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Law Enforcement: Introduction to Exercise 5 - Learning about police subculture, police violence and police corruption
What You Will Learn

This exercise addresses the following topics:
  • police subculture
  • police brutality
  • police corruption
Key Terms


blue curtain
civilian complaint review board
community policing
deadly force
federal consent decree
grass eaters
internal affairs division
Knapp Commission
meat eaters
Mollen Commission
neighborhood-oriented policing
police brutality
police corruption
police cynicism
police subculture
section 1983 of Civil Rights act
Click on a term for the definition and Spanish translation.
What You Will Do

Read each statement and determine if it is correct or incorrect. If the statement is correct, click CORRECT; if not, click INCORRECT. The Answer box at the bottom of the choices will tell you if your answer is correct.
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