Exam 8: Issues in Policing

Research has provided support for the idea that police officers have a great deal of discretion in how they deal with extralegal factors, such as ______.

Which of the following was listed as a positive coping strategy for occupational stress?

Which of the following occurs when the race or ethnicity of an individual is used as the sole or primary determinant by the police when making decisions?

Taking items without paying for them is referred to as ______.

______ is the decision to act, or NOT to act, based on an individual police officer's judgment regarding the best course of action to take in any given situation.

What are the major implications occupational stress has on the lives of police officers?

A type of search that occurs when the individual gives permission to conduct a search is referred to as ______.

What is racial profiling?

Reasonable suspicion means that an officer believes that an offense has been (or is about to be) committed.

Officers who actively pursue corrupt activities that could result in significant and illegal gains are referred to as ______.

Impact force involves the use of physical restraint techniques such as wrist locks, bodily force, and chokeholds.

Research indicates that ______ can indirectly impact the levels of community satisfaction with the police.

What is the Carroll doctrine?

The practice that allows police to take items and admit them into evidence is referred to as seizure.

______ refers to a legal standard that means that an officer believes that an offense has been or is about to be committed.

A ______ is when a person's reasonable expectation of privacy is violated.

Officers who are considered to be involved in corrupt activities in a passive sense are referred to as ______.

Chemical force involves the use of substances such as pepper spray or mace.

With regard to automobile searches, if someone is pulled over for a lawful traffic stop and placed under arrest, then the police can search a vehicle without a warrant if they have probable cause to arrest the occupants of the vehicle and if they have probable cause that the car contains illegal items.This is known as the ______.

A typical day of a police officer is rather exciting.