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Police in Society Exam Study Guide 2Questions and 100% Correct Solutions
National Center for Women in Policing (NCWP) - ✔Women are less likely to be
"problem" officers.
Patrol - ✔The backbone of policing. They prevent crime, maintain feelings of public safety,
and are available for service.
Personnel Problems - ✔Hire good recruits, but do not train them properly. Train officers
well but do not supervise them adequately. Do not have good personnel evaluation system
that recognize good performance. Fail to discipline officers whose performance is
unprofessional. Do not promote the best officers.
Police Image - ✔
Police Subculture - ✔A particular set of values, beliefs, and acceptable forms of
behavior characteristic of American police. The major social norms that govern police
conduct.
Recruitment Process - ✔Must be 21 years old, height and weight, education, no felony
like drug offenses, no due, or domestic violation. residency to live within city limits.
Selection Process - ✔Interview, background investigation, criminal record check, driving
record check, medical exam, drug test, psychological screen, polygraph exam, physical test,
and written aptitude test.
, Span of Control - ✔The theory of span of control assumes that any supervisor can
effectively supervise a limited number of people, and is typically measured as the ratio of
sergeants to officers.
Stereotyping - ✔Beliefs and perceptions developed through training, experience, culture,
and policies that allows officers to develop a visual shorthand for suspects based on visual
cues.
Total Response Time - ✔Processing time average of 2 min and 50 seconds. Travel time
average of 5 mins and 34 seconds.
Vice Crimes - ✔Victimless crimes with no complaining party and involving
prostitution gambling, homelessness, or narcotics.
Skeezers - ✔A woman who trades sex for crack cocaine.
James q wilson organizational style - ✔Watchman: peace-keeping without aggressive
law enforcement.
Legalistic: aggressive crime-fighting, "by the book"
Service: responsiveness to community.
1964 Civil Rights Act - ✔It is unlawful for an employer "to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge
any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual...because of such individuals
race, color, religion, sex, or national origin."
911 Center Calls - ✔Operators
Action Seekers - ✔
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