Chapter 06 True/False Self-Quiz

. In the distant past, people of color never worked as law enforcement officers.

. Gender and race are important issues in the study of law enforcement.

. Most police contacts require the use of force.

. Determining the lawfulness of the use of force is usually easy to do.

. Job stress and the policing subculture are not related to alcohol abuse in police officers.

. Some studies have shown that suicide is an occupational hazard for police officers.

. Police departments usually have no policies to help individual officers.

. Family members of police officers usually do not experience stress.

. Police may use physical force whenever they feel like it.

. There are no legitimate reasons to have SWAT teams because police agencies are rarely required to perform dangerous tasks.

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