Deck 8: Police Culture and Behavior

Question 1

The ________ perspective involves the systematic study of mental and emotional factors of the police personality.

A) psychological
B) sociological
C) anthropological
D) cultural

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Under the ___________ model of police behavior, researchers assume that behavior is predetermined by a static, preexisting personality shared by people entering the law enforcement profession.

A) professionalization
B) socialization
C) predispositional
D) culturalization

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following perspectives maintains that police officers are shaped by their environments?

A) Psychological
B) Sociological
C) Anthropological
D) Cultural

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which officers are street-level bureaucrats who follow the department's rules and regulations without exception?

A) Legalistic-abusive
B) Task
C) Community service
D) Problem solver

Question 5

Which type of officers tend to be cynical and coercion-oriented?

A) Professionals
B) Avoiders
C) Reciprocators
D) Enforcers

Question 6

Which officers have little concern for social order or due process?

A) Idealists
B) Enforcers
C) Optimists
D) Realists

Question 7

Which of the following is the process by which norms and values are internalized as workers begin to learn their new occupation?

A) Professionalization
B) Socialization
C) Predispositional
D) Culturalization

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT one of Coate's typologies of police officers?

A) Legalistic-abusive
B) Task
C) Community service
D) Problem solver

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT one of White's typologies of police officers?

A) Tough cop
B) Secretive rogue
C) Problem solver
D) Crime fighter

Question 10

The _______ perspective of police behavior holds that officers are influenced and shaped by their culture.

A) psychological
B) sociological
C) anthropological
D) cultural

Question 11

Researchers utilizing the ___________ see personality as dynamic and changing with an individual's experiences and tend to focus on the role police perform in society and how training, socialization, and professionalization influence individual personality and behavior.

A) individualistic level
B) social perspective
C) psychological fixed-personality
D) institutional level

Question 12

Viewing police behavior from the ___________ means focusing on an individual officer's unique experiences and the development of individual personalities.

A) individualistic level
B) social perspective
C) psychological fixed-personality
D) institutional level

Question 13

The __________ model of behavior assumes that police officers learn their social personality from training and exposure to the unique demands of police work and find that police officers beginning their careers are psychologically healthy, like members of other professions who come from similar backgrounds.

A) professionalization
B) socialization
C) predispositional
D) cultural

Question 14

The __________ officer category refers to officers who see themselves as protectors of the right moral standards; they tend to be rigid in their adherence to the criminal justice process and have little sympathy for anyone, regardless of circumstances, who violates the law.

A) legalistic-abusive
B) task
C) community service
D) problem solver

Question 15

The ___________ officer uses discretion liberally and has a primary objective of helping people as opposed to enforcing law. They are the type of officers needed in community policing programs.

A) legalistic-abusive
B) task
C) community service
D) problem solver

Question 16

__________ see their jobs as keeping criminals under control, typically use very repressive methods, and are more concerned with the outcomes of their actions than the actions themselves.

A) Tough cops
B) Problem solvers
C) Crime fighters
D) Rule appliers

Question 17

__________ are police officers who tend to be more sympathetic to people's needs, viewing people as clients, and are community-oriented and view the law as one of many instruments that can be used to solve a specific problem.

A) Tough cops
B) Problem solvers
C) Crime fighters
D) Rule appliers

Question 18

__________ are zealots who see their role as enforcing the law, view other police activities as being outside real police work, and are typically associated with legalistically-styled police departments.

A) Tough cops
B) Problem solvers
C) Crime fighters
D) Rule appliers

Question 19

__________ are bureaucrats who operate by the book and remain detached from their jobs as well as the citizens they serve.

A) Tough cops
B) Problem solvers
C) Crime fighters
D) Rule appliers

Question 20

Which type of officers are those who have an integrated sense of coercion, have sympathy for peoples' problems, consider a complete range of solutions, and mediate the rule of law and citizen needs when they select solutions?

A) Professionals
B) Avoiders
C) Reciprocators
D) Enforcers

Question 21

__________ are officers who are sympathetic toward citizens, have difficulty applying coercive force, and want to help people.

A) Professionals
B) Avoiders
C) Reciprocators
D) Enforcers

Question 22

___________ are officers who avoid the use of coercion and have little sympathy for people; they are not suited for police work because they have difficulty with its two primary elements-they shirk their duties and withdraw from responsibility.

A) Professionals
B) Avoiders
C) Reciprocators
D) Enforcers

Question 23

___________ are high in their regard for both the need for social order and individual rights and are frequently frustrated because the protection of a suspect's rights interferes with the idealist's ability to maximize social order.

A) Idealists
B) Enforcers
C) Optimists
D) Realists

Question 24

___________ have a high regard for due process, have little regard for social order, are committed to their jobs, and tend to emphasize community service.

A) Idealists
B) Enforcers
C) Optimists
D) Realists

Question 25

The __________model assumes that culture determines both personality and behavior and that one can study the culture of a group to understand the behavior of its members.

A) professionalization
B) socialization
C) predispositional
D) culturalization

Question 26

The professionalization model suggests that police officers are more likely to be authoritarian than members of other professions who come from similar backgrounds and have different professional experiences.

Question 27

Legalistic-abusive officers see themselves as the protectors of the "right" moral standards.

Question 28

Task officers use discretion liberally and have a primary objective of helping people.

Question 29

Problem solvers are police officers who tend to be more sympathetic to people's needs and view people as clients, not adversaries.

Question 30

Crime fighters are zealots who see their role as enforcing the law and view other police activities as being outside "real" police work.

Question 31

This personality type is also characterized by tendencies to make simplistic judgments about people and events, assess individual guilt and responsibility, and seek harsh retribution for social transgressions.

Question 32

Research has suggested that police socialization results in an ideology and shared culture that breeds unprecedented conformity to the traditional police norms and values.

Question 33

The compliant personality is said to be conservative, aggressive, cynical, and rigid.

Question 34

Of the three models of police behavior, the socialization model is the broadest.

Question 35

The term culture is often used to describe differences between large social groups and is the entire array of human symbols and artifacts.