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Test Bank For Tort Law for Paralegals 2nd Edition All;’\\
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\What is the aim of this book? - ANSWER To diagnose why law enforcement
organizations fail.
There are many examples of why law enforcement organizations fail such as -
ANSWER the 1985 confrontation between the Philadelphia police and MOVE.
Analysis of the incidents is ________, flowing from wider perspectives (race and
class,disclosure analysis, conflict management). - ANSWER decuctive
Official reviews are _______ building from facts to conclusions. However, the author
of these reviews shape these conclusions. - ANSWER inductive
These incidents generate an equal amount of - ANSWER Heat and light.
At best, ______ ______ arise from these incidents. - ANSWER positive reforms
At worst, harshly worded explanations and suggested remedies result in the police
______ __ ________ the suggested remedies. - ANSWER Dismissing or resisting.
Two examples of how a variety of explanations emerge from police failures are -
ANSWER Waco and the MOVE incident.
Many similarities existed between the incidents including: - ANSWER 1. An armed
clash with law enforcement.
2. Law enforcement officers died.
3. A cult like following.
4. The belief of an apocalyptic clash with law enforcement.
5. A hostage element.
6. Evacuating women and children (implied hostages) mostly (Waco) or completely
(MOVE) failed.
7. A push for a tactical assault due to fruitless negotiations.
8. The sudden shift to assault amid hastily made tactical plans.
9. The disastrous outcome of each.
Despite these similarities, the review of each case was - ANSWER divergent.
The MOVE incident was blamed on - ANSWER 1. race.
2. lack of action on the part of the mayor.
3. negligence in planning and carrying out the assault.
,Waco was blamed on the ATF and FBI for - ANSWER Allegedly criminalizing gun
ownership and the free practice of religion.
_____ mobilized Timothy McVeigh as an activist and he blew up the Oklahoma
Federal Building. - ANSWER Waco
Beyond the mobilization of a few activist, most did not see - ANSWER the MOVE
incident as a race related or the Waco incident as an FBI conspiracy.
However, these conspiracy theorizes have been born and have had the - ANSWER
endurance to last for years.
Obscured in these conspiracy theories is the ________ of the organization and
_______ that provided the spark that ignited the incidents. - ANSWER failure.
management.
Despite the claims of conspiracy theorist, most law enforcement professionals
express a respect for - ANSWER diversity and the constitution.
These blanket accusations caused defensiveness which impedes the ability of the
police to better understand - ANSWER the communities they patrol and the rights
of the citizens with whom they interact.
A second problem with blanket accusations is that a person's motivations and
mindsets are - ANSWER 1. hard to pin down.
2. easy to deny.
3. not necessarily linked to any action.
But there is still value in training officers to understand ______ and appreciate why
tolerance makes a better policing than stereotyping. - ANSWER diversity
This value is maximized when police are treated as partners in search of improved
police effectiveness across a diverse community as opposed to - ANSWER
perpetrators of poor police-community relations.
This book does not delve into the individual psyches of law enforcement officers or
grand hidden agendas because - ANSWER law enforcement failures are, by and
large, organizational.
We consider more of what the organization did _____ prior to the incidents
occurring. - ANSWER wrong
There are more strength's in analyzing organizational failure because the
components are - ANSWER identifiable and concrete.
Law enforcement failures play out in an - ANSWER organizational context.
The elements of the failures are ______ _______ in the failures of law enforcement.
- ANSWER inevitably symptomatic.
, An organizational analysis leads more readily to - ANSWER symptoms underlying
failure and it also leads us more readily to cures.
If a homicide case runs aground because of an autocratic (my way or the highway)
supervisor, there are several straight forward organizational fixes that will prove
more effective than trying to get this supervisor to believe in - ANSWER
collaboration and cooperation.
This book will examine law enforcement failures through an organizational lens by
examining - ANSWER high profile cases.
The purpose are to develop a framework for better understanding a range of law
enforcement failures, and provide a set of conceptual tools to better ______ __ ____
organizational conditions where disaster may lurk. - ANSWER diagnose and
address
Failures occur in an organization when some person, operation, policy or process
produces a result that deviates from expectations in - ANSWER substantial and
disruptive ways.
Failure frequently, but not necessarily, exposes the organization to criminal charges,
civil liability, media firestorms, loss of public confidence and punishment by the
marketplace or - ANSWER elected executives and legislators.
Errors are not - ANSWER failures.
An error (suspect gets away, policy is flawed, ect.), when expected and examined
instead of decried and demonized, may be a sign that - ANSWER "things are
veering off track".
The bulk of this book is about failures that arise from employee and management
miscues that are neither - ANSWER obscure nor innocent.
These failures call into question the - ANSWER ability of the organization to pass
effective policies, control employees, monitor its own activities, ect.
Failure, as opposed to error, reflects the organizations fundemental ability to conduct
its business - ANSWER effectively and/or with integrity.
In the short term - ANSWER failure diminishes the organizations ability to do its
job.
In the long term - ANSWER it may diminish its resources, autonomy and
legitimacy.
Failures are of such magnitude that there is plenty - ANSWER of blame to go
around.
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