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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. In 1985, the fleeing felon rule was declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in the
landmark case of ____________________.
a. Mapp v. Ohio c. Tennessee v. Garner
b. Lawrence v. Texas d. Terry v. Ohio
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: pp. 150-151
OBJ: To explore the police role and its many interpretations
3. The legality and morality of the “fleeing felon” rule have been challenged because of the U.S. legal
concept of:
a. presumption of innocence c. cruel and unusual punishment
b. fundamental fairness d. application of equality
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 150
OBJ: To explore the police role and its many interpretations
5. Of the following, the police make more arrests for ____________________ crimes than for the other
types.
a. violent c. financial
b. property d. quality-of-life
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 134
OBJ: To explore the police role and its many interpretations
8. Robert Lilly’s research concluded that the majority of police calls are in reference to:
a. burglaries c. information
b. thefts d. social services
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 135
OBJ: To explore the police role and its many interpretations
9. Egon Bittner has stated that police work has, from its earliest origins, been a:
a. religious vocation c. feared occupation
b. respected profession d. tainted occupation
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 135
OBJ: To explore the police role and its many interpretations
10. Sheehan and Cordner state that the two primary goals and objectives of police departments are:
a. maintaining order, and protecting life and property
b. preventing crime and arresting offenders
c. preventing crime and maintaining order
d. protecting life and property, and preventing crime
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 136
OBJ: To explore the police role and its many interpretations
11. The police attempt to prevent crime by trying to create a sense of:
a. safety and security c. omniscience
b. community involvement d. omnipresence
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 137
OBJ: To explore the police role and its many interpretations
12. Which of the following is not one of Broderick’s police operational styles?
a. enforcers c. realists
b. dreamers d. optimists
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 138
OBJ: To explore various operational styles of the police
13. Officer Smith believes her role is to maintain order on her beat by arresting criminals. According to
Broderick, she would be considered a(n):
a. realist c. enforcer
b. optimist d. idealist
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 138
OBJ: To explore various operational styles of the police
14. Officer Brown believes his role is keeping the peace and preserving the social order, yet he is very
careful not to violate the constitutional rights of individuals. According to Broderick, he would be
considered a(n):
a. realist c. enforcer
b. optimist d. idealist
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 138
OBJ: To explore various operational styles of the police
15. Officer Green believes that it is impossible to achieve the goals and objectives of the police
department and concentrates his efforts on the concept of police loyalty and the mutual support of his
fellow officers. According to Broderick, he would be considered a(n):
a. realist c. enforcer
b. optimist d. idealist
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 138
OBJ: To explore various operational styles of the police
16. Officer White concentrates her efforts on helping people in trouble, rather than on keeping society
safe. According to Broderick, she would be considered a(n):
a. realist c. enforcer
b. optimist d. idealist
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 138
OBJ: To explore various operational styles of the police
17. Which of the following is not one of James Q. Wilson’s operating styles?
a. watchman c. service
b. legalistic d. aggressive
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: pp. 138-139
OBJ: To explore various operational styles of the police
18. The Magic City Police Department maintains order through informal police intervention, including
persuasion and threats, or hassling or roughing up disruptive people instead of formal arrests.
According to James Q. Wilson, it would be considered to be a ____________________ department.
a. watchman c. moralistic
b. legalistic d. service
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: pp. 138-139
OBJ: To explore various operational styles of the police
19. The Humortown Police Department issues many summonses and makes many misdemeanor arrests.
According to James Q. Wilson, it would be considered to be a ____________________ department.
a. watchman c. moralistic
b. legalistic d. service
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: pp. 138-139
OBJ: To explore various operational styles of the police
20. The Smalltown Police Department uses social service agencies to provide counseling for minor
offenders. According to James Q. Wilson, it would be considered to be a ____________________
department.
a. watchman c. moralistic
b. legalistic d. service
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: pp. 138-139
OBJ: To explore various operational styles of the police
22. The first decision maker in the criminal justice system and often the most important is:
a. the judge c. the police officer
b. the defense attorney d. the prosecutor
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 140
OBJ: To introduce and explore the concept of police discretion, seeking to understand how and why
discretion is exercised and the methods that have been used to control it
23. Which of the following is not one of the reasons police exercise discretion?
a. If the police enforced all the laws, all the time, they would be in the station house or court
much of their time.
b. Complete enforcement would alienate the public from the police.
c. Most violations of law are minor and do not require full enforcement.
d. The police want to show they have a caring attitude toward the community.
