Law enforcement officers have a defense called _______________, wherein individual officers cannot be held personally liable for official action if their action meets the test of objective legal reasonableness
a. qualified immunity
b. the good faith defense
c. the Bivens umbrella
d. the law enforcement exception
a
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An IP address can contain numbers between ________ and _________
a. 1, 256 b. 1, 128 c. 0, 32 d. 0, 255
Courts have found that the use of force is justified by "legitimate security interests" of a prison when correctional officers are __________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Personal jurisdiction refers to the authority of a court over a particular subject. 2. State courts are the “workhorses” of the American judicial system. 3. Magistrate judges are on a lower judicial level than are appellate court justices. 4. Courts of appeals hear only criminal appeals. 5. Congress has the authority to change the number of justices on the Supreme Court.
According to the text, which practice that has been employed in the "global war on terror" is LEAST likely to be imported into domestic law enforcement
A. "Sneak and peek" home entries allowing police to defer notification B. Excessive use of para-military SWAT teams C. Electronic information sharing in "fusion centers" D. Use of torture to obtain confessions