Deck 12: Deviance, Ethics, and Professionalism

Question 1

After an arrest at the suspectʹs house, the suspectʹs wife filed a complaint charging one of the police officers with taking money that was lying out on a table. What would this be called?

A) kickbacks
B) opportunistic theft
C) shakedowns
D) internal payoffs

Answer 1

B

Question 2

You are investigating an officer who is accused of intentionally ignoring criminal activities in a certain neighborhood for a share of the profits. What is the charge?

A) straightforward corruption
B) predatory corruption
C) combative corruption
D) perversion of justice

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following is a seriously deviant officer?

A) rogue
B) straight shooter
C) white knight
D) grass eater

Answer 3

A

Question 4

An adolescent who drinks alcohol and steals from stores is taken in by police. The behavior is labeled as which of the following?

A) corruption
B) deviance
C) rogue
D) conditioning

Question 5

Which of the following would be characterized as illegal payments for services performed?

A) shakedowns
B) kickbacks
C) fixes
D) crimes

Question 6

You see a police officer who never deviates from the rules and does not disobey no matter what. What is she called?

A) rogue
B) straight shooter
C) white knight
D) grass eater

Question 7

A police officer approached another officer with an offer to sell a car that was confiscated in a drug bust. What is this an example of?

A) corruption of authority
B) opportunistic theft
C) fixes
D) internal payoffs

Question 8

Which of the following refers to the actions of police officers who actively promote and engage in criminal and other wrongful activities?

A) straightforward corruption
B) predatory corruption
C) combative corruption
D) perversion of justice

Question 9

You are working with others on a report about police corruption that indicates that some police officers accept gifts and others demand gifts. Which group are you working with?

A) Wickersham Commission
B) Knapp Commission
C) White Knight
D) Mollen Commission

Question 10

An officer is investigating a drug ring in the city and does not get the answers he is looking for from a suspect. He holds the suspectʹs head under water until the suspect signals he will tell him what he wants. What is this
An example of?

A) economic corruption
B) police violence
C) subjugation of defendantsʹ rights
D) noble-cause corruption

Question 11

Which of the following was the first to create reports that led to greater police accountability for misconduct?

A) Wickersham Commission
B) Knapp Commission
C) White Knight
D) Mollen Commission

Question 12

Which of the following categories would manhandling the suspect more than necessary for the situation fall under?

A) police crime
B) occupational deviance
C) police corruption
D) abuse of authority

Question 13

What is misusing police authority to receive material reward of gain called?

A) police crime
B) occupational deviance
C) police corruption
D) abuse of authority

Question 14

You own a donut shop and often provide police officers with a free morning cup of coffee. What is this an example of?

A) gratuity
B) use corruption
C) noble-cause corruption
D) abuse of authority

Question 15

Your friend just bragged to you that his speeding ticket was ʺlostʺ by a friend who was a police officer. What is this an example of?

A) police crime
B) occupational deviance
C) police corruption
D) abuse of authority

Question 16

A police officer on your task force has been acting strange lately and an investigation found that he has been taking drugs from an evidence locker for his own personal use. What is this an example of?

A) economic corruption
B) gratuity
C) subjugation of defendantsʹ rights
D) use corruption

Question 17

A police officer is answering to charges of threatening a witness with charges if he does not identify the suspect correctly. What charges does he face?

A) straightforward corruption
B) predatory corruption
C) combative corruption
D) perversion of justice

Question 18

Which of the following characterizes a police officer who actively seeks out and plans opportunities to exploit his or her position for personal gain?

A) white knight
B) straight shooter
C) grass eater
D) meat eater

Question 19

When a police officer removes a speeding ticket from the database, what is this called?

A) shakedown
B) kickback
C) fix
D) crime

Question 20

A police officer knows a suspect is dealing drugs but doesnʹt find any so he quietly slips a baggie of drugs into the suspectʹs shoe. What is this called?

A) straightforward corruption
B) predatory corruption
C) combative corruption
D) perversion of justice

Question 21

A police officer was overheard bragging about his ʺgroupieʺ who likes to have sex with cops who are on duty. What is this type of behavior called?

A) police sexual harassment
B) sexual violence
C) police sexual misconduct
D) sexual deviance

Question 22

A police officer who engages in sexual relations with a female who has just committed a crime in exchange for letting her off on the crime is called what?

A) police sexual harassment
B) sexual violence
C) police sexual misconduct
D) sexual deviance

Question 23

An officer using his power to engage in crime is known as police corruption.

Question 24

The news just reported a local police department with quite a few examples of deviance by more than one officer and leader. What is this an example of?

A) environmental factors
B) rotten apple theory
C) police subculture
D) systemic corruption

Question 25

Officers who are nice and will overlook some misconduct are called straight shooters.

Question 26

Gratuities occur when an officer accepts an object of value.

Question 27

An officer removing a speeding ticket from someoneʹs record is an example of fixing.

Question 28

Based on research findings, which of the following would be one of the most popular reasons for police deviance?

A) improper training
B) psychopathology
C) peer influence
D) proactive citizen contact

Question 29

Consent decrees are intended to promote within police departments?

A) citizen oversight
B) integrity
C) civilian monitor
D) civilian input

Question 30

You are studying theories of police deviance and think that most police officers are above corruption. You think that there are a few deviant individuals who made it in as police officers in spite of their deviance. Which theory do you follow?

