Criminal Justice - Multiply choice Police and witnesses have different accounts

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Criminal Justice - Multiply choice

Police and witnesses have different accounts of the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014. Michael Brown and his friend Dorian Johnson were walking down the middle of a street when Darren Wilson, a white police officer, drove up and ordered them to move onto the sidewalk. Wilson and Brown apparently had a skirmish inside in the police car until Wilson's gun was fired. As Johnson and Brown fled the scene, Wilson pursued Brown on foot and shot him six times.

The shooting death of Michael Brown sparked protest and civil unrest largely due to racial tensions between black community members and white police officers. In fact, police did not release Wilson's name until six days after the incident for fear of his safety, on the same day as making public allegations of Brown's involvement in a robbery before the shooting. Considering what you have learned about the use of force in Chapter 7, please answer the following:

1.Perceptions of danger can have an isolating effect on police officers and separate them from the public, effectively creating a ____.

a)social control

b)total institution

c)contract system

d)blue curtain

2.What characteristic of a police officer's working personality typically increases with the length of service?

a)openness

b)agreeableness

c)cynicism

d)impulsiveness

3.What is the most reasonable response from a police officer who encounters an actively resistant suspect?

a)contact controls

b)defensive tactics

c)verbal commands

d)compliance techniques

4.In Graham v. Connor (1989), the U.S. Supreme Court proposed a _____.

a)reasonableness standard for the use of nondeadly force

b)set of defensive tactics for the accused

c)use-of-force continuum for police officers

d)protocol for investigating deadly force incidents

5.A police officer is most likely to be killed on duty during a(n) _____.

a)arrest situation

b)domestic violence call

c)vehicle pursuit

d)traffic checkpoint

Explanation / Answer

Social control is effectively created when the police officers isolates themselves from the threatening situations.

1.a) Social control

2.c) cynicism

3.d) compliance techniques

4.a) reasonableness standard for the use of nondeadly force.

5.b) domestic violence call.

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