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Under Tennessee v. Garner, deadly force against a fleeing suspect is limited to situations where:

In modern constitutional policing, the balance between governmental interests and individual rights is evaluated primarily through the lens of “reasonableness.”

In general police practice, the force continuum is designed to:

Tunnel vision and auditory exclusion are examples of the [BLANK-1] effects of stress.

According to a recent comprehensive review of research on elder abuse, approximately what percentage of older adults is thought to have experienced elder abuse?

Identify (2 points) and define (4 points) the two standards upon which courts rely to determine when to withhold or withdraw treatment for incapacitated persons.

In regards to age, an endangered adult is one who is:

**Bonus** For up to 3 bonus points, list in the space below the ten places in the U.S. where physician-assisted suicide is currently legal.

Because of the wish to control the timing and circumstance of one’s death, some dying patients will continue to desire assisted death even if they are receiving excellent palliative end-of-life care.

The removed Reading 30 from Cont. 7 by Pearlman & Starks examined why people seek physician-assisted death. Identify in the space below, two of the three motivations for seeking physician-assisted death identified the Pearlman & Stark studies. (Students who identify all 3 correctly will get an extra bonus point!)