Chapter 6 End of Chapter Quiz

. Which is a problem associated with the excessive use of force by police officers?

Legal liability

Physical injury or death

Loss of citizen respect

All of the above

. Which is a major problem associated with police stress and burnout?

Fewer people apply to become police officers

Police officers take more vacations

The suicide rate of officers increases

All of the above

. Which is not a key element of the policeman's working personality?

The symbolic assailant

Discord amongst police officers

Danger

Social isolation

. Which form of technology has been incorporated into police work?

Cameras

Computers

Social media

All of the above

. Which is an argument historically used to exclude women from policing?

Women are not physically strong enough to be police officers

Women cannot fit into the uniforms

Women cannot handle shift work

Women are not good at shooting guns

. What is double marginality?

The outsider status experienced by all police officers.

The multiple outsider status experienced by both male and female minority police officers.

The outsider status experienced by minorities who are not police officers.

The multiple outsider status experienced only by female minority police officers.

. What is "the amount of effort required by police to compel compliance from an unwilling subject"?

Forceful uselness

Use of force

Necessary coercion

Double marginality

. Generally, what is the modern purpose of posse comitatus?

To control the Coast Guard

To allow the militarization of police

To prohibit U.S. military personnel from direct participation in law enforcement

To keep order during elections

. According to the Knapp Commission, what are "meat-eaters"?

police officers who take bribes, but don't solicit them

police officers who are also on SWAT teams

police officers who actively seek situations that can be exploited for financial gain

police officers who shoot and kill someone in the line of duty

. Which term best describes the mindset of police who must deal with danger, authority, isolation, and suspicion while appearing to be efficient?

Double marginality

Posse comitatus

Symbolic assailant

Policeman's working personality

. Police officers do not require the cooperation of citizens to do their job in an effective and professional way.

True

False

. Police militarization hinders policing strategies aimed at integrating officers into community life by making police appear unapproachable and alienating citizens.

True

False

. The military model of policing views all citizens as potential violent criminals and promotes fear and intimidation.

True

False

. Officers are not supposed to consider everyone a potential assailant until they can determine that an individual poses no threat.

True

False

. It is possible for less-than-lethal weapons to be fatal.

True

False

. It is recommended that police officers use more than the force required to bring order to a situation in order to establish their authority.

True

False

. Police officers serve citizens and protect them from each other, whereas the military protects them from foreign threats.

True

False

. The police use many methods to conduct surveillance on the public.

True

False

. Women compose only about 12 percent of the total number of officers in local law enforcement.

True

False

. According to Bittner, no one really knows what is meant by the "lawful use of force" because each incident is different.

True

False

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