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 141
OBJ: To introduce and explore the concept of police discretion, seeking to understand how and why
discretion is exercised and the methods that have been used to control it
24. Which of the following is not one of the major factors Herbert Jacob says causes the police to exercise
discretion?
a. department policies
b. characteristics of the crime
c. relationship between criminal and victim or between police and criminal or victim
d. geographic area of the crime
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 142
OBJ: To introduce and explore the concept of police discretion, seeking to understand how and why
discretion is exercised and the methods that have been used to control it
25. Which of the following is not one of the factors that may influence police discretion as indicated by
research findings?
a. time of day c. subject’s attitude
b. the offense d. subject’s race
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: pp. 142-143
OBJ: To introduce and explore the concept of police discretion, seeking to understand how and why
discretion is exercised and the methods that have been used to control it
26. The ____________________ standard allows police officers to use deadly force against people who
are using deadly force against an officer or another person, as well as in certain violent felony
situations.
a. castle exception c. defense of life
b. defense of property d. defense of community
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: pp. 151-152
OBJ: To explore the concept of discretion and police force, including police shootings and deadly
force
27. Which of the following is part of the federal government’s imminent danger standard for use of deadly
force?
a. firing warning shots
b. shooting at moving vehicles
c. prisoner attempting escape who was being held in a high-security prison
d. nonfatally shooting a suspect in the leg
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 152
OBJ: To explore the concept of discretion and police force, including police shootings and deadly
force
28. Choke holds, carotid holds, and neck restraints became a source of controversy after:
a. several lawsuits c. further study
b. some deaths d. changes in law enforcement policies
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 153
OBJ: To introduce and explore the concept of police discretion, seeking to understand how and why
discretion is exercised and the methods that have been used to control it
29. In the 1970s, the American Law Institute proposed a(n) ____________________, which included new
policies on the use of deadly force.
a. administrative rule c. legislative bill
b. National Bill of Police Rights d. Model Penal Code
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 151
OBJ: To introduce and explore the concept of police discretion, seeking to understand how and why
discretion is exercised and the methods that have been used to control it
31. Studies of police discretion have shown that the most significant factor in the decision to arrest is the:
a. location of the offense
b. officer–offender relationship
c. seriousness of the offense committed
d. offender’s past criminal history
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 143
OBJ: To introduce and explore the concept of police discretion, seeking to understand how and why
discretion is exercised and the methods that have been used to control it
33. Based on 2010 statistics, approximately ____________________ people were killed justifiably by
police in a three-year period.
a. 25 c. 1,322
b. 390 d. 10,227
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 148
OBJ: To explore the concept of discretion and police force, including police shootings and deadly
force
34. In the landmark case Tennessee v. Garner, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the
____________________ rule unconstitutional.
a. fleeing felon c. detention
b. consent search d. stop and frisk
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: pp. 150-151
OBJ: To explore the concept of discretion and police force, including police shootings and deadly
force
35. One way of controlling discretion, particularly improper application of discretion, is the establishment
of:
a. strong policies c. citizen review boards
b. employee early warning systems d. active reporting systems
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 146
OBJ: To introduce and explore the concept of police discretion, seeking to understand how and why
discretion is exercised and the methods that have been used to control it
COMPLETION
1. Carl B. Klockars, in Idea of Police, broadly defines the basic function of the police as dealing with all
those problems that may require the use of __________
2. The police try to create a sense that they are always there. This is called __________
ANS: omnipresence
PTS: 1 REF: p. 137 OBJ: To explore various operational styles of the police
3. The availability of a choice of options or actions one can take in a situation is called __________
ANS: discretion
4. Arresting offenders and assisting prosecutors in bringing charges against defendants is one of the
primary methods used by police to maintain order and protect __________and __________
ANS:
life, property
property, life
5. In 1985, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt with police use of deadly force, declaring the
__________unconstitutional.
6. The federal government has redefined its deadly force policy used by federal agents and has adopted
the __________ standard.
7. Ninety-six percent of local police departments have turned to the use of __________ in an attempt to
reduce the use of deadly force.
ANS: chemical sprays/less-than-lethal weapons
8. The U.S. system of criminal justice is interested in the __________, in addition to the letter of the law.
9. During the 1970s, many police departments developed an alternative to the fleeing felon doctrine; it
was called the __________
10. Most police departments now train their officers in the use of force using the __________
TRUE/FALSE
1. Movies and television shows about the police emphasize the police crime-fighting role.
2. The police themselves emphasize their role as crime fighters and play down their job as peacekeepers
and social service providers.
3. Elaine Cumming and her colleagues reported that the ordinary work routines of police officers include
mostly law enforcement activities and very few other activities.
4. The police role is extremely well defined and contains little ambiguity.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: p. 135
OBJ: To explore various operational styles of the police
5. The “defense of life” standard allowed police officers to use deadly force against people who were
using deadly force against an officer or another person.
6. The primary goal or objective of the police should be to arrest all offenders.
7. Police generally have much less discretion than other officials in the criminal justice system.
8. The police officer is generally the first decision maker in the U.S. criminal justice system and is often
the most important.
9. Police are free or have the ability to ignore crimes or to exercise discretion regarding them, even when
the crime is serious.
10. An officer’s discretion varies depending on the type of situation he or she encounters.
11. The entire criminal justice system is based on the concept of discretion.
12. Most of what happens in the U.S. criminal justice system happens without the use of discretion by the
police.
