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OPOTA Practice Test Abduction - Answer-Placed in fear Explain the relationship between a SPO and a test question - Answer-The test question must respond directly to an SPO and every SPO may be the basis of a test question Explain the ultimate reason for law enforcement training - Answer-To be able to protect the life and property of yourself and the public 4511 - Answer-Traffic Laws - operation of motor vehicles 4513 - Answer-Equipment Violations 4549 - Answer-Criminal Traffic section 4510 - Answer-Covers driver's license suspensions List a Peace officers main goals - Answer--enforce laws -preserve the peace -prevent crimes -protect civil rights and liberties -provide services Explain the factors necessary for the commission of a crime - Answer-Opportunity, Ability, and Desire State the purpose of the Bill of Rights - Answer--Protect an individual's freedoms -Prevent the government from interfering in protected rights Laws are designed to - Answer--Maintain order -enhance predictability -promote orderly social change -sustain individual rights -identify wrongdoers -mandate punishment Describe the major components of the criminal justice system - Answer-Law enforcement, courts, corrections Identify the relationship between race, genetics, and physical characteristics - Answer-Race is a modern concept used to classify people as similar, observable physical characteristics, it is not based on genetics. humans are genetically similar of all species, there is no distinct genetic profile that completely distinguishes one so called race from another. The connection between in-groups and out-groups and police legitimacy - Answer-Some individuals interpret their encounters with police in terms of their groups societal position rather than the immediate circumstance of the police contact Types of Racism - Answer--Individual -Interpersonal -Institutional -Structural Two types of Bias - Answer-Explicit bias and implicit bias - common characteristics • Everyone possesses them • They have real-world effects on behavior • They can relate, for example, to race, religion, gender, sexuality, disability, height, weight