Exam 4: The Role of the Police

Identify the four stages of the continuum of force.

The police have little or no influence over the conditions associated with criminal behavior.

Explain the crime control approach of incapacitation and provide an example.

Without the police, the entire criminal justice system would cease to operate.

Identify and briefly describe the three styles of policing.

Police departments are required to equally emphasize law enforcement, order maintenance, and service.

Helping stranded motorists is an example of the service function of the police.

______ means making it impossible for people to commit crime because the opportunity for criminal behavior has been taken away.

Why is it often suggested that police officers have an "impossible mandate?"

Incarcerating someone would be an example of "incapacitation."

For punishment to be an effective deterrent, it must be swift, certain, and individually meaningful.

Rehabilitation means making it impossible for people to commit crime because the opportunity for criminal behavior has been taken away.

The second stage of the continuum of force most often consists of ______.

Providing a security presence at public demonstrations or protests is an example of which primary police responsibility?

Describe what is meant by "conditions of crime."

Please list at least two types of "less-likely-to-be-lethal" weapons employed by police officers.

When officer presence and verbal commands are not successful, and when appropriate, which of the following techniques would be an appropriate use of force?

When a subject is armed and poses a serious and immediate threat to an officer, which of the following would be the highest level of force allowed?

The two approaches to crime control are rehabilitation and retribution.

The ability of police officers to use their own judgment to determine the appropriate course of action to take in any given situation is called ______.