Policing Test 1

High formality-high intervention

Legalistic

The paradox of danger in policing suggest that citizens view policing as dangerous but the police do not see their job as dangerous.

True

Crank suggests that police subculture is primarily defined by the

