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maintaining order and sheehan and cordner state that the two primary goals
protecting life and and objectives of police departments are
property
numerous academic studies have indicated that the
nature of policing and the experiences officers go
True
through on the job cause the to band together into
their own subculture
False The police selection process is simple
Bureau of Alcohol, Which is part of the department of justice?
tobacco, firearms and
explosives
A concept that suggest that the police are always
False ( present or always seem to be present is known as
deterrence
studies indicate that police officers are ____ more likely
300%
to suffer from alcoholism than the average citizen
, The simultaneous expectation by white officers that
African American officers will give members of their
own race better treatment, but that African American
double marginality
officers will also receive hostility from the African
American community because they are perceived as
traitors to their race is known as:
False (California Highway The largest state law enforcement agency is the Texas
Patrol) Highway Patrol
After 9/11, a new department was created by the
Homeland Security
government. This department is:
The police have a subculture that is somewhat
True
different from other occupations in society.
According to the text, a vast majority of police
False departments administer polygraph examinations to
candidates for the police officer position.
Considered a "learning position" for potential police
police cadet
candidates while they are pursuing their education:
the socialization process The majority of recent studies have found that the
in the police academy, police "working personality" comes from:
field training, and patrol
experience
Which of the following do some researchers still
physical agility test
consider discriminatory to women?
Among local law enforcement agencies, as reported
by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in 2003, _____ of
1%
local departments required a four-year college
degree.
Homosexuals have not been discriminated against in
False
police hiring practices.
Which of the following was not one of the duties
Patrolling
relegated to early female police officers?