Question 1

_____operates on the assumption that the visible authority of the state is sufficient to deter criminal wrongdoing.

Accepted Answer

A)  Verbalization 
B)  Firm grips 
C)  Mere presence 
D)  Pain compliance 
A)  Verbalization 
B)  Firm grips 
C)  Mere presence 
D)  Pain compliance C

Question 2

Matching
-Abuse of authority

Accepted Answer

A)  Authorized use of deadly force on fleeing suspects 
B)  More vibrant and is issued in the form of an order 
C)  The most controversial aspect of the legal authority of police 
D)  A non-physical but aggressive form of force 
E)  Used as part of police training that goes from the least to the greatest, to match the intensity of the suspect's resistance
F) Sticky foams, "Dazzler" light, and lasers
G) Weapons designed to disrupt a subject's central nervous system by means of deploying electrical energy
H) Central to many training programs are classes that deal with the major risks faced by police officers
I) The second approach to defining brutality
J) Violence of a degree that is more than is justified to effect a legitimate police function 
A)  Authorized use of deadly force on fleeing suspects 
B)  More vibrant and is issued in the form of an order 
C)  The most controversial aspect of the legal authority of police 
D)  A non-physical but aggressive form of force 
E)  Used as part of police training that goes from the least to the greatest, to match the intensity of the suspect's resistance
F) Sticky foams, "Dazzler" light, and lasers
G) Weapons designed to disrupt a subject's central nervous system by means of deploying electrical energy
H) Central to many training programs are classes that deal with the major risks faced by police officers
I) The second approach to defining brutality
J) Violence of a degree that is more than is justified to effect a legitimate police function I

Question 3

Which of the following is true regarding extra-legal police aggression?

Accepted Answer

A)  It occurs when a police officer engages in behavior that is intended to injure someone physically or psychologically. 
B)  It serves no legitimate police function. 
C)  It includes behaviors such as physical violence and lesser forms such as verbal threats and insults. 
D)  All of the above are true regarding extra-legal police aggression. 
A)  It occurs when a police officer engages in behavior that is intended to injure someone physically or psychologically. 
B)  It serves no legitimate police function. 
C)  It includes behaviors such as physical violence and lesser forms such as verbal threats and insults. 
D)  All of the above are true regarding extra-legal police aggression. D

Question 4

Homicides of police officers have been decreasing at a faster rate than homicides by police officers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

According to the 2005 Police-Public Contact Survey, over 43 million citizens had face-to-face contact with a police officer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The police are permitted to promise the suspect a lighter sentence in exchange for information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The working notions of normal force are the strategies taught to the police at the academy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Matching
-Command voice

Accepted Answer

A)  Authorized use of deadly force on fleeing suspects 
B)  More vibrant and is issued in the form of an order 
C)  The most controversial aspect of the legal authority of police 
D)  A non-physical but aggressive form of force 
E)  Used as part of police training that goes from the least to the greatest, to match the intensity of the suspect's resistance
F) Sticky foams, "Dazzler" light, and lasers
G) Weapons designed to disrupt a subject's central nervous system by means of deploying electrical energy
H) Central to many training programs are classes that deal with the major risks faced by police officers
I) The second approach to defining brutality
J) Violence of a degree that is more than is justified to effect a legitimate police function 
A)  Authorized use of deadly force on fleeing suspects 
B)  More vibrant and is issued in the form of an order 
C)  The most controversial aspect of the legal authority of police 
D)  A non-physical but aggressive form of force 
E)  Used as part of police training that goes from the least to the greatest, to match the intensity of the suspect's resistance
F) Sticky foams, "Dazzler" light, and lasers
G) Weapons designed to disrupt a subject's central nervous system by means of deploying electrical energy
H) Central to many training programs are classes that deal with the major risks faced by police officers
I) The second approach to defining brutality
J) Violence of a degree that is more than is justified to effect a legitimate police function

Question 9

Environmental and departmental differences exist in the frequency with which police use Category 1 deadly force.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Studies covering police departments over a 30-year period concluded that police employ verbal force and the threat of physical force relatively often, but their use of actual physical force is much less common.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Matching
-Officer survival

