Police and Society Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Police and Society explores the complex relationship between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve. The course examines the historical development of policing, the evolving roles and functions of police in diverse societies, and the social, legal, and ethical challenges that arise in modern policing. Topics include the impact of race, class, and gender on police-citizen interactions, the use of force, community policing initiatives, accountability mechanisms, and contemporary debates about police reform. Through theoretical frameworks and real-world case studies, students gain a deeper understanding of the influence of policing on social order, public trust, and justice in society.
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An Introduction to Policing 7th Edition by John S. Dempsey
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Chapter 1: Police History
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Q1) Which U.S. Supreme Court case defined the constitutional right to counsel at police interrogation?
A) Mapp v. Ohio
B) Miranda v. Arizona
C) Escobedo v. Illinois
D) Brown v. Mississippi
Answer: C
Q2) The __________ were the members of the military appointed by Roman Emperor Augustus to protect the palace and the emperor.
Answer: Praetorian Guard
Q3) The__________evolved into the Gendarmerie Nationale, which today polices the areas outside France's major cities.
A) Praefectus Urbi
B) Praetorian Guard
C) Maréchausée
D) Magistrates.
Answer: C
Q4) The Youth International Party was associated with the __________ movement. Answer: antiwar
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Chapter 2: Organizing Public Security in the United States
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Q1) Most counties in the United States are patrolled by a police department under contract to the sheriff's department.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Many larger metropolitan areas have overlapping police jurisdictions.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Traditionally, in the United States, the creation of laws and the power to enforce them have been matters for the federal government, not the states.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) The four major U.S. cabinet departments that administer most federal law enforcement agencies and personnel are__________, __________, __________, and __________
Answer: Department of Justice, Department of the Treasury, Department of Homeland Security, Department of the Interior (in any order)
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Chapter 3: Organizing the Police Department
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Q1) The first supervisor in the police chain of command is the:
A) detective
B) captain
C) lieutenant
D) sergeant
Answer: D
Q2) The power of police is limited by state laws and the:
A) Pendleton Act
B) district attorney
C) Bill of Rights
D) municipal judge
Answer: C
Q3) Using a traditional three-tour system, how many officers does it take to cover one day?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Becoming A Police Officer
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Q1) Regarding police educational requirements, most departments require:
A) a four-year college degree
B) a two-year college degree
C) some college
D) no college, but at least a high school degree or its equivalent
Q2) The typical police officer of today is ____________________ than previous generations of police officers.
A) better educated
B) less educated
C) similarly educated
D) none of these choices
Q3) Most police departments administer polygraph examinations to candidates for the police officer position.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The average probationary period for police officers ranges from __________
Q5) The initial training a police officer receives is called __________
Q6) On-the-job training of recently graduated recruits from the police academy is called __________.
Q7) Describe the field training process.
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Chapter 5: The Police Role and Police Discretion
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Q1) List and explain each of Broderick's styles. Which style of officer would you want in your community? Why?
Q2) Robert Lilly's research concluded that the majority of police calls are in reference to:
A) burglaries
B) thefts
C) information
D) social services
Q3) Officer Smith believes her role is to maintain order on her beat by arresting criminals. According to Broderick, she would be considered a(n):
A) realist
B) optimist
C) enforcer
D) idealist
Q4) Discuss the extent and use of less-than-lethal weapons by police.
Q5) Most police departments now train their officers in the use of force using the
Q6) Ninety-six percent of local police departments have turned to the use of __________ in an attempt to reduce the use of deadly force.
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Chapter 6: Police Culture, Personality, and Police Stress
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Q1) A study on police depression revealed that ____________________ officers had higher levels of depression.
A) female
B) white
C) Asian
D) male
Q2) According to research, compared to other professions, the police exhibit higher rates of:
A) divorce
B) suicide
C) stress
D) all of these choices
Q3) The phenomenon in which a person wishing to die deliberately places an officer in a life-threatening situation, causing the officer to use deadly force against that person, is known as __________
Q4) The police subculture is characterized by clannishness, secrecy, and isolation from those not in the group.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Minorities in Policing
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Q1) In the early 1900s, policewomen were often called ____________________ and were employed to bring order and assistance to the lives of women and children.
A) city mothers
B) mother McCredies
C) matrons
D) mother superiors
Q2) What organization represented African American police officers in New York City?
A) Guardian Angels
B) Guardians Association
C) American Civil Liberties Union
D) African American Equalization Association
Q3) A study conducted by James David in Texas and Oklahoma revealed that arrest rates for men and women police officers are:
A) almost identical
B) slightly higher for men
C) significantly higher for women
D) slightly higher for women
Q4) Discuss the problems women and other minorities still face in policing.
Q5) The first important job discrimination case was __________.
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Chapter 8: Police Ethics and Police Deviance
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Q1) Corruption and misconduct in law enforcement are generally restricted to local police. Federal law enforcement agents rarely succumb to the temptation of corruption or misconduct.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The 193l National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement was more popularly known as the:
A) Kerner Commission
B) Volmer Commission
C) Wickersham Commission
D) Kefauver Commission
Q3) The National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement is more popularly known as the __________ Commission.
