EXAM: OPOTA Final exam; Questions & Answers
Police officer main goals Correct Answer-- enforce Laws
- Preserve the peace
- prevent crime
- protect civil rights and liberties
- provide services
Easiest crime triangle to change Correct Answer-Opportunity
Factors necessary for the commission of a crime (Crime Triangle) Correct Answer-- Desire
- Victim
- Opportunity
Purpose of the bill of rights Correct Answer-- Protect an individual's freedoms
- Prevent the government from interfering in protected rights
3 major components of the criminal justice system Correct Answer-Law enforcement
- Keep the peace
, EXAM: OPOTA Final exam; Questions & Answers
- Apprehend violators and combat crime
- Prevent crime
Courts
- hold fair and impartial trials
- determine guilt or innocence
- impose sentences on the guilty
Corrections
- responsible for supervising the offender
- prison/county jails
- parole/probation
- work release programs
Goal of sentencing Correct Answer-- Punish the offender in many cases, rehabilitate the
offender
- Protect society
- Restore the victim as much as possible
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Race Correct Answer-- Modern concept used to classify people by similar, observable
physical characteristics
- It is not, as many people think based on genetics
are people allowed to film police Correct Answer-Yes
- At least one party to the encounter consents
OR
- When officers are carrying out their duties in public, so long as it does not interfere with the
officers carrying out their duties
police legitimacy Correct Answer-Police legitimacy - exists when the public views the
police as authorized to exercise power in order to maintain social order, manage conflicts, and
solve problems in the community
interpersonal racism Correct Answer-Occurs between individuals, includes public
expressions of racial prejudice and hate by individuals
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Components of bias Correct Answer-PREJUDICES
- An often negative prejudgment based on characteristics such as race, age, gender, etc. that is
not necessarily reasonable or logical
Difference between bias based profiling and crimal profiling Correct Answer-No difference
Professional codes of ethics and professional codes of conduct
Are owed to: Correct Answer-- community and its citizens
- the law enforcement profession
- agency
- family
- yourself
Plus model Correct Answer-P= Policies- is it consistent with my agency's policies?
L= Legal- is the action lawful
U= Universal- does it conform to the universal principles and values of my agency
S= Self- does it align with my beliefs of what is right, good, and fair
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