Exam 5: Problems and Solutions in Modern Policing

DNA taken from a crime scene may soon be able to provide law enforcement with a physical description of a suspect.

Police officers use physical force in about 25% of police-public encounters.

Since the mid-1900s,a number of metropolitan areas have introduced ___________________call systems to reduce the strain on 911 operations.

Identify and discuss the three traditional forms of police corruption.

_______________ is when an officer accepts money in exchange for allowing a certain criminal activity to continue.

Officer-initiated activities account for the most amount of patrol time.

Because of __________ police officers are limited in what they can do to convince the target of an undercover operation to participate in an illegal activity.

Community oriented policing is a philosophy that requires police to identify potential criminal activity and develop strategies to prevent or respond to that activity.

After a crime has been committed and the patrol officer has gathered preliminary information from a crime scene,the responsibility of identifying the offender is delegated to the:

The Kansas City Experiment showed that decreasing preventive patrol:

The first goal of policing is to provide services to the community that are not crime related.

A reactive approach to policing that emphasizes a speedy response to calls for service is:

Duty is the obligation to act in a certain manner.

_______________________________corruption is knowing misconduct by a police officer with the goal of attaining what the officer believes is a "just" result.

________________ are those officers authorized to make arrests and use force.

When police officers accept free gifts from citizens (a passive form of corruption),this is called:

Police departments are only using DNA fingerprinting to solve murders and rapes.

An area that is concentrated with high criminal activity to which there is a directed police response is a:

A hierarchically structured administrative organization that carries out specific functions is a/an

Explain what an ethical dilemma is and name four categories of ethical dilemmas typically faced by police officers.