by radio and television stations that publicize an unsolved crime of the week and cash rewards are given for information that results in the conviction of the offender.
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Chapter 12: Community Policing: The Debate Continues
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Q1) The idea of problem-solving policing can be attributed to
Q2) The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is part of the _____.
A)NIJ
B)FBI
C)president's cabinet
D)Chicago Police Department
Q3) The seminal article in the Atlantic Monthly that many believe was responsible for the modern stage of community policing was written by
Q4) Programs through which officers live in particular communities to strengthen relations between the police and the community are called
Q5) Name and discuss three features of the 1994 Crime Bill.
Q6) The four elements of the problem-solving strategy are strengths, opportunities, response, and assessment.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Discuss the contributions of Herman Goldstein to the concept of problem-solving policing.
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Chapter 13: Police and the Law
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Q1) The pattern of brutality and violence used by the police to obtain confessions by suspects is known as ____________________.
Q2) This case applied the exclusionary rule to all state courts:
A)Weeks v.United States
B)Wolf v.Colorado
C)Rochin v.California
D)Mapp v.Ohio
Q3) Search and seizure is governed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S.Constitution.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The standard of proof that is necessary for police officers to conduct stops and frisks is known as ____________________.
Q5) How do the Bill of Rights and the actions of the U.S.Supreme Court regulate the police?
Q6) The right to counsel contained within Miranda applies only when the individual under interrogation is in custody.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Computers, Technology, and Criminalistics in Policing
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Q1) Discuss the many ways in which the computer is revolutionizing police work.
Q2) Handwriting analysis is performed by the ____________________ section of the crime lab.
Q3) For law enforcement purposes, the acronym CAD means:
A)computer-assisted dispatching
B)computer-aided dispatch
C)computer-assisted dispatch
D)centralized audio dispatch
Q4) Define DNA, and explain the accuracy of the results of genetic fingerprinting
Q5) Automated fingerprint identifications systems began to be developed in the 1980s. A)True
B)False
Q6) Alcohol and drugs or controlled substances are analyzed by the ____________________ section of the crime lab.
Q7) NCIC stands for ____________________.
Q8) Nearly half of all 911 calls are made from cell phones. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Homeland Security
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Q1) Members of what type of terrorist group include animal rights advocates, supporters of environmental issues, and antiabortion advocates?
A)right wing
B)left wing
C)special interest
D)union extremists
Q2) In 1998, Earth Liberation Front (ELF) members were linked to the destruction of the Vail Ski Resort in Colorado, a fire that caused $12 million in damage.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe some of the U.S.government's immediate responses to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Q4) Since 9/11, who is being asked to play a greater part in combating terrorism?
A)FBI
B)ATF
C)CIA
D)local police
Q5) How does the USA Patriot Act support homeland security?
Q6) Describe three major international terrorist incidents.
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