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1. Of the following, which did not make recommendations regarding US police reform:

a) the Wickersham Commission

b) the Kerner Commission

c) President Kennedy's Civil Rights Council on Justice Reforms

d) the Estes Kefavour Select Congressional Committee on Interstate Trucking

e) President Obama's Commission on 21st Century Policing

2. Pursuant to Dr. Karinn A, Glover, MD MPH, the keynote speaker of the webinar on the Impact of Racism on Mental Health, there exist systemic policies and practices in the US criminal justice system that undermine the mental health of which of the_____________ (choose from the answers listed below - read the closing sentence first)

a) community members

b) persons directly involved with the system

c) law enforcement personnel (police officers)

d) judges and related court personnel

e) all of the preceding answers, a. to d., are correct answers

3. And as such impacts negatively on the functioning and purpose of the system itself.

Probable cause refers to a police officer's belief that there exists at the time of the seizure (arrest) sufficient credible evidence to suspect that the arrested person has committed a crime or is about to commit a crime.

True or False

4. The recently concluded Ahmed Arbery trial in Georgia, that resulted in the three accused white men being found guilty on all charges, like last year's George Floyd trial in Minnesota, was unique in that there actually was a trial whereas most criminal matters (90 to 95%) in the US usually reach a disposition (final decision) as a result of a plea bargain.

True or False

5. Although not intended to study policing specifically, the ______________ Commission report of 1970 found that bias and discriminatory police policies and practices were the principal causes of the urban riots that took place during the summer of 1968.

True or False

6. Policing in the US started (1838) as an undesirable, low-status job that through the 1960's was characterized by its being political, corrupt and prone to violence and racial bias.

True or False

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