An Officer Leaves the Scene of a Domestic Violence Call

question 72

Multiple Choice

An officer leaves the scene of a domestic violence call where the wife says the husband hit her and will continue to do so if her husband is not arrested.The officer can be held liable for which type of negligence if the wife is killed later that evening by her husband?

• A)vicarious liability
• B)proximate cause
• C)failure to protect
• D)duty of care

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Definitions:

Temporal Lobe

A region of the brain located beneath the lateral fissure on both cerebral hemispheres, involved in processing auditory information and encoding memory.

Frontal Lobe

The part of the brain located at the front of each cerebral hemisphere, responsible for decision making, problem solving, control of purposeful behaviors, consciousness, and emotions.

Occipital Lobe

The rearmost lobe in each cerebral hemisphere of the brain, primarily responsible for processing visual information.

Parietal Lobe

A region of the cerebral cortex involved in processing sensory information regarding the location of parts of the body as well as interpreting visual information and processing language and mathematics.