Under the Graham decision, the Court identified three key factors based on the totality of the circumstances to use in evaluating an officer’s use of reasonable force:

What will be an ideal response?


1. The severity of the crime committed
2. Whether the suspect posed an immediate threat to the
safety of officers or others
3. Whether the suspect actively resisted arrest or attempted to evade arrest by flight

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The concretely specified large group of many cases from which a researcher draws a sample and to which results from a sample are generalized is called __________

a. sampling frame b. target population c. sample d. population e. sampling case

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The main drawback to a deposition on written questions is the expense

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Cultural relativism means that we seek to understand different cultures from

a. our view b. a similar view c. their particular perspective d. preconceived standards

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Most shoplifters are _____, or amateurs, who steal merchandise of little value that they keep for themselves

a. snitches b. boosters c. coasters d. monsters

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