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Discuss the job and organizational characteristics that can lead to police corruption and misconduct.

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The ______ is an important dimension of the police subculture, and a potential obstacle to preventing police corruption and misconduct.

A) code of silence
B) fraternal order of police
C) buddy system
D) code of bravery

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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A police officer planting evidence on a known drug dealer, to ensure a conviction at trial, is an example of ______.

When an officer's training credentials are revoked making him or her unemployable as a law enforcement officer, it is called ______.

Define, and provide two examples of, police corruption.

Moving an officer from his or her current shift, to an undesirable shift, because they informed on another officer for engaging in corruption or misconduct is an example of ______.

Which characteristic of police officers is associated with lower rates of citizen complaints?

In police departments with a mandatory reporting rule, if an officer fails to report another officer for engaging in misconduct, the officer who failed to report the incident has also committed misconduct.

Information management systems designed to monitor the performance of officers and identify those who show certain at-risk behaviors are called ______.

Assess the limitations of media reports as a measure of police misconduct.

Insidious expansion theory asserts that police misconduct is caused by individual officers who have personal shortcomings or character flaws.

Which of the following would likely lead to citizens filing more complaints against police officers?

When should officers receive ethics training?

Assess the limitations of decertification statistics as a measure of police misconduct.

The police subculture emphasizes certain values; among them is solidarity among officers.

Some police departments analyze lawsuits against police officers and recommend policy changes based on the findings of those analyses.

A major limitation of using citizen complaints as a method of identifying the nature and extent of police misconduct is that the filing of complaints by citizens is uncommon.

Identify and describe the five common sources of data that have been used to try to provide insight into the nature and extent of police misconduct.

Research suggests that using mediation as a method of resolving citizen complaints about police officers may result in greater citizen satisfaction than the traditional complaint process.

Identify, and explain the differences between, the two competing theories regarding the causes of police misconduct and corruption.