Cj Ch 7

Front 1

Attitudes towards police

Back 1

Dependent on a persons prior positive or negative experience with the police

Front 2

College academies

Back 2

Schools where students pursue a program that integrates an associates degree curriculum in law enforcement or criminal justice with the states required peace officer training

Front 3

Copiside

Back 3

A form of suicide in which a person gets fatally shot after intentionally provoking police officers

Front 4

Discretion

Back 4

The exercise of individual judgement, instead of formal rules, in making decisions

Front 5

Excessive force

Back 5

A measure of coercion beyond necesary to control participants in a conflict

Front 6

Full enforcement

Back 6

A practice in which the police make an arrest for every violation of the law that comes to their attention

Front 7

Grass eaters

Back 7

Officers who occasionally engage in illegal and unethical activities such as accepting small favors, gifts or money for ignorimg violations of the law during the course of their duties.

Hint 7

They occasionally do it

Front 8

Internal affairs investigation unit

Back 8

The police unit that ferrets out illegal and unethical activity engaged in by the police

Front 9

Job stress

Back 9

The harmful physical and emotional outcomes that occur when the requirements lf a job don't match the capabilities, resources or needs of the worker.

Front 10

Meat eaters

Back 10

Officers who actively seek ways to make money illegally while on duty

Hint 10

They actively not occasionally do it

Front 11

Merit system

Back 11

A system of employment whereby an idependent civil service commission, in cooperation with the city personnel section and the police department, sets employment qualifications, performance standards and discipline procedures.

Front 12

Police cadet program

Back 12

A program that combines a college education with agency work experience and academy training. Upon graduation, the person is promoted to police officer.

Front 13

Public safety officers

Back 13

Police department employees who perform many police services but dont have arrest powers

Front 14

Racial profiling

Back 14

The stopping and/or detaining of individuals by law enforcement officers based solely on race.

Front 15

Selective enforcement

Back 15

The practice of relying on the judgement of the police leadership and rank-and-file officers to decide which laws to enforce

Front 16

Tech prep (technical preparation)

Back 16

A program in which area community colleges and high schools team up to offer 6-9 hours of college law enforcement courses in the eleventh and twelfth grades, as well as one or two training certifications, such as police dispatcher or local corrections officer. Students who graduate are eligible for police employment at age 18.

Front 17

Three I's of police selection

Back 17

Three qualities of the American police officer that seem to be of paramount importance: intelligence, integrity and interaction skills.

Front 18

Qualities of a successful police officer

Back 18

Motivation for a police career, normal self-assertiveness, emotional stability under stress, sensitivity under stress, sensitivity toward minority groups and social deviates, collaborative leadership skills, a mature relationship with social authority, flexibility, integrity, honesty and an active and outgoing nature.

Front 19

Advantages of hiring college educated officers

Back 19

Better written reports, enhanced communication with the public, more effective job performance, fewer citizens, wiser use of discretion, heightened sensitivity to racial and ethnic issues and fewer disciplinary actions.

Front 20

Affirmative action

Back 20

Has been relatively successful in increasing the percentage of minority members in policing. It has been less successful in increasing the percentage of women.

Front 21

Average level education policing

Back 21

Nearly 2 years

Front 22

Police training hours

Back 22

750 hours

Front 23

Police selection process departments use

Back 23

Short application, detailed application, medical examination, physical ability test, written examination, background investigation, psychological testing, oral interview/oral board, academy training (750hrs) and probationary employment period.

Front 24

Factors that effect discretion

Back 24

The nature of a crime, departmental policies, the relationship between the victim and the offender, the amount of evidence, the demeanor of the suspect, the legitimacy of the victim and the socieconomic status.

Front 25

Two types of enforcement

Back 25

Full enforcement and selective enforcement

Front 26

Conditions that can lead to stress

Back 26

Design of task, management style, interpersonnel relationships and work roles

Front 27

What case law or U.S. Supreme Court decision governs deadly force?

Back 27

Tennessee v. Garner

Front 28

Four factors that must be present to make deadly force justifiable

Back 28

1. The arrest is for a felony

2. The person effecting the arrest is authorized to act as a peace officer or is assisting a person whom believes is authorized to act as a peace officer

3. The actor believes that the force employed creates no substantial risk of injury to innocent persons

4. The actor believes (a) the crime for which the arrest is made involved conduct including the use or threatened use of deadly force. (b) there is substantial risk that the person to be arrested will cause death or serious bodily harm if his or her apprehension is delayed.

Front 29

Two types of police officer corruptions

Back 29

Grass eater and meat eater

Front 30

10 types police misconduct

Back 30

1. Bribery

2. Chiseling

3. Extortion

4. Favortism

5. Mooching

6. Perjury

7. Prejudice

8. Premeditated theft

9. Shake down

10. Shopping