Chapter 6

Which of the following is NOT part of the "Police Use-of-Force Continuum"?

Calculus of reasonableness

Which of the following refers to the phenomenon of force being used unacceptably, often on a department-wide basis?

Excessive use of force

What is the meaning of the term grass eater as a form of police corruption?

Officers who accept small bribes and minor services from citizens

Barker and Carter describe acts of corruption that occur most often to further the organizational goals of law enforcement, as ______.

abuse of authority

According to the Status of Women in Policing Survey, about what percentage of women fill all sworn law enforcement positions nationwide?

13

The special responsibility to adhere to moral duty and obligation that is inherent in police work is known as ______.

police ethics

The abuse of police authority for personal or organizational gain is called ______.

police corruption

______ profiling is known as any police action initiated on the basis of the race, ethnicity, or national origin of a suspect rather than on the behavior of that individual or on information that identifies the individual as being, or having been, engaged

Racial

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of educated police officers?

Reduced sensitivity to racial issues

The application of an amount or frequency of force greater than that required to compel compliance from a willing or unwilling subject is known as ______.

excessive force

In which of the following cases 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"?

Graham v. Connor

Which among the following examples is the lowest-level of police corruption?

Playing favorites

Who coined the phrase working personality of police officers?

Jerome Skolnick

______ is the corruption and analysis of information to produce an intelligence end product designed to inform police decision making at both the tactical and strategic levels.

Intelligence-led policing

Which of the following branches of a police organization is tasked with investigating charges of wrongdoing involving members of the department?

Internal affairs

Which of the following U.S. Supreme Court cases specified the conditions under which deadly force could be used to apprehend a suspected felon?

Tennessee v. Garner

A recent study by the FBI found that most slain officers ______.

were good-natured and well liked by the department

Officers who have adopted the police working personality are often all of the following.

secure

In which of the following cases did the Court establish a two-pronged test for assessing constitutional violations by government agents?

Saucier v. Katz

The intentional use of a firearm or other instrument resulting in a high probability of death is known as ______.

deadly force