Chapter 6 Flashcards
ethical issues involved in proactive and reactive investigations.
One study that reviewed bodycam footage found:
Black motorists were more likely to be physically abused.
Where do the authors suggest is the location of the most egregious cases of discriminatory law enforcement?
The deep South.
The continuum-of-force approach allows the officer to:
employ increasing levels of force in direct response to escalating resistance of the suspect.
Justifiable homicide is usually…?
Performed by police.
Use of force can be predicted by:
Characteristics of the target, such as gender and demeanor, situational characteristics, such as whether the pursuit is in car or on foot, and the characteristics of the officer, such as ethnicity.
According to research provided in the text, what is NOT a factor associated with the use of force by police?
Time of year (season).
What is the name for a legal agreement between the Justice Department and a police department, which agrees to monitoring and reform of certain practices to avoid a lawsuit?
A consent decree.
In Barker and Carter’s proposed typology of lies, those that are considered “necessary evils” are known as:
Tolerated lies.
Lies that are used to control a suspect or to avoid the use of force are called:
Blue lies.
According to Klockars, lying to a mentally ill person by telling him/her that the police will take care of laser beams from Mars is an example of:
Police placebos.
What is the program used by federal officials to help obviate abuses in asset forfeiture?
Equitable sharing.
In Barker and Carter’s proposed typology of lies, “deviant lies” are:
those used in the courtroom to make a case or cover up a wrongdoing.
_________ without posing the threat of being unreliable an informant may…?
Participate in a crime.
True or false: one of the biggest problems with informants is that their reliability is often highly questionable.
True.
Generally, undercover actions are analyzed under _________
Utilitarianism.
