Chapter 6: Policing- Issues and Challenges

Question 1

The Knapp Commission identified this as the most common form of police corruption

Answer 1

Grass-eating

Question 2

Since 9/11, local police departments play especially important roles in responding to terrorism because: Help prevent attacked, Respond to attacks, All of the above

Answer 2

All of the above

Question 3

Drug and alcohol addictions are “handicaps” protected by the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Which term refers to a civil suit brought against federal government officials for denying the constitutional rights of others

Answer 4

BIvens action

Question 5

Female officers have been found less likely to use physical force and firearms, and are more likely to use chemical weapons than their male counterparts

Answer 5

True

Question 6

According to NIJ estimates, how many people nationwide have face-to-face contact with the police over a typical 12 month period

Answer 6

More than 43.5 million

Question 7

Studies show that police use force in fewer than _____ percent of adult custodial arrests

Answer 7

20

Question 8

Recent studies have found that problem officers do not differ significantly from other officers in race or ethnicity

Answer 8

True

Question 9

In which case did the Court establish the standard of “objective reasonableness” under which an officer’s use of deadly force could be assessed in terms of “reasonableness at the moment?”

Answer 9

Graham v. Connor

Question 10

In an average year, how many suspects are killed by public police in America

Answer 10

600

Question 11

Public police outnumber private police

Answer 11

False