Deck 12: Deviance,ethics,and

Question 1

Describe contributory negligence and comparative negligence.

Answer 1

Contributory negligence is a liability defense that holds that if an officer can show that the plaintiff or someone else was also negligent in an event,the officer should not be held liable.Contributory negligence can arise not only from the actions of a criminal suspect,but also from the actions of third parties.Comparative negligence is a partial defense against state tort liability that examines who is to blame and assigns liability accordingly.

Question 2

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

Answer 2

B

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

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

A)Rogue
B)Straight shooter
C)White knight
D)Grass eater

Question 5

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 6

Compare and contrast civilian input,civilian monitor,and civilian review.

Question 7

Define and describe the concept of state tort liability and the two types of state tort claims that matter in the law enforcement context.

Question 8

Briefly define 42 U.S.C.Section 1983,and explain the two requirements for a successful Section 1983 lawsuit.

Question 9

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 10

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 11

Describe the exclusionary rule and fruit of the poisonous tree.

Question 12

What is the purpose of the police officers' bill of rights?

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

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 15

Describe the color of law,and provide at least three examples indicating police acting under the color of law.

Question 16

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 17

Your friend just bragged to you that his speeding ticket was "lost" 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 18

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

Question 19

A police officer knows a suspect is dealing drugs but doesn't find any so he quietly slips a baggie of drugs into the suspect's shoe.What is this called?

A)Straightforward corruption
B)Predatory corruption
C)Combative corruption
D)Perversion of justice

Question 20

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 21

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 22

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 23

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 24

Consent decrees are intended to promote ________ within police departments.

A)Citizen oversight
B)Integrity
C)Civilian monitor
D)Civilian input

Question 25

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

A)Medical response to corruption
B)First page test
C)Code of ethics
D)Consent decree

Question 26

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 27

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 28

A police officer was overheard bragging about his "groupie" 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 29

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 30

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

Question 31

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

A)Shakedown
B)Kickback
C)Fix
D)Crime

Question 32

Which of the following is included in Kappeler's drug-related police corruption scheme?

A)Economic corruption
B)Police sexual violence
C)Perversion of justice
D)Gratuity

Question 33

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 suspect's 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 defendants' rights
D)Noble-cause corruption

Question 34

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

Question 35

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

A)Shakedowns
B)Kickbacks
C)Fixes
D)Crimes

Question 36

After an arrest at the suspect's house,the suspect's 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

Question 37

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 defendant's rights
D)Use corruption

Question 38

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 39

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

A)Improper training
B)Psychopathology
C)Peer influence
D)Proactive citizen contact

Question 40

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

Question 41

Most of the rampant corruption in the past has subsided.

Question 42

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

Question 43

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

Question 44

Controlling for police deviance involves adopting a code of ethics,screening out unfit applicants,and reinforcing professional standards.

Question 45

Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania was the first police department to enter into a consent decree with the federal government.

Question 46

A good officer is more than likely a good person.

Question 47

The rotten apple theory is an example of an environmental factor which leads some officers to become deviant.

Question 48

The most seriously deviant officers are called ________.

Question 49

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

Question 50

Behavior that is not socially acceptable is called corruption.

Question 51

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

Question 52

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

Question 53

Administrators are trying to prevent police deviance before it becomes a problem.

Question 54

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

Question 55

Gratuities occur when an officer accepts an object of value.

Question 56

An officer removing a speeding ticket from someone's record is an example of fixing.

Question 57

Officers rarely offer a false testimony for personal gain.

Question 58

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 59

The Knapp Commission was formed in the year ________.

Question 60

It is discouraged in police academies to accept gratuities.

Question 61

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

Question 62

Being a good officer means to make many ________ and to catch criminals,but the officer may not be a good person.

Question 63

Dishonest or ________ conduct by public officials in position of powers is known as corruption.

Question 64

________ of authority is the catchall category for other inappropriate conduct that does not necessarily amount to crime,deviance,or corruption.

Question 65

Things of value accepted by an officer are ________.

Question 66

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

Question 67

________ officers try to keep their activities private.

Question 68

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

Question 69

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

Question 70

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

Question 71

Pittsburgh was the first to enter into a ________ decree.