CRJU 3330 - Exam Three Review

This investigative body looked at corruption in the New York City Police Department in the 1960’s and 1970’s:

• Wilson Committee

• Knapp Commission

• Barker Board

• Roberg Committee

What is defined as violence of a degree that is more than justified to affect a legitimate police function?

• Excessive force

• Extra-legal police aggression

• Third degree

• Police brutality

This ethical dilemma is a conflict between the means and ends?

• Noble-cause corruption

• Dirty Harry

• Decertification

• Accountability

The characteristics of the suspect, but not the complainant, may influence the discretion of the police officer.

• True

• False

Which of the following occurs when an investigation into citizen complaints finds that the alleged complaint is essentially true but the officer’s behavior is justified, legal, and within organizational policy?

• Unsubstantiated complaint

• Unfounded complaint

• Exoneration

• Sustained complaint

In this type of conflict, an officer’s behavior meets the expectations of some segments of the community but is inconsistent with both law and departmental policy:

• Type 1 conflict

• Type 2 conflict

• Type 3 conflict

• Type 4 conflict

In-group solidarity results from __________.

• the perception that officers cannot be trusted

• the perception that supervisors cannot be trusted

• the perception that the public cannot be trusted

• the perception that criminals cannot be trusted

Which of the following is NOT one of the five changes in present-day laws and departmental policy regulating the use of deadly force that Blumberg identifies?

• courts have made it much easier for a citizen to file a lawsuit and collect civil damages as a result of a police action

• shooting of unarmed, nonviolent suspects has been ruled by the Supreme Court to be a violation of the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution

• states have not modified the fleeing-felon rule and have tightened the legal basis for use of deadly force

• Almost all urban police departments have enacted restrictive administrative policies regarding the use of deadly force

In this policing style, the police see themselves as providing a product that the community wants:

• Legalistic style

• Watchman style

• Service style

• Universalistic style

This is a general statement that gives guidance to police officers as to the proper course of action:

• Regulation

• Departmental policy

• Goal

• Objective