Chapter 13 Quiz

Stress and Officer Safety
. Physiological stress is that which __________.

. These common types of reaction to stress in policing include fear, guilt, anger, and sadness:

. Which of the following is not considered a police stressor?

. In this year the fewest number of police officers were killed in the line of duty over the past 30 years:

. According to a study conducted by Violanti and Aron, this was identified as the most stressful situation in policing:

. In dealing with critical incidents, research has found that officers experience the most stress reactions within ________ after the event.

. Which of the following statements is true?

. For police officers feloniously killed in the line of duty, which of the following was the primary circumstance?

. Chronic stress is that which __________.

. In the 1995 Violanti and Aron study, this was the highest police stressor:

. Almost all research on police stress has been based on what type of model?

. In situations involving an accidental death of a police officer between 1999 and 2008, this was the leading circumstance of accidental death:

. Danger in police work may be considered from three perspectives. This perspective relates to the media coverage, television, movies, and books discussing how dangerous policing may be:

. Which of the following is one of the distinct categories of police stressors?

. According to the data, in what events are the police most likely to be accidently killed?

. Research indicates that policing is the most dangerous profession.

. The stressor-outcome model and the social-diversion model are the two perspectives that have guided almost all research on police stress.

. Most of the incidents that led to police officers being killed were initiated by the officers themselves.

. Examining data over a ten year period, researchers found that police officers are killed in 1 in every 9.2 million traffic stops.

. In policing, males experience higher levels of stress than female officers.

. Under the common reactions to stress in policing, feeling lost and unappreciated is a cognitive reaction.

. Most research does not support the belief that police have a high rate of alcohol consumption.

. There have been instances of violent police behavior associated with the use of anabolic steroids.

. Suicide has become the most dreaded result of a police officer under stress.

. There are various consequences of stress for police, include alcohol use, but suicide and drug use are not examples of those consequences.

. In a study on alcohol consumption, researchers found that 25 percent of the sample admitted to drinking alcohol while on duty.

. Both court problems and shift changes were significantly related to stress in personal life but not to work stress.

. In terms of mortality rates, police officers are not even in the top twenty-five occupations.

. Police officers are more likely to be injured during an assault if the assailant is intoxicated.

. A variety of suicide prevention measures for officers exist, including supervisor training.

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