A) first page test
B) consent decree
C) environmental
D) rotten apple

Question 31

It is discouraged in police academies to accept gratuities.

Question 32

You are trying to determine what can be done about a police department that seems to have multiple complaints about misconduct. Nothing seems to be working to straighten them out. Which of the following could be done to encourage long-term police accountability?

A) civil suit
B) criminal charges
C) federal intervention
D) drawn-out court battle

Question 33

The most serious of police misconduct is physical abuse and brutality.

Question 34

Sexual misconduct is becoming less of a problem due to advances in police training programs.

Question 35

Officers rarely offer a false testimony for personal gain.

Question 36

It has been proven that when an individual gives a gift to an officer it will result in the individual believing the officer owes them a favor.

Question 37

Type II drug corruption is considered to be when an officer uses their position for personal gain.

Question 38

What is the following an example of: ʺHow would you feel about what you did if you were the one it was done to?ʺ

A) medical response to corruption
B) first page test
C) code of ethics
D) consent decree

Question 39

Which of the following is included in Kappelerʹs drug-related police corruption scheme?

A) economic corruption
B) police sexual violence
C) perversion of justice
D) gratuity

Question 40

Which of the following would be an example of an environmental factor in police deviance?

A) A young officer becomes overeager in an arrest.
B) A young officer is unsure of what to do.
C) A young officer is having problems at home.
D) A young officer wants to impress his boss.

Question 41

, a form of extortion, are not as common today as they were in the past.

Question 42

A police department, ordered by federal court, stops all improprieties. This is called consent decree.

Question 43

Administrators are trying to reduce police deviance.

Question 44

, along with his colleagues, identified three elements of abuse of authority.

Question 45

Things of value accepted by an officer are .

Question 46

When a police department or city shows a pattern of problem , it is understandable that some officers will fall victim to it.

Question 47

A good officer is more than likely a good person.

Question 48

Nonconsensual sexual attacks performed by police officers are considered police sexual .

Question 49

An officer that accepts gifts and performs deviance is called a meat eater.

Question 50

Straight shooters are the honest and upstanding officers who never step over the line between accepted and deviant conduct.

Question 51

An officer who seeks to use their position for personal gain is called a rogue.

Question 52

Older officers that have been on duty for many years are more likely to engage in misconduct than a new recruit because they know ways around the law.

Question 53

Behavior that is not socially acceptable is called corruption.

Question 54

The Knapp commission was formed in the year .

Question 55

In type drug corruption, an officer seeks to use his position for personal gain.

Question 56

Corruption has for the most part subsided.

Question 57

Most officers obey the law and donʹt get involved in misconduct.

Question 58

Police is defined as the misuse of police authority for personal gain.

Question 59

If a police officer kills someone intentionally then police of authority are put into this single case.

Question 60

The most seriously deviant officers are called .

Question 61

Match the following terms with their meanings.
Column 1: straight shooter
Column 2: an honest police officer who will overlook some misconduct committed by peers

Question 62

Match the following terms with their meanings.
Column 1: grass eater
Column 2: a police officer who accepts small gifts and engages in minor acts of deviance but does not actively pursue opportunities for corruption

Question 63

Match the following terms with their meanings.
Column 1: deviance
Column 2: any behavior that is at odds with socially expected or accepted behavior

Question 64

Match the following terms with their meanings.
Column 1: police violence
Column 2: the action of a police officer in a drug investigation to use physical force in order to get a confession from the criminal

Question 65

Match the following terms with their meanings.
Column 1: occupational deviance
Column 2: behavior performed under the guise of police authority that either does not conform to accepted standards of conduct or is not part of normal patrol work

Question 66

officers try to keep their activities private.

Question 67

Use corruption is -related police corruption.

Question 68

Match the following terms with their meanings.
Column 1: gratuity
Column 2: something of value that is freely given to police officers simply because they are police officers; examples include a
cup of coffee, lunch, or a police
price discount on a meal

Question 69

Match the following terms with their meanings.
Column 1: rogue
Column 2: action highly likely to cause injury

Question 70

Describe the typologies of police deviance proposed by scholars.

Question 71

Match the following terms with their meanings.
Column 1: noble-cause corruption
Column 2: any corruption that occurs in connection with the goal of getting criminals off the streets and protecting the community

Question 72

Match the following terms with their meanings.
Column 1: Knapp Commission
Column 2: a commission that helps investigates police corruption in response to the New York Times article which reported widespread corruption in the New York City Police Department

Question 73

Define and describe straightforward corruption. Provide an example.

Question 74

Match the following terms with their meanings.
Column 1: Mollen Commission
Column 2: a commission used to investigate allegations of police corruption in the New York City Police Department

Question 75

Match the following terms with their meanings.
Column 1: white knight
Column 2: an honest and upstanding officer who never steps over the line between accepted and deviant conduct no matter how great the pressure to do so

Question 76

Being a good officer means to make many and to catch criminals.

Question 77

Dishonest or conduct by public officials in position of power

Question 78

Match the following terms with their meanings.
Column 1: abuse of authority
Column 2: a catchall category for various forms of inappropriate police conduct that do not necessarily amount to crime, deviance, or corruption

Question 79

What was the purpose behind the Wickersham and Knapp Commissions? Describe two of the five types of
police behaviors that were identified since the Knapp Commission.

Question 80

Pittsburgh was the first to enter into a decree.