Chapter 9 Quiz

. Which of the following is NOT an element of police abuse of authority?

Officers may physically abuse others through the use of excessive force.

Officers may psychologically abuse citizens through the use of verbal assault, harassment, or ridicule.

Officers may violate a citizen's constitutional, federal, or state rights.

All of the above are elements.

. In the varieties of police behavior, this style, __________, affords the officer a great deal of latitude in how to handle certain problems. It may include doing nothing at all.

legalistic style

service style

watchman style

none of the above

. The behavior of a police officer is explained by the characteristics, values, and attitudes that the individual officer had before becoming a police officer. This is known as what?

Culture

Predispositional theory

Legalistic style

Discretion

. In the making of a policeman, this stage involves the police academy experience:

Pre-entry choice

Introduction

Encounter

Metamorphosis

. In the making of a policeman, this stage involves the officer adjusting to the reality of police work:

Pre-entry choice

Introduction

Encounter

Metamorphosis

. Which of the following is NOT an individual officer variable that influences decision-making?

Education

Age

Race and gender

None of the above

. This investigative body looked at corruption in the New York City Police Department in the 1960s and 1970s:

Lexow Committee

Knapp Commission

Barker Board

Roberg Committee

. Worden identified five ways in which the police are different from one another. One way is concerned with cynicism. This would be part of what way?

View of human nature

Different role orientations

Different attitudes toward legal and departmental restrictions

Peer group support

. The research conducted concerning police values seems to support what?

Predispositional theory

Socialization theory

Metamorphosis

Encounter

. In-group solidarity results from __________.

the perception that partners cannot be trusted

the perception that supervisors cannot be trusted

the perception that the public cannot be trusted

the perception that criminals cannot be trusted

. According to Worden's research on police behavior, which of the following statements is true?

Police officers are not psychologically homogeneous.

They are always intensely loyal to one another and preoccupied with order.

They are all suspicious, secretive, cynical, and authoritarian.

All of the above are true.

. In the attempt to explain police behavior, this perspective is concerned with the nature of the "police personality":

Organizational perspective

Particularistic perspective

Sociological perspective

Psychological perspective

. Which of the following is NOT a principle of police culture?

Coercive territorial control

The unknown

Solidarity

All are principles of police culture

. In the typology of deviant officers, these officers are honest but willing to overlook some of the indiscretions of other officers:

White knights

Rogues

Meat eaters

Straight shooters

. In the typology of deviant officers, these officers actively seek out opportunities for corruption:

Grass eaters

White knights

Meat eaters

Straight shooters

. The characteristics of the complainant may influence the discretion of the police officer.

True

False

. Police deviance is behavior that does not conform to the standards of norms or expectations.

True

False

. If there is a close relationship between the complainant and the offender, the police are more likely to take official action, such as an arrest.

True

False

. Education has little impact on values held by police officers.

True

False

. Meat eaters are police officers who accept graft when it comes their way but do not actively pursue opportunities for graft.

True

False

. The legalistic style of policing involves police intervening frequently but informally, with arrest not being an inevitable outcome.

True

False

. A symbolic assailant is someone that a police officer thinks is potentially dangerous.

True

False

. Solidarity is an intense bonding that police officers feel for one another.

True

False

. The socioeconomic status of individuals is an important factor regarding police discretion.

True

False

. Officers with more favorable attitudes toward community policing were more selective in making arrests compared to those officers with less favorable attitudes.

True

False

. Neighborhood variables do not have any meaningful impact on police officer performance.

True

False

. Predispositional theory focuses on the idea that the policing occupation attracts people with certain attitudes and beliefs.

True

False

. According to Van Maanen, it is during the introduction stage that the officer adjusts to the reality of police work.

True

False

. Noble-cause corruption and economic corruption may be inversely related.

True

False

. The code of silence pertains to police administrators and their inability to share information with patrol officers.

True

False

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