Chapter 7 Practice Quiz

. A typology of police work would classify that work along different dimensions, such as whether the work is overt or covert or whether the activity is active or passive

. Police deception involves intentional trickery of others by communicating messages meant to mislead and to make recipients believe what the agent either knows or believes is true.

. "Stings" by the police are examples of undercover operations employing a variety of tools and techniques such as disguises, false store - fronts, informants, and the Internet, to generate deception and ensure positive outcomes (e.g., arrests, confessions, convictions).

. Perpetrators caught engaging in illegalities during sting operations may raise a claim that entrapment by the police has occurred.

. Courts using the subjective test for entrapment by police focus on the actions of officers and the extent to which those actions caused an "otherwise innocent person" to engage in illegalities.

. This occurs when an innocent, but vulnerable, person not only admits to the alleged behavior but actually believes he or she committed the crime, based on false memories.

. This occurs when the arrestee acquiesces to the demand for a confession for purely instrumental reasons.

. This is a detailed admission to a crime act the confessor did not commit.

. This type of false confession is obtained as a result of the individual having an extreme need for notoriety.

. This form of illegal behavior by police can be traced to several contribut¬ing factors including the "noble cause," the "blue wall of silence," and the criminal justice system's failure to sanction police who lie during courtroom proceed-ings.

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