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Question 1
What are police legitimacy and procedural justice? Explain how they affect policing and why they are important.
Question 2
Which concept implies leadership and management?
relatively identifiable boundary
consciously coordinated
social entity
jurisdictional borders
Question 3.
The first policing system to evolve in England was the Frankpledge system
True
False
Question 4
As a result of the 9/11 attacks, Congress passed the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act.
True
False
Question 5
We examined POSDCORB in chapter 2. How do each of the elements in POSDCORB apply to a police organization?
Question 6
Which of the following describes how officers are to a specific task, such as handling booking?
procedures
rules and regulations
policies
chain of command
Question 7
Which theory views employees negatively and sees the need for structured organizations with strict hierarchal lines and close supervision?
Theory X
human relations theory
systems theory
Theory Y
Question 8
Procedures are more general than policies.
True
False
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Question 9
Describe situational leadership and how it applies to the police leader.
Question 10
Middle managers require a higher level of human relations skills than sergeants.
True
False
Question 11
Which of the following is not a phase of the situational leadership model?
participating
selling
delegating
forecasting
Question 12
Which leadership skill involves working with people and include being thoroughly
familiar with what motivates employees and how to utilize group processes?
technical skills
human skills
analytical skills
conceptual skills
Question 13
What kinds of strategies can a leader employ to reduce or eliminate the rift that has developed within the team?
Question 14
The threat of punishment is a better motivator than rewards.
True
False
Question 15
Which concept refers to a superior officer's attempts to cooperate with the conflicting parties and work toward a solution?
assertiveness
cooperativeness
competition
compromise
Question 16
Which of the following involves a police union leader and a police captain interpreting the same information differently, because of their relative orientations about the department?
stereotyping
value judgments
Semantic problems
status
Question 17
How does affirmative action laws affect policing? Do they improve policing?
Question 18
In-service training is the most common method for maintaining and improving officer competency and may also reduce the likelihood of citizen complaints and future litigation.
True
False
Question 19
Which law serves as the basis for most equal employment opportunity laws?
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Federal Affirmative Action Act
Title IV of the Higher Education Act
Question 20
What is the name of the case where the court found that the Baltimore Police Department's height requirement which excluded 95 percent of female population but only 32 percent of the male population was discriminatory?
Washington v. Davis
Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
Miranda v. Arizona
Vanguard Justice Society v. Hughes
Question 21
Explain the two types of liability that police supervisors may incur, as well as the five areas of liability.
Question 22
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects against unreasonable searches and seizures?
First Amendment
Second Amendment
Fourth Amendment
Fifth Amendment
Question 23
The Brady v. Maryland decision, establishing that in a criminal case the accused has a right to any exculpatory evidence, was decided by which court in 1963?
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit Court of Appeals of Maryland
U.S. Supreme Court
Maryland Supreme Court
Question 24
Counseling is a form of disciplinary action that can be taken that involves a conversation between the supervisor and employee about a specific aspect of the employee's performance or conduct.
True
False