Exam 7: Police Corruption and Responses

An operation in which a police officer is placed in a position where he or she might be tempted to break a rule or a law and is monitored to see what he or she will do is known as a "graft check."

__________ is a euphemism for graft and is a significant problem in developing countries.

Ridicule, according to the text, is an example of _________

Some new officers experience cynicism when they encounter citizen disrespect, bureaucratic barriers, and the realities of the justice system. This can lead them to distrust the department's administration and the citizens of the community, leaving them more prone to corruption. This process is known as the:

Which of the following is not considered graft?

Of the sex-related arrests of sworn officers Stinson, Brewer, and Mathna studied, 70 percent of the victims were:

Ethical formalism would reject a policy of allowing gratuities if they:

The practice of declining to issue a ticket to an off-duty officer who is stopped for speeding or for other driving violations is called:

____________________ occurs when a police officer is placed in a position where she might be tempted to break a law and monitored to see what she will do.

The phrase ________________ was used by the Knapp Commission to describe NYC police officers who were taking bribes, gratuities, and unsolicited protection money and who were fairly passive in their deviant practices.

A grass eater would not

According to Fyfe and Kane, on-duty abuse is::

Integrity testing _______

Murphy and Caplan argue that each of the following societal factors lead to police corruption, except:

Grass eaters are known to "shop" at burglary scenes.

Experiences such as witnessing the death of a fellow officer or accidentally killing a bystander can cause ____________ , which produces symptoms such as flashbacks and anger control issues.

You have been hired to consult with the new chief of a police department that has been fraught with complaints of officer misconduct. You draft recommendations to improve the hiring process. You advise the chief that one particular category of recruits was more likely to be terminated during probation. Which group is this?

You have been hired to consult with the new chief of a police department that has been fraught with complaints of officer misconduct. The chief explains that the department has its own section dedicated to monitoring the department's officers and investigating complaints. This is known as:

Research shows that there is no relation between an officer's level of education and the number of citizen complaints received.

You are an Internal Affairs officer investigating corruption in the city police department. You have been assigned to ride along as a partner to Officer Jones, who has a reputation for being corrupt. Officer Jones has been told that you are a patrol officer who has been transferred from another district within the department. While on patrol, Officer Jones stops a car for speeding and running a red light. You observe the interaction between Officer Jones and the driver. Jones allows the driver to leave without penalty. When you ask why he gave the driver a break, Jones tells you that the driver turned out to be a fellow police officer. By letting him go without a citation, Jones has demonstrated which type of corruption?