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Chapter 8 Flashcards

1
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The set of informal values which characterize the police force as a distinct community with a common identity

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Police Subculture

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4 aspects of police subculture

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  1. ) Informalization
  2. ) Ongoing
  3. ) May emphasize a different set of values compared to mainstream society
  4. ) Often extends to personal lives
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3
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The abuse of police authority for personal or organizational gain

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Police Corruption

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4
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Police corruption is behavioral _______ from an acceptable ethical standard

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deviation

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5
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What perspective is police corruption viewed in?

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Slippery slope perspective

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Kerner Commission

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Made findings about how African American’s were underrepresented and there was a discrepancy in pay, lack of professionalism

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7
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Knapp Commissions in the NYCPD 1970s looked at…

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Corruption

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8
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Accept bribes or goods in exchange for not issuing tickets, making arrests, etc

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Grass eaters

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Grass eaters do not ____ but don’t ______ offer

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Initiate, refuse

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  1. ) Free meals, items from stores
  2. ) Two officers uses of force
  3. ) Body shop
  4. ) Diamond watch

These scenarios are examples of…

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4 situations that officers were presented with and asked which form of misconduct they would be most okay with reporting

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11
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Solicit bribes or take a share of the drugs they confiscate to sell for their own profit

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Meat eaters

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12
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Meat eaters _____ activity

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Initiate

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13
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What was the response to the issues of police corruption?

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Increased police professionalism

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14
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What 5 areas are addressed when it comes to dealing with increasing police professionalism?

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  1. ) Hiring
  2. ) Increased pay
  3. ) Ethics training
  4. ) Continuing education
  5. ) Drug testing
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15
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The branch of a police organization tasked with investigating charges of wrongdoing involving members of the department

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Internal affairs

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Garrity Rights

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When a police officer is forced to talk about an administrative issue not a criminal matter

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17
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Police department bureau internally conducts the investigation into…

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The allegations of wrongdoing

18
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True/False

When necessary an outside agency can conduct the inquiry

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True

19
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Protections that officers have against self-incrimination in the face of questioning

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Officer’s Garrity rights

20
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The purpose of the Garrity rights is to…

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Protect officers themselves when being questioned by representatives of their department’s internal affairs division or by their superior officers

21
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4 Main dangers of police work

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  1. ) Police and alcohol
  2. ) Police and family problems
  3. ) Police and suicide
  4. ) Dealing with the stress of policing
22
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  1. ) Exercise and diet
  2. ) Meditation
  3. ) Abdominal breathing
  4. ) Music
  5. ) Prayer
  6. ) Peer support

Are all factors in…

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Stress reduction

23
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The use of physical restraint by a police offer when dealing with a member of the public

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Police use of force

24
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Police use of force needs to be ________ and ______

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Reasonable necessary

25
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5 Police use of force continuum

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  1. ) Officer presence
  2. ) Verbal commands
  3. ) Soft techniques
  4. ) Hard techniques
  5. ) Deadly force
26
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Designed to disable, capture, or immobilize but not kill

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Less-lethal weapons

27
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Application of an amount and/or frequency of force greater than required to compel compliance from a willing/unwilling subject

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Excessive force

28
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Force likely to cause death or great bodily harm

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Deadly force

29
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Deadly force with the intentional use of a firearm or other instrument…

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Resulting in a high probability of death

30
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When police offers act on a person’s race, ethnicity, or national origin instead of the person’s actions or information that identifies the person as a suspect

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Racial profiling

31
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4 Police liability for constitutional violations

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  1. ) Civil remedies
  2. ) Criminal remedies
  3. ) Non-judicial remedies
  4. ) Exclusionary rule remedies
32
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Potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court-ordered enforcement as a result of a ruling in lawsuit

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Civil libabilty

33
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2 levels of civil liability

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  1. ) Federal

2. ) State

34
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Civil liability is different from….

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Criminal liability

35
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4 common sources of lawsuits against police

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  1. ) Assault
  2. ) Battery
  3. ) False imprisonment
  4. ) Malicious prosecution
36
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Which common lawsuit has…

  • High media visibility
  • Most well-known
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Assault

37
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Which common lawsuit has…

-High media visibility

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Battery

38
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Which common lawsuit has..

-Arrest without just cause

A

False imprisonment

39
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Which common lawsuit has…

-Negligent or malicious actions

A

Malicious prosecution

40
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Denies others their constitutional right to life, liberty or property without due process of law

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1983 lawsuit

41
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A civil suit brought against federal government officials for denying the constitutional rights of others

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Bivens action

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