Perhaps the most troublesome reality about the use of excessive force is that there are multiple causes of it. Of the five kinds of police misconduct, at least three of them can lead to this type of deviance. And because this is true, there is no one "cure" or approach to doing away with it. Write an essay engaging all of the multiple causes of excessive force that you can think of. Then spend some time in your essay reflecting upon how all of this creates quite a frustrating reality for police officers, for police leaders, for police review systems, and/or for students of police behavior.

What will be an ideal response?


Noble cause corruption, ineptitude of racism, ineptitude of poor training, corruption of authority, and police crime.

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The _________ model emphasizes maintaining the offender's ties to family and community as a method of reform

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The _____________ is the lowest social strata in any country, whose members lack the education and skills needed to function successfully in modern society

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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What is meant by elimination samples?

What will be an ideal response?

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The inclination among police to resist temptations to abuse the rights and privileges of their occupation is called ______.

A. self-control B. integrity C. corruption D. honesty

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