CRJ 1025 Policing Systems Exam 2

The Supreme Court case that eliminated participation in criminal activity as a reason not to hire gays or to discriminate against them was

• Bowers v. Hardwick

• Lawrence v. Texas

• Vanguard Justice Society v. Hughes

• Mieth v. Dothard

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was designed to prohibit job discrimination based on all but which of the following?

• Race and color

• Sexual orientation

• National origin

• Gender

Until the 1970s, it was presumed that women were not as capable of performing the same type of patrol duty as men because

• of their gender and size.

• they could not testify in court.

• they were not good drivers.

• they would side with women in domestic disputes.

Which Constitutional Amendment is the primary instrument governing employment equality, as well as all equality, in U.S. society?

• First Amendment

• Second Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Twenty-First Amendment

Title ____________________ of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was designed to prohibit all job discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

• I

• III

• IV

• VII

Which of the following is an example of the standards governing police ethics?

• U.S. Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Case law as determined by appellate courts and the U.S. Supreme Court

• All of the above.

Noble cause corruption is also known as ____________.

• Dirty Harry syndrome

• blue line crossing

• blue corruption

• meat-eating

Which of the following is an example of police corruption?

• A police officer receives $15 from a driver for not giving him or her a summons for speeding.

• A police officer receives sexual favors from a driver for not giving him or her a summons for speeding.

• An off-duty police officer escorts a drug dealer as he or she delivers illegal drugs to customers and receives $100 per delivery.

• All of the above.

The New York City plainclothes officer whose revelations about police corruption led to the legendary Knapp Commission was ___________.

• Philip Mass

• Patrick V. Murphy

• Ernest Verdeschi

• Frank Serpico

Which of the following is an example of biased-based policing?

• The term "driving while black"

• Using ethnicity or race as the determining factor for stopping and searching individuals

• Racial profiling

• All of the above.