Accepted Answer

A)  Authorized use of deadly force on fleeing suspects 
B)  More vibrant and is issued in the form of an order 
C)  The most controversial aspect of the legal authority of police 
D)  A non-physical but aggressive form of force 
E)  Used as part of police training that goes from the least to the greatest, to match the intensity of the suspect's resistance
F) Sticky foams, "Dazzler" light, and lasers
G) Weapons designed to disrupt a subject's central nervous system by means of deploying electrical energy
H) Central to many training programs are classes that deal with the major risks faced by police officers
I) The second approach to defining brutality
J) Violence of a degree that is more than is justified to effect a legitimate police function 
A)  Authorized use of deadly force on fleeing suspects 
B)  More vibrant and is issued in the form of an order 
C)  The most controversial aspect of the legal authority of police 
D)  A non-physical but aggressive form of force 
E)  Used as part of police training that goes from the least to the greatest, to match the intensity of the suspect's resistance
F) Sticky foams, "Dazzler" light, and lasers
G) Weapons designed to disrupt a subject's central nervous system by means of deploying electrical energy
H) Central to many training programs are classes that deal with the major risks faced by police officers
I) The second approach to defining brutality
J) Violence of a degree that is more than is justified to effect a legitimate police function

Question 12

Matching
-Excessive force

Accepted Answer

A)  Authorized use of deadly force on fleeing suspects 
B)  More vibrant and is issued in the form of an order 
C)  The most controversial aspect of the legal authority of police 
D)  A non-physical but aggressive form of force 
E)  Used as part of police training that goes from the least to the greatest, to match the intensity of the suspect's resistance
F) Sticky foams, "Dazzler" light, and lasers
G) Weapons designed to disrupt a subject's central nervous system by means of deploying electrical energy
H) Central to many training programs are classes that deal with the major risks faced by police officers
I) The second approach to defining brutality
J) Violence of a degree that is more than is justified to effect a legitimate police function 
A)  Authorized use of deadly force on fleeing suspects 
B)  More vibrant and is issued in the form of an order 
C)  The most controversial aspect of the legal authority of police 
D)  A non-physical but aggressive form of force 
E)  Used as part of police training that goes from the least to the greatest, to match the intensity of the suspect's resistance
F) Sticky foams, "Dazzler" light, and lasers
G) Weapons designed to disrupt a subject's central nervous system by means of deploying electrical energy
H) Central to many training programs are classes that deal with the major risks faced by police officers
I) The second approach to defining brutality
J) Violence of a degree that is more than is justified to effect a legitimate police function

Question 13

Federal data indicates a rise in the reports of police brutality over recent years.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

More restrictive deadly-force policies have resulted in an increase in the number of police officers being injured or killed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a contemporary use of deception?

Accepted Answer

A)  The person, or suspect, is not told the truth about why he or she is being questioned 
B)  The police do not make a promise that later can be denied or modified 
C)  The police provide a justification to the suspect for the act; for example, "the victim got what she deserved" 
D)  The suspect is not told that the person asking the questions is a police officer 
A)  The person, or suspect, is not told the truth about why he or she is being questioned 
B)  The police do not make a promise that later can be denied or modified 
C)  The police provide a justification to the suspect for the act; for example, "the victim got what she deserved" 
D)  The suspect is not told that the person asking the questions is a police officer

Question 16

Local police cultural standards for the use of force differ considerably from formal departmental policy and are more likely to support greater use of force than do formal training and policy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

There are a number of factors that influence the use of deadly force. The neighborhood where the police do their work is an example of what factor?

Accepted Answer

A)  Racial considerations 
B)  Officer factors 
C)  Environmental variations 
D)  Changes in policy 
A)  Racial considerations 
B)  Officer factors 
C)  Environmental variations 
D)  Changes in policy

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT a change that states have made in regard to the use of deadly force?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many states have modified the fleeing-felon rule and have tightened the legal basis for the use of deadly force. 
B)  The shooting of unarmed, nonviolent suspects has been ruled by the Supreme Court to be a violation of the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. 
C)  Almost all urban police departments have enacted restrictive administrative policies regarding the use of deadly force. 
D)  All of the above are changes that states have enacted. 
A)  Many states have modified the fleeing-felon rule and have tightened the legal basis for the use of deadly force. 
B)  The shooting of unarmed, nonviolent suspects has been ruled by the Supreme Court to be a violation of the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. 
C)  Almost all urban police departments have enacted restrictive administrative policies regarding the use of deadly force. 
D)  All of the above are changes that states have enacted.

Question 19

Matching
-Use of force

Accepted Answer

A)  Authorized use of deadly force on fleeing suspects 
B)  More vibrant and is issued in the form of an order 
C)  The most controversial aspect of the legal authority of police 
D)  A non-physical but aggressive form of force 
E)  Used as part of police training that goes from the least to the greatest, to match the intensity of the suspect's resistance
F) Sticky foams, "Dazzler" light, and lasers
G) Weapons designed to disrupt a subject's central nervous system by means of deploying electrical energy
H) Central to many training programs are classes that deal with the major risks faced by police officers
I) The second approach to defining brutality
J) Violence of a degree that is more than is justified to effect a legitimate police function 
A)  Authorized use of deadly force on fleeing suspects 
B)  More vibrant and is issued in the form of an order 
C)  The most controversial aspect of the legal authority of police 
D)  A non-physical but aggressive form of force 
E)  Used as part of police training that goes from the least to the greatest, to match the intensity of the suspect's resistance
F) Sticky foams, "Dazzler" light, and lasers
G) Weapons designed to disrupt a subject's central nervous system by means of deploying electrical energy
H) Central to many training programs are classes that deal with the major risks faced by police officers
I) The second approach to defining brutality
J) Violence of a degree that is more than is justified to effect a legitimate police function

