Chapter 6 End of Chapter Quiz

Policing, Innovations, and Controversies
1. Which is a problem associated with the excessive use of force by police officers?

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

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

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

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

6. What is double marginality?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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