CH 12-13 FINAL EXAM

Question 1

!!! First commission to create reports leading to greater police accountability for misconduct

Answer 1

The wickersham commission

Question 2

!!! Knapp commission 2 types

Answer 2

Grass eaters and meat eaters

Question 3

!!! Grass eaters are police that

Answer 3

Accept small gifts/ engage in minor deviance due to peer pressure

Question 4

!!! Meat eaters are police that

Answer 4

actively seek out opportunity to exploit their position

Question 5

Corruption

Answer 5

dishonest/ fraudulent conduct by police

Question 6

!!! deviance

Answer 6

any behavior thats at odd w socially expected behavior

Question 7

!!! White knight is a police officer that

Answer 7

never deviates from the rules and doesn’t disobey no matter what

Question 8

Straight shooters are police that are

Answer 8

nice and will overlook misconduct

Question 9

rogues are police officers that

Answer 9

are seriously deviant

Question 10

Police crime and example

Answer 10

Police officer uses police powers to engage in criminal conduct.
Entering private property for no reason.

Question 11

Occupational deviance and example

Answer 11

Using one position for personal gain.

When a police ‘loses’ a speeding ticket for a friend

Question 12

Police corruption and example

Answer 12

Misusing police authority to receive material reward or gain.
Must be a tangible object or cash.
Taking drugs from an evidence locker for his own personal use.

Question 13

Abuse of authority& example

Answer 13

Any other inappropriate conduct.

Manhandling a suspect more than necessary.

Question 14

Straight forward corruption

Answer 14

Intentionally ignores criminal activity in a certain place for a share of the profits. Direct financial benefit.

Question 15

Predatory corruption

Answer 15

Actively promote and engage in criminal and other wrongful activity.

Question 16

combative corruption & example

Answer 16

Making arrest at whatever the cost may be.

Officer threatens witness with charges or slipping a bag of drugs into the suspects pocket.

Question 17

Perversion of justice

Answer 17

Serious actions such as lying under oath or intimidating the witness.

Question 18

!!! Eternal payoff

Answer 18

officer sells evidence obtained from another case to another police officer

Question 19

!!! Opportunistic theft

Answer 19

Police makes arrest of a suspect and for example finds money laying in the home and takes it

Question 20

!!! Kickbacks

Answer 20

Illegal payments for services performed.

Question 21

Rotten apple theory

Answer 21

Theory that identifies deviant indiv who made it as police officers in spite of their deviance.

Question 22

Consent decrees intended to promote within police departments

Answer 22

Integrity.

Question 23

First page test

Answer 23

‘how would you feel about if what you did if it were done to you’

Question 24

!!! A fix

Answer 24

When a police officer removes a ticket from the data base.

Question 25

CH 13 begin. Use of force

Answer 25

Physical restraint by police when dealing with a member of the public

Question 26

Excessive force

Answer 26

Application of an amount and or frequency or force greater than required

Question 27

what is force factor

Answer 27

Level of force depending on the force of the suspect

Question 28

Slight resistance

Answer 28

Suspect resisted officer, officer uses strong language or minimal force

Question 29

Female officers

Answer 29

Less likely to use physical force and firearms. amore likely to use chemical weapon.

Question 30

!!! Qualities of suicide by cop

Answer 30

1) they have already determined they want to end their lives 2) engages in behavior that provokes officers to use deadly force 3) may threaten officer with deadly force themselves.

Question 31

When were the less lethal weapons introduced into American law enforcement

Answer 31

1987.

Question 32

What happens if impact munitions are used from an innapropriate distannce?

Answer 32

Either ineffective or deadly