Deck 3: Police Human Resources

Question 1

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act defined discrimination as the act of drawing distinctions from which to make selection and other personnel decisions based on all of the following EXCEPT:

A) national origin
B) religion
C) sex
D) age

Answer 1

D

Question 2

One condition that affected police personnel systems, __________, protects individuals falling into certain classifications from discrimination.

A) Disparate impact
B) Disparate treatment
C) Sexual harassment
D) Disparate rejection

Answer 2

B

Question 3

In the case of ________, the U.S. Supreme Court established new standards by which to judge the existence of discrimination in agencies.

A) Vanguard Justice Society v. Hughes
B) Hild v. Bruner
C) Lawrence v. Texas
D) Griggs v. Duke Power Co.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

__________ are the formal and informal obstacles police departments erect to dissuade minorities from seeking employment or continuing employment if they are hired.

A) Cultural barriers
B) Individual barriers
C) Social barriers
D) Institutional barriers

Question 5

Which of the following were part of the duties of the first female police officer appointed in Los Angeles in 1910?

A) Supervising and enforcing laws concerning dance halls
B) Monitoring billboard displays
C) Locating missing persons
D) All of the above

Question 6

_________ refers to situations in which unwelcome sexual conduct has the effect of "unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating environment."

A) Hostile work environment
B) Intensified
C) Quid pro quo
D) Malevolent

Question 7

Only about __________ of local police departments have any college requirement at all.

A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 25%
D) 16%

Question 8

The court in __________ found a police department negligent for not performing a psychological assessment of its applicants.

A) Vanguard Justice Society v. Hughes
B) Hild v. Bruner
C) Lawrence v. Texas
D) Griggs v. Duke Power Co.

Question 9

__________ training is designed to provide veteran officers with new skills or to update them on changes in the law, criminal procedures, departmental procedures, or general police procedures.

A) In-service
B) Academy
C) Field
D) On-the-job

Question 10

Given the importance of the police selection process and, indeed, the total police human resource system, one must consider the implications of __________ laws and court decisions as they relate to police personnel policies; these legal mandates provide parameters for administrative decisions about human resource policies.
a. equal employment opportunity (EEO)
b. procedural
c. substantive
d. criminal

Question 11

One condition that affected police personnel systems, ___________, was interpreted to mean that employers could not discriminate against classes or groups of people that fell under the protection of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

A) Disparate impact
B) Disparate treatment
C) Sexual harassment
D) Disparate rejection

Question 12

In the case of ________, the court found that the Baltimore Police Department's 5 ft, 7 in height requirement excluded 95% of the female population, but only 32% of the male population was excluded as a result of the standard.

A) Vanguard Justice Society v. Hughes
B) Hild v. Bruner
C) Lawrence v. Texas
D) Griggs v. Duke Power Co.

Question 13

The first African-American police officer in the United States was employed in __________, in 1861.

A) Los Angeles, California
B) Boston, Massachusetts
C) Washington,D. C.
D) Chicago, Illinois

Question 14

The percentage of African-American police officers is about _____%, which closely approximates the percentage of African-Americans in the general population.

A) 8%
B) 12%
C) 16%
D) 20%

Question 15

Today, Hispanics represent almost _____% of the nation's police forces

A) 8%
B) 12%
C) 16%
D) 20%

Question 16

__________ is a system of beliefs that attempts to justify differential treatment of women.

A) Gender bias
B) Gender discrimination
C) Gender ideology
D) Gender violence

Question 17

The first female police officer was appointed in __________ in 1910.

A) Los Angeles, California
B) Boston, Massachusetts
C) Washington,D. C.
D) Chicago, Illinois

Question 18

__________ entails constant monitoring of officer qualifications and a determination of what types of personnel are required by the department.

A) Residency
B) Personnel planning
C) Training
D) Recruitment

Question 19

Some departments recruit officers from around the country, but others have strict __________ requirements limiting recruitment within the local jurisdiction or state.

A) residency
B) personnel planning
C) training
D) recruitment

Question 20

Officer election standards are rooted in court decisions and __________ laws and reflect the department's concerns about what types of individuals can perform police work at an acceptable level.

A) federal
B) state
C) local
D) All of the above

Question 21

Over _____% of all police departments require a physical agility test during the selection process.

A) 50
B) 60
C) 70
D) 80

Question 22

Basic __________ curricula are usually developed through some form of job analysis. The job analysis is used to specify the various tasks performed by officers and to identify the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the various tasks.

A) residency
B) personnel planning
C) training
D) recruitment

Question 23

The recruitment, selection, training, development, and retention of police officers are of critical importance to any police department.

Question 24

Gaines and Kappeler (1992) stressed that personnel systems should be designed to screen out applicants as opposed to screening in applicants.

Question 25

The first African-American police officer in the United States was employed in Washington,D. C., in 1861.

Question 26

Many African-American citizens consider police work a desirable vocation.

Question 27

Gender ideology is a system of beliefs that attempts to justify differential treatment of women.

Question 28

Quid pro quo sexual harassment refers to situations in which unwelcome sexual conduct has the effect of "unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating environment."

Question 29

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act was the first federal legislative action to prohibit discrimination in employment.

Question 30

With regard to one primary method for establishing discrimination in law enforcement, disparate rejection rates, the courts have examined how well females and minority applicants succeeded in passing the various selection tests and requirements.

Question 31

The primary motivation, historically, for integrating police departments was lawsuits and court orders.