Law Studies Ch 6 Review

_____ is a database containing DNA profiles.​

• IBIS

• AFIS

• CODIS

• NCIC

In cases of domestic violence, mandatory arrest laws limit a police officer’s discretion by requiring him or her to arrest an offender.​

• True

• False

Reasonable force is defined as the degree of force that is appropriate to protect the police officer and other citizens and is not considered excessive.​

• True

• False

One external procedure for handling citizen complaints is known as citizen oversight.​

• True

• False

Which of the following is not a purpose of police patrol listed in the text?​

• Maintenance of public order

• Provision of services that are not crime related

• Improvement of public attitudes toward the police

• Deterrence of crime

The majority of time a patrol officer spends at work is spent​

• on preventive patrol.

• answering calls for service.

• filling out paperwork.

• issuing traffic citations.

Force applied by a police officer that is likely or intended to cause death is known as _____ force.​

• less than lethal

• deadly

• non-deadly

• aggressive

DNA evidence from crime scenes is entered into a database called​

• DOJ.

• AFIS

• CODIS

• OTB

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court set the limits for the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers

• Graham v. Connor (1989)

• Rovario v. United States (1957)

• Tennessee v. Garner (1985)

• Gaines v. Miller (1963)

Which of the following is not a traditional form of police corruption listed in the text?​

• Payoffs

• Snitching

• Bribery

• Mooching