Police Psychology Final Questions And Answers Graded A+ 2023
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Police Psychology Final Questions And Answers Graded A+ 2023
1. What are the main goals and strategies of an undercover (UC) operation? To develop prosecutable evidence by accessing subjects and their activities from the inside and that can hopefully lead to a larger-scale, system-wide shutdown o...
Police Psychology Final Questions And Answers Graded A+ 2023 1. What are the main goals and strategies of an undercover (UC) operation? ✔✔To develop prosecutable evidence by accessing subjects and their activities from the in side and that can hopefully lead to a larger -scale, system -wide shutdown of the criminal enterprise. 1. What are the standard phases of an UC operation? ✔✔- Selection of personnel for the undercover team - Training of the team - Planning the operation - Deployment of the team & carrying out the operation - Reintegration of the undercover officer into normal work & life roles 1. What are the qualities and characteristics of effective UC officers? ✔✔- Mature in age temperament - Secure in police identity - Experience in other areas of law enforcement - Experienced, seasoned investigators - Learning orientation - Life experienc e outside of law enforcement - Able and willing to accept training and supervision - Believe in the goals and methodologies of undercover work - Appropriate moral and ethical values - Not in it for thrills, glory, or escape - Perseverance and resource fulness in uncertain circumstances - Stress resilient & mentally tough w/o being overly cynical or aggressive - Can work both independently and as part of a team - Proficient in UC role play, maintaining core LE identity & commitment 1. What are the ro les of the control officer and the police psychologist in an undercover operation? ✔✔- Control officer: contacts who receives periodic mission briefings and also keeps the UCO grounded in their LE identity and purpose of mission - Psychologists: provides periodic assessments and recommendations 1. What are the features of an UC cover identity that are most likely to make it credible? ✔✔should be as close to the UC's real life as possible 1. What are the main types of UC deployment and post deployment rei ntegration syndromes? ✔✔• Danger of discovery • Narcissistic entitlement • Role overidentification and the "undercover Stockholm Syndrome"( the psychological tendency of a hostage to bond with, identify with, or sympathize with his or her captor) • Manag ing UC deployment stress - Preparation - Control officer - Psychological contact • Reintegration Syndromes - Medalist - Paranoia - Role organization - Rhetorical drama - Identification/sympathy for target • Reintegration and "re -bluing" 1. What are the similarities and differences between an interview and an interrogation? ✔✔Similarities: gathering info, Differences: interview -interviewee does most of the talking, person may be expected to cooperate(you are not assuming someone is guilty for something so they give you more info because they think they are just there to respond to questions); interrogation -
interviewer does most of the talking, person is expected to be reluctant & uncooperative What are legitimate and illegitimate tactics for a police interrogation ✔✔- Legitimate: polygraph, good cop vs bad cop (Mutt and Jeff) , loss of control, social isolation, certainty of guilt - Illegitimate: Reid Technique 1. What are the best strategies for a successful interrogation? ✔✔a. Cognitive strategies b. Rapport -building: less adversarial setting c. Free narrative: may close eyes & images d. Change perspective: describe out of sequence, reverse order, difficult roles etc. e. Close -ended questioning: ask for details, expand on certain areas, probe inconsistencies, etc f. Futher information: contact us if you think anything else Which factors contribute most to a successful interrogation? ✔✔- Better training & greater experience of the interrogators - Longer length of interrogation, but not t o the point of suspect exhaustion - Utilization of a greater number and variety of interrogation techniques 1. What are some of the principles and practices that apply to interview and interrogation of special populations: children, mentally ill, intelle ctually impaired, etc.? ✔✔- Children: drawing, most are able to produce accurate accounts of events, some as young as 7 can lie convincingly. - Mentally ill & intellectually impaired: susceptible to suggestion & social influence, difficulty in understandi ng their rights, criminal competency evaluation. 1. In eyewitness identification, understand the roles? ✔✔- Stress Effect & Weapon Focus Effect: heightened arousal causes perceptual narrowing & hyper -focus, and increases vividness and recallability of som e memories, but does not increase, and may
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