Arrest Review Questions
Please make a posting to this blog answering one of the review questions at the end of the Chapter on Arrest (Chapter 5 in 6th Edition). As always, you must repeat the question and number it. You cannot answer any question already answered.
This posting must be done by Monday at 10p.m. (10/30/06)
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Question #2: Identify the characteristics of a full custodial arrest.
1. The police officer says to the suspect , "You're under arrest."
2. The suspect is put into a squad car.
3. The suspect is taken to police station.
4. The suspect is photographed, booked, and fingerprinted.
5. The suspect is searched.
6. The suspect is locked up either at the police station or in a jail cell.
7. The suspect is interrogated.
8. The suspect may be put into a lineup.
#14 What's the most common kind of force used in making arrest?
The most common kind of force used in making arrest is the nondeadly force.
Question #5 5th Edition: What is the difference between hearsay and direct information? What is more reliable? Why?
Hearsay is secondhand information gathered from victims, witnesses, other police officers, and professional informants. Direct information is information that the officer knows firsthand. These facts and circumstances include flight, furtive movements, hiding, attempts to destroy eveidence, resisting officers, evasive answers,contridictory explanantions, fingerprints, hair samples, blood samples and DNA information. Direct information is much more reliable because it is information witnessed by the officer. Hearsay information can very often be distorted and incorrect.
Question 15. State the common-law rule regarding the use of deadly force to arrest. The two rules adopted by the U.S. SUpreme Court. (1) When it's necessary to apprehend dangerous suspects. (2) When it doesn't put innocent people in danger. These apply when using deadly force.
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