Question 20

Matching
-Verbal force

Accepted Answer

A)  Authorized use of deadly force on fleeing suspects 
B)  More vibrant and is issued in the form of an order 
C)  The most controversial aspect of the legal authority of police 
D)  A non-physical but aggressive form of force 
E)  Used as part of police training that goes from the least to the greatest, to match the intensity of the suspect's resistance
F) Sticky foams, "Dazzler" light, and lasers
G) Weapons designed to disrupt a subject's central nervous system by means of deploying electrical energy
H) Central to many training programs are classes that deal with the major risks faced by police officers
I) The second approach to defining brutality
J) Violence of a degree that is more than is justified to effect a legitimate police function 
A)  Authorized use of deadly force on fleeing suspects 
B)  More vibrant and is issued in the form of an order 
C)  The most controversial aspect of the legal authority of police 
D)  A non-physical but aggressive form of force 
E)  Used as part of police training that goes from the least to the greatest, to match the intensity of the suspect's resistance
F) Sticky foams, "Dazzler" light, and lasers
G) Weapons designed to disrupt a subject's central nervous system by means of deploying electrical energy
H) Central to many training programs are classes that deal with the major risks faced by police officers
I) The second approach to defining brutality
J) Violence of a degree that is more than is justified to effect a legitimate police function

_____operates on the assumption that the visible authority of the state is sufficient to deter criminal wrongdoing.

Matching -Abuse of authority

Which of the following is true regarding extra-legal police aggression?

Homicides of police officers have been decreasing at a faster rate than homicides by police officers.

According to the 2005 Police-Public Contact Survey, over 43 million citizens had face-to-face contact with a police officer.

The police are permitted to promise the suspect a lighter sentence in exchange for information.

The working notions of normal force are the strategies taught to the police at the academy.

Matching -Command voice

Environmental and departmental differences exist in the frequency with which police use Category 1 deadly force.

Studies covering police departments over a 30-year period concluded that police employ verbal force and the threat of physical force relatively often, but their use of actual physical force is much less common.

Matching -Officer survival

Matching -Excessive force

Federal data indicates a rise in the reports of police brutality over recent years.

More restrictive deadly-force policies have resulted in an increase in the number of police officers being injured or killed.

Which of the following is NOT a contemporary use of deception?

Local police cultural standards for the use of force differ considerably from formal departmental policy and are more likely to support greater use of force than do formal training and policy.

There are a number of factors that influence the use of deadly force. The neighborhood where the police do their work is an example of what factor?

Which of the following is NOT a change that states have made in regard to the use of deadly force?

Matching -Use of force

Matching -Verbal force

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Exam 10: Force and Coercion

_____operates on the assumption that the visible authority of the state is sufficient to deter criminal wrongdoing.

Matching -Abuse of authority

Which of the following is true regarding extra-legal police aggression?

Homicides of police officers have been decreasing at a faster rate than homicides by police officers.

According to the 2005 Police-Public Contact Survey, over 43 million citizens had face-to-face contact with a police officer.

The police are permitted to promise the suspect a lighter sentence in exchange for information.

The working notions of normal force are the strategies taught to the police at the academy.

Matching -Command voice

Environmental and departmental differences exist in the frequency with which police use Category 1 deadly force.

Studies covering police departments over a 30-year period concluded that police employ verbal force and the threat of physical force relatively often, but their use of actual physical force is much less common.

Matching -Officer survival

Matching -Excessive force

Federal data indicates a rise in the reports of police brutality over recent years.

More restrictive deadly-force policies have resulted in an increase in the number of police officers being injured or killed.

Which of the following is NOT a contemporary use of deception?

Local police cultural standards for the use of force differ considerably from formal departmental policy and are more likely to support greater use of force than do formal training and policy.

There are a number of factors that influence the use of deadly force. The neighborhood where the police do their work is an example of what factor?

Which of the following is NOT a change that states have made in regard to the use of deadly force?

Matching -Use of force

Matching -Verbal force

Police in a Democracy

Police History

Legal Issues

Police Strategies

Police Management

Selection and Development

Field Operations: Foundations

Innovations in Field Operations

Behavior and Misconduct

Accountability and Ethics

Diversity and Inclusion

Stress and Officer Safety

Higher Education

Emerging Issues

Filters