Criminal Justice: A Brief Introduction --
Chapter 6
Police Subculture - correct answer ✔✔A particular set of values, beliefs, and acceptable forms of
behavior characteristic of American police. Socialization into the police subculture begins with recruit
training and continues thereafter.
Police Working Personality - correct answer ✔✔All aspects of the traditional values and patterns of
behavior evidenced by police officers who have been effectively socialized into the police subculture.
Characteristics of the police personality often extend to the personal lives of law enforcement personnel.
Police corruption - correct answer ✔✔The abuse of police authority for personal or organizational gain.
Knapp Commission - correct answer ✔✔A committee that investigated police corruption in New York
City in the early 1970's.
Internal affairs - correct answer ✔✔The branch of a police organization tasked with investigating charges
of wrongdoing involving members of the department.
Biological weapons - correct answer ✔✔A biological agent used to threaten human life (anthrax, small
pox, infectious disease).
Intelligence-led policing (ILP) - correct answer ✔✔The collection and analysis of information to produce
an intelligence end product designed to inform police decision making at both the tactical and strategic
levels.
Criminal Intelligence - correct answer ✔✔Information compiled, analyzed, and / or disseminated in an
effort to anticipate, prevent, or monitor criminal activity.
NLETS - correct answer ✔✔An acronym referring to the International Justice and Public Safety
Information Sharing Network, an important law enforcement information-sharing resource.
Chapter 6
Police Subculture - correct answer ✔✔A particular set of values, beliefs, and acceptable forms of
behavior characteristic of American police. Socialization into the police subculture begins with recruit
training and continues thereafter.
Police Working Personality - correct answer ✔✔All aspects of the traditional values and patterns of
behavior evidenced by police officers who have been effectively socialized into the police subculture.
Characteristics of the police personality often extend to the personal lives of law enforcement personnel.
Police corruption - correct answer ✔✔The abuse of police authority for personal or organizational gain.
Knapp Commission - correct answer ✔✔A committee that investigated police corruption in New York
City in the early 1970's.
Internal affairs - correct answer ✔✔The branch of a police organization tasked with investigating charges
of wrongdoing involving members of the department.
Biological weapons - correct answer ✔✔A biological agent used to threaten human life (anthrax, small
pox, infectious disease).
Intelligence-led policing (ILP) - correct answer ✔✔The collection and analysis of information to produce
an intelligence end product designed to inform police decision making at both the tactical and strategic
levels.
Criminal Intelligence - correct answer ✔✔Information compiled, analyzed, and / or disseminated in an
effort to anticipate, prevent, or monitor criminal activity.
NLETS - correct answer ✔✔An acronym referring to the International Justice and Public Safety
Information Sharing Network, an important law enforcement information-sharing resource.
