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Explain how the Ferguson shooting and the Black Lives Matter movement have affected police behavior.

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Discuss the major police roles, including how the public views the police role and how studies show police spend their time.

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An officer's discretion varies depending on the type of situation he or she encounters.

The police role is ____________.

The police themselves emphasize their role as crime fighters and play down their job as peacekeepers and social service providers.

In the 1970s, the American Law Institute proposed a(n) ____________________, which included new policies on the use of deadly force.

The police officer is generally the first decision maker in the U.S.criminal justice system and is often the most important.

The "broken windows" theory suggests it is appropriate to allow a neighborhood to deteriorate if the neighborhood will not participate in its upkeep.

Carl B.Klockars, in Idea of Police, broadly defines the basic function of the police as dealing with all those problems that may require the use of __________.

Police generally have much less discretion than other officials in the criminal justice system.

Choke holds, carotid holds, and neck restraints became a source of controversy after _____.

The Magic City Police Department maintains order through informal police intervention, including persuasion and threats, or hassling or roughing up disruptive people instead of formal arrests.According to James Q.Wilson, it would be considered to be a ____________________ department.

The ____________________ standard allows police officers to use deadly force against people who are using deadly force against an officer or another person, as well as in certain violent felony situations.

Which of the following is part of the federal government's imminent danger standard for use of deadly force?

According to the text, the police attempt to prevent crime by trying to create a sense of ____________.

Most police departments now train their officers in the use of force using the __________.

Ninety-six percent of local police departments have turned to the use of __________ in an attempt to reduce the use of deadly force.

Which of the following is not one of the factors that may influence police discretion as indicated by research findings?

Which of the following is incorrect?

Which of the following is not one of the reasons police exercise discretion?