Deck 9: Training and Education for Criminal Justice

Question 1

Which of the following is not true about policing in the late 1800s?

A)most police were trained on the street
B)police academies were virtually nonexistent
C)most departments had some form of in-service training for officers
D)all of the above are true

Answer 1

most departments had some form of in-service training for officers

Question 2

In his book Police Administration, Leonhard Fuld advocated

A)police training
B)the hiring of qualified non-police managers in executive positions
C)improved line supervision by police
D)all of the above

Answer 2

all of the above

Question 3

What was the first college to offer a degree program in law enforcement studies

A)San Jose State College
B)San Diego State University
C)University of California at Davis
D)none of the above

Answer 3

San Jose State College

Question 4

Which of the following is not true about the Law Enforcement Education Program (LEEP)?

A)It paid college tuition for full-time criminal justice employees
B)It paid for undergraduate but not graduate education
C)It was victim of budget cuts
D)all of the above are true

Question 5

The Law Enforcement Education Program (LEEP) was cut during what presidential administration?

A)Nixon
B)Ford
C)Reagan
D)Carter

Question 6

What is the minimum educational level required for officers by a majority of police agencies?

A)a high school diploma or equivalent
B)a community college degree
C)a bachelor of arts degree
D)a bachelor of science

Question 7

Which of the following is not an advantage of on-the-job training for officers?

A)it is the least expensive means of training
B)the trainee is available for work while training
C)it is usually quicker than in-house training
D)all of the above are advantages

Question 8

The fact that time is provided exclusively for training is an advantage of which method?

A)on-the-job training
B)in-house training
C)contracted out training
D)both in-house training and contracted out training

Question 9

What is the most expensive means of training?

A)on-the-job training
B)in-house training
C)contracted out training
D)all are equally expensive

Question 10

Which of the following was not recommended by the National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals?

A)knowledge and skill requirements for criminal justice hiring
B)more patronage positions in upper management
C)incentives for upgrading training and education for existing employees
D)all of the above were recommended

Question 11

Education and training are

A)professional competencies
B)social competencies
C)individual competencies
D)none of the above

Question 12

The Law Enforcement Education Program (LEEP) was available to employees in what field?

A)policing
B)courts
C)corrections
D)all of the above

Question 13

What decade saw an increasing number of colleges and universities offering graduate education in criminal justice?

A)1940s
B)1950s
C)1960s
D)1970s

Question 14

Who developed Immaturity-Maturity Theory?

A)Chris Argyris
B)Jerome Skolnick
C)Donald F. Roy
D)none of the above

Question 15

Who wrote about the development of police officer's "working personality?"

A)Chris Argyris
B)Jerome Skolnick
C)Donald F. Roy
D)none of the above

Question 16

According to Immaturity-Maturity Theory, a mature employee is

A)passive
B)dependent
C)subordinate
D)none of the above

Question 17

In this stage of the socialization of police, officers are exposed to entry level and in-service training.

A)the anticipatory stage
B)the formal stage
C)the informal stage
D)the retirement stage

Question 18

When does the occupational socialization of a police officer begin?

A)the police academy
B)when they are assigned to a field training officer
C)when they finish the probationary period
D)when they get the first promotion

Question 19

In the Fable of the Moth, the Screen, the Light Bulb and the Pressure Cooker, the "moth" represents

A)those factors used to select police recruits and eliminate police "wannabes"
B)those factors drawing people to police work.
C)what happens to the people entering into police careers
D)none of the above

Question 20

In the Fable of the Moth, the Screen, the Light Bulb and the Pressure Cooker, the "lightbulb" represents

A)those factors used to select police recruits and eliminate police "wannabes"
B)those factors drawing people to police work
C)what happens to the people entering into police careers
D)none of the above

Question 21

Which of the following is not typical for custodial corrections?

A)training is initiated after employment has begun
B)high rates of employee turnover
C)use of field training officers
D)all of the above are typical

Question 22

By 1900 most big city police departments had a police academy

Question 23

Police Administration by Leonhard Fuld was the first textbook on how to be a police manager

Question 24

August Vollmer was influential in the creation of the first college degree program in criminal justice

Question 25

The Law Enforcement Education Program (LEEP) lasted for four decades before being cut from the budget

Question 26

College educated police officers are rare in Europe

Question 27

There are no disadvantages to using on-the-job training for police officers

Question 28

In house training takes trainers away from their other principle duties in the organization

Question 29

Police agencies that fail to train officers properly are at greater risk during litigation

Question 30

Currently there are no universities offering doctoral programs is criminal justice or criminology

Question 31

The work of Jean Piaget in France influenced the development of Immaturity-Maturity Theory

Question 32

Personality and Organization was written by Chris Argyris

Question 33

Symbolic measures are a waste of a manager's time

Question 34

Informal occupational socialization is often more influential with employees than formal socialization such as training

Question 35

More and more cities and states are building residential police academies

Question 36

In terms of the intensity of the formal socialization process, the paramilitary residential academy is the most intense type of academy

Question 37

The modern field training officer (FTO) typically just "tags along" and observes a new officer

Question 38

Most police agencies will hire former drug users who no longer experiment with controlled substances

Question 39

Probation and parole officers are more commonly college educated than custodial corrections officers.

Question 40

Inmates play a role in the informal socialization of custodial correctional officers

Question 41

The occupational culture of policing is similar to most professions

Question 42

The collective socialization strategy is where veterans train rookies

Question 43

With regard to in-service training, the criminal justice manager should never consider contracted out training

Question 44

What are the general educational requirements necessary to work in policing? What about corrections? Have the standards changed through the years? What are the relative advantages and disadvantages of technical/professional training and liberal arts education for officers? Which do you think is most appropriate? Justify your answer.

Question 45

Describe the three means of providing in-service training for police and correctional officers. Be sure to describe some of the advantages and disadvantages for each method.

Question 46

Explain the socialization process for new officers (police and corrections). How does immaturity-maturity theory apply? Be sure to describe both formal and informal methods of the socialization process.