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48 Cards in this Set
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law and litigation affecting criminal justice employees can arise out of all but which of the following
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international treaties
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the _______ provides minimum pay and overtime provisions covering both public and private sector employees
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fair labor standards act
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title VII of the civil rights act of 1964 and its amendments prohibit unlawful employment discrimination in all but which of the following areas
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incompetence for the job
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the ______ provided an alternate remedy to title VII for sex based discrimination wages and benefits when individuals did similar work
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equal pay act
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this legislation may be used by an employee to sue an employer for civil rights violations based on the deprivation of constitutional rights
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42 USC 1983
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in which decision did the US SC as pat of a due process clam regarding mandatory retirement
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EEOC v Wyoming
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which of the following is not an element set forth by the SC as part of the process claim under section 1983
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detaining a person in jail for more than 2 years
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affirmative action plans must have
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remedial purpose and a manifest imbalance or significant disparity to justify the plan
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treating people differently because of their age, gender, sex, or other protected status is
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disparate treatment
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because criminal justice employees have a property interest in their job, the must receive all but which of the following when being terminated
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a letter from the chief executive
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the hiring of minority employees to meet state hiring goals and then attempting to terminate them as quickly and as often as possible violates the
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title VII of the civil rights act
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today a police officer working the night shift must receive pay for ____ or _____ duties
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training/court
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in this case the SC reversed itself bringing the local police employees under the coverage of the fair labor standards act
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garcia v san antonio transit authority
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criminal justice employee benefits may be litigated under all but which of the following
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Mann act
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which of the following levels of the gov is exempted from the provisions of the occupational safety and health act
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all the above (federal, state, local)
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the SC ruled that it is a violation of the employees ______ amend rights to be fired from nonpolicymaking positions solely on the basis of political party affiliation
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first
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which of the following reasons was given by the SC in support of grooming standards for
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to maintain esprit de corps and to make officers readily recognizable
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two major SC decisions concerning drug testing of public employees in the workplace were
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skinner and von raab
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instances for which police officers may be disciplined for improper sexual conduct generally involve
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homosexuality and adultery
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which of the following could be problematic as a form of moonlighting for off duty police employees
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working for a tow truck or bail bond company
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which of the following is not a justification for having residency requirements for criminal justice employees
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to hear local gossip
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which of the following is not a controversial drug testing issue
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whether the employee knew before ingesting drugs that he or she would be tested
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which of the following is not a type of inappropriate sexual behavior by police
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nonsexual contacts that are sexually motivated, voyeuristic contacts, contacts with offenders, and sexual shakedowns
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unwelcome verbal or physical conduct based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability constitutes harassment when
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the conduct is sufficiently severe to create a hostile work environment, and a supervisor's harassing conduct results in a change in employment status or benefits
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examples of hostile work environment actions do not include which of the following
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bringing an employee of the opposite sex a cup of coffee
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which of the following prohibits religious discrimination in employment
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civil rights act of 1964 VII
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police fire arms regulations normally address all but which of the following
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how to fire warning shots
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title I of the _____ makes it illegal to discriminate against persons with disabilities
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americans with disabilities act
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the civil rights act of 1991 may well bring significant changes in public and private sector employment
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true
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whenever a criminal justice employer wishes to implement job requirements they must be job related
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true
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changes in the employment laws often require employers to hire or retain incompetent personnel
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false
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employers may discriminate when it is shown that a business justification requires doing so this is known as a bona fide occupational qualifier
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true
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probably no single employment practice has caused as much controversy as affirmative action
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true
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a long line of court of court cases has established the view that public employees have no property interest in their employment
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false
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due to concerns with job relatedness of hiring examinations a number of private companies have developed canned tests that are valid and reliable for use by the public sector
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true
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police officers may not be forced to appear in a line up as that would constitute a clear seizure of their person
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false
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under the law of administrators cannot take the religious beliefs into account is they conflict with job requirements
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false
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title 42 US code section 1983 was enacted during the civil war in reaction to war crimes
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false
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a hostile work environment is when unwelcome comments or conduct based on sex, race, etc with an employees work performance
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true
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examples of an offensive work environment can include leering in a sexually suggestive manner, telling sexual or lewd jokes using racial slurs
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true
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today the more contemporary approach is for agencies to have a broader policy that applies to all forms of the workplace harassment, as opposed to limiting it to sexual harassment
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true
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any employee wishing to initiate an equal employment complaint arising out of the prohibited conduct must contact EEO official withing 45 days of the incident
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true
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workplace harassment does not violate federal anti-discrimination law when the offender and victim are of the same sex
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false
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the critical question for hiring examinations is whether or not they validly test the types of skills needed for the job
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true
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a concern about hiring examinations is whether or not they are used for discriminatory purposes or have unequal impact on protected groups
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true
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the 2009 and 2010 amend to the family and medical leave act addressed the hardships of being placed on the families of police officers
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false
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military caregiver leave is given when a family member must help a wounded soldier in their return home
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true
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in 2010 the president limited the rights of gay workers by restricting their family and medical leave to care for children
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false
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