Discuss the various types of police corruption. What causes such behavior and how can it be controlled?

What will be an ideal response?


There are various forms of abuse of power. The Knapp Commission has classified abusers into meat eaters who aggressively seek out opportunities to abuse their power and grass eater who accept payoffs when their duties put them in a compromising position. One view attempts to explain corruption and abuse of power from a financial standpoint as many police seek to and cannot achieve the coveted middle-class lifestyle. Additional views explain the propensity through the wide discretion that police enjoy as well as societies ambivalence toward many forms of vice-related criminal behavior that police officer are sworn to control. One approach to controlling misconduct is to strengthen the internal administrative review process as well as a more stringent accountability system.

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Black Lives Matter is a movement that was formed in 2015. It was a direct outcome of ______.

a. protests against white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia b. Media attention and public concern about police use of lethal force and deaths of minorities in police custody c. President Obama’s Task Force d. police wearing body cameras

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In U.S. federal prisons in 2016, ______% of all inmates were service sentences for drug-related offenses. Serving sentences for drug-related crimes are ______% of white males, ______% of Black males, and ______% of Hispanic males.

What will be an ideal response?

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In any effective security plans there are human:

a. targets. b. protest. c. elements. d. measures.

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The most common offender in a college setting is:

a. A staff member b. Another college student c. Strangers d. Professors

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