Criminal Justice

Chapter 6 & 7 worksheet for Criminal Justice 101. 32 questions, I even have some answered just not all of them if you need my answers too. 

CJ100 Chapter 6 & 7 Worksheet

1) Most police work consists of the ___________________ function.

2) Police work also encompasses _______________ and _______________ roles as well.

3) The ________________________________ separates the functions of police from those of normal citizens.

4) _______________________ is the freedom to choose among a variety of alternatives in conducting police operations and is the single most important concept which separates police personnel from automatons (or robots).

5) From the UCR’s: ______% of sworn law enforcement officers are women.

a. Urban: ______%

b. Metropolitan: ______%

c. Rural: ______%

6) ___________________________ is the tenacious enforcement of every statute in the criminal codes.

7) ___________________________ is when officers use their discretion to select from alternative actions.

8) The _____________________ involves the values and behavior patterns characteristic of experienced police officers.

9) The idea of the _____________________________ states that policing does not attract a distinctive personality type; rather the nature of police socialization practices creates a distinctive working personality among many patrol officers.

10) The _________________________ is a personality characterized by authoritarianism, cynicism, and suspicion developed by police officers in response to danger and the obligation to exercise authority.

11) ____________________________ helps to combat the social isolation that stems from their authoritarian role, police developed resources within their own world — other police officers — to combat social rejection.

12) The concept of __________________________ includes the notion, developed by many officers, that all people are motivated by evil and selfishness.

13) The 4 types of police stress include:

a. –

b. –

c. –

d. –

14) The textbook lists the following types of police stress:

a. –
b. –
c. –
d. –

15) ______________________ is defined as illegal acts or omissions by police officers in the line of duty who, by virtue of their position, receive (or intend to receive) any gain for themselves or others. This definition gives rise to 3 general categories including:

a. –
b. –
c. –

Types of corruptive schemes include
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16) _________________ which is receiving fees for referring people or suspects to various businesses such as the bail bond agents and defense attorneys.

17) _________________ when an opportunity presents itself to an officer, in the course of his duties, and that officer steals something.

18) __________________________ which refers to the involvement of police in predatory criminal activities, either directly or through complicity with criminals.

19) _________________ which are forms of extortion in which police officers accept money from citizens in lieu of enforcing the law.

20) _________________ usually involves illegal goods and services and the officer protects these illegal goods and services from law enforcement.

21) _________________ appears at all levels of the criminal justice process and involves not only police but other actors in the court in criminal justice systems.

22) _________________ is where officers agree to increase police presence for some sort of pay off.

23) _________________ which is the accepting of gratuities and frequently turns into _________________ which is the demanding of discounts, free food, etc…

24) _________________ which is the giving of breaks to other officers.

Explanations of Corruption
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25) The __________________________________ is where experts believe that elements of society which attempts to bribe officers in lieu of enforcing traffic laws or other ordinances are to be blamed. If the officers weren’t being tempted by elements of society, they would not become corrupt. It leads to the ________________________________.

26) The __________________________________ is where the initial stages of corruption are usually not done for avarice, but often the first transgression is inadvertent. But over time, younger officers may be slowly indoctrinated by older officers. And/or the younger officers are exposed to a steady diet of wrongdoing.

27) The __________________________________ suggests that in an otherwise honest apartment there are a few bad officers who are operating on their own.

28) ______________________ is the unlawful use of physical force by officers in the performance of their duties.

29) The concept of ___________________ is a measure of coercion beyond that necessary to control participants in a conflict.

30) _____________ v. ____________ is the Supreme Court decision stating that deadly force against a fleeing fell in his proper only when it is necessary to prevent the escape and when there is probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat to the officers or others. WHAT did it specifically states that “_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________”.

31) _____________ v. _____________ (1989) established “Objective Reasonableness” as the standard for all applications of force in United States and gave police 4 factors as guides. These factors include:

a. —

b. —

c. —

d. –

32) One of the primary controls on police conduct in modern times is ________________________ which is the notion by officers that brutality and corruption are incompetent policing.