Q4) Herman Goldstein has defined police corruption as "acts involving the misuse of authority by a police officer in a manner designed to produce personal gain for himself or others."
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain the slippery slope theory and how it relates to gratuities.
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Chapter 9: Patrol Operations
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Q1) When researchers examined the reinstitution of foot patrol in Newark and Flint, they arrived at the conclusion that when foot patrol is added in neighborhoods:
A) levels of fear decrease significantly
B) levels of fear increase significantly
C) levels of fear remain the same
D) the police who patrol on foot have less job satisfaction, more fear, and lower morale than do officers who patrol in automobiles
Q2) Which of the following is not one of the three traditional ways we do police work in the United States?
A) retroactive investigation of past crimes by detectives
B) random routine patrol
C) proactive investigations
D) rapid response to calls by citizens to 911
Q3) Research during the past 20 years has pointed out that we can depend on television portrayals for realistic examples of police work.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The impression of always being there is called __________
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Chapter 10: Investigations
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Q1) The National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals recommended that ____________________ should be directed to conduct thorough preliminary investigations.
A) detectives
B) supervisors
C) nonsworn personnel
D) patrol officers
Q2) In a case enhancement program, detectives:
A) debrief suspects to obtain further information
B) assist arresting officers in preparing a case for court
C) engage in liaison with the district attorney
D) all of these choices
Q3) Entrapment is a(n) ____________________ defense.
A) perfect
B) good faith
C) equitable
D) affirmative
Q4) Police and business owners are now posting videos on the __________ website in order to allow the public to see suspected criminals.
Q5) __________ are responsible for the vast majority of all arrests.
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Chapter 11: Police and Their Clients
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Q1) Public opinion polls have revealed that most citizens have a very poor image of the police.
A)True
B)False
Q2) __________ are small police facilities in neighborhoods in which officers are stationed in order to engage in crime prevention programs with members of the community.
Q3) According to the author, the police should be seen by the community as:
A) an army of occupation
B) mercenaries
C) part of the community
D) impartial enforcers of the law
Q4) Most police officers feel that the public:
A) does not support the police
B) appreciates the police
C) respects but does not like the police
D) has no opinion regarding the police
Q5) Triad programs are focused on senior citizens.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Community Policing: The Debate Continues
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Q1) The Office of Community Policing Services (COPS) is part of the ____________________.
A) NIJ
B) FBI
C) president's cabinet
D) Chicago Police Department
Q2) Community policing is more easily facilitated with the __________ available today.
Q3) The idea of problem-solving policing can be attributed to __________
Q4) __________ involves a continued reliance on traditional policing operations.
Q5) Community-oriented policing is an approach toward crime that addresses the underlying causes of crime and endeavors to apply ____________________ problem solving to the issue through improved police-community relationships.
A) rule-of-law
B) long-term
C) zero-tolerance
D) short-term
Q6) __________ was established to administer the grant money provided by the 1994 Crime Bill and to promote community policing.
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Chapter 13: Police and the Law
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Q1) An attorney is required at every lineup.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Explain the significance of the Scott v. Harris decision.
Q3) Of all the FBI Index crimes, the one that occurs least each year is:
A) murder
B) rape
C) robbery
D) felonious assault
Q4) This case allowed searches, also known as "pat-downs," during field interrogations.
A) Chimel v. California
B) Terry v. Ohio
C) United States v. Matlock
D) Abel v. United States
Q5) If evidence is found to be in violation of the exclusionary rule, it must be
Q6) Explain the significance of Berghuis v. Thompkins as it concerns interrogations.
Q7) Arrests can be made with or without a __________
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Q8) In __________, the Supreme Court applied the exclusionary rule to state courts.
Chapter 14: Computers, Technology, and Criminalistics in Policing
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Q1) DNA is the abbreviation for __________
Q2) In law enforcement, CAD stands for __________
Q3) The examination of dead bodies is called forensic:
A) toxicology
B) pathology
C) physical anthropology
D) odontology
Q4) The examination of skeletal remains is called forensic:
A) toxicology
B) pathology
C) physical anthropology
D) odontology
Q5) Mitochondrial DNA is more useful for identification than nuclear DNA.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The first scientist to use DNA profiling in a criminal case was:
A) Alec Jeffreys
B) Joseph Wambaugh
C) Barry Scheck
D) Gerald Sheindlin
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Chapter 15: Homeland Security
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Q1) The __________ was created in 2005 to unite America's national security intelligence under one umbrella. It was based on the 9/11 Commission report, which recommended the creation of a single intelligence director for the United States.
Q2) Where did the 2009 attack committed by Major Nidal Malik Hasan, which killed 13 people and wounded 30 others, take place?
A) Fort Dix
B) Fort Hood
C) Fort Sill
D) Fort Leavenworth
Q3) One of three threats identified by the FBI is the threat from __________ international radical extremists, such as those who attacked the World Trade Center in 1995.
Q4) The U.S. Coast Guard, which is a military branch of the U.S. armed forces and is on the front lines of maritime security efforts, patrols:
A) only international waters
B) only American coasts, ports, and waterways
C) both international waters and American coasts, ports, and waterways
D) international waters only at the request of a foreign government
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