Exam 16: Policing: Dilemmas of Crime Control in a Democratic Society

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Compared to police in the US,police in _____ enjoy the respect and gratitude of the public.

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The Knapp commission divided corrupt officers into _____.

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Although women's gender may protect them from police beatings,it subjects them to _____.Such violence includes rape and other sexual assaults and unnecessary strip searches and body cavity searches by male officers.

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Community policing is a somewhat vague term.What does it mean to you?

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The Knapp commission divided corrupt cops into the categories of "vegans" and "raptors".

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Research on white,male police officers indicates that they face a double burden of both racism and sexism.

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In a democratic society,a key question is how much power to give to the police to preserve law and order.

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Which of the following best expresses the term community policing (also called problem-oriented policing)?

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Identify and discuss the double burden that minority female officers face.

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African-Americans and Latinos are much more likely than non-Latino whites to be arrested for possessing ____.

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Racial profiling,when applied to traffic violations,is termed "driving while black".

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There is growing evidence on the effectiveness of directed police patrol or _____ policing,which targets the relatively few locations at which most of a city's serious street crime occurs.

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When police suddenly saturate a small area and arrest drug pushers, prostitutes, and gang members, they are performing a _____.

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US policing developed from the early German system.

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Which of the following best describes driving while black?

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