13. The growing popularity of less-than-lethal weapons (LTLW) by police officers in the United States
virtually ensures their increased use in the law enforcement community.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 153
OBJ: To explore the concept of discretion and police force, including police shootings and deadly
force
14. Two studies indicate that people who engage in violent crime or who engage the police in violent
confrontations are much more likely to be the victims of police shootings.
ESSAY
ANS:
Answer varies.
2. List the primary and secondary goals of policing and give an example of how the police work toward
each goal.
ANS:
Answer varies.
3. List and explain each of Broderick’s styles. Which style of officer would you want in your
community? Why?
ANS:
Answer varies.
PTS: 1 REF: p. 138 OBJ: To explore various operational styles of the police
4. Define discretion. Discuss some of the major ways police exercise discretion.
ANS:
Answer varies.
5. What is the basic difference between the crime-fighting role and the order-maintenance role of the
police?
ANS:
Answer varies.
PTS: 1 REF: pp. 133-135
OBJ: To introduce you to the goals and objectives of policing
6. Compare and contrast each of James Q. Wilson’s police department operational styles.
ANS:
Answer varies.
PTS: 1 REF: pp. 138-139 OBJ: To explore various operational styles of the police
7. What are some of the major factors that influence police discretion?
ANS:
Answer varies.
ANS:
Answer varies.
ANS:
Answer varies.
10. Explain how, according to research, the police actually spend their time at work.
ANS:
Answer varies.
went up] i.e. from their own low-lying territory by the sea into the
hill-country of Judah.
went out against them] margin went out before them, i.e.
anticipated them, did not wait for them to attack him. In 2 Samuel v.
17 went down to the hold, an expression which might refer to some
part of the difficult hill-country of Judah in which he had long defied
Saul, or may mean the “hold” of Jerusalem, which David had seized
from the Jebusites (see note on xi. 5).
like the breach of waters] i.e. like the breach made by waters,
Probably the scene of the victory was a hill deeply scarred with
watercourses. The force with which God broke through the army of
the Philistines is compared with that of a torrent bursting forth from
the hill-side or forcing its way through all obstacles. Baal-perazim =
the Lord of breakings forth, i.e. upon the foe.
over against the mulberry trees] Render, along, parallel to. The
line of David’s attack is to be parallel to a line of mulberry trees (or to
a ridge on which mulberry trees stood) situate probably at right
angles to the line of the Philistine march. Thus David’s advance
would be concealed from the Philistines until the very moment of the
attack, which would fall on the flank of the Philistine march.
mulberry trees] or, as margin, balsam trees. Some kind of tree or
shrub from which gum exudes seems to be meant.
thou shalt go out to battle] Samuel has a more vivid phrase, thou
shalt bestir thyself.
16. smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer]
This victory was decisive; the main army of the Philistines was
routed.
a tent] a new tent, not the old tabernacle which the Chronicler
believed to be at Gibeon (see xvi. 39).
5. the sons of Kohath; Uriel] Kohath had four sons (Exodus vi. 18
= 1 Chronicles vi. 18): Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Here the
descendants of Amram (exclusive of the priests, the Aaronites)
represented by Uriel head the list (verse 5), and the descendants of
Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel appear in verses 8, 9, 10 respectively.
Elizaphan (verse 8) either stands for the Izhar of Exodus vi. 18, or is
the name of some prominent descendant of Izhar after whom the
whole family was named. He is mentioned again in 2 Chronicles
xxix. 13. As regards number the Kohathites were 512 against 350 of
the sons of Merari and the sons of Gershom combined. In vi. 60‒63
(45‒48, Hebrew) 23 cities are reckoned to Kohath against 25 to
Merari and Gershom combined. The Kohathites formed the largest
and most important of the three divisions of the Levites.
to sound aloud] The cymbals mark the time for the other
instruments.
22. was over the song] The Hebrew word (massa) here twice
rendered “song” means “uplifting,” either of the voice in song, or in a
physical sense = “burden”; hence margin was over the carrying of
the ark.
²³And Berechiah and Elkanah were
doorkeepers for the ark.
23. were doorkeepers for the ark] The same statement is made in
verse 24 concerning Obed-edom and Jehiah (= Jeiel)! On Curtis’
view, this verse was added by the same writer as verses 19‒21,
who, having taken Obed-edom and Jeiel as part of the list of singers
in verse 18 no doubt thought that the names of the doorkeepers (the
last word of verse 18) had somehow been omitted. He supplied
therefore here the names Berechiah and Elkanah (taken perhaps
from ix. 16). A still later writer has attempted to put matters straight
by further adding at the conclusion of verse 24 “and Obed-edom and
Jehiah (Jeiel) were doorkeepers for the ark.”
27. of the song] margin, of the carrying of the ark. Compare verse
22, note.
7‒36.
The Psalm of Praise.
¹ Or, Meditate.
18. The lot] The Hebrew word (“ḥebel”) means a portion not
assigned by lot but measured by line; compare margin Canaan is co-
extensive with Israel’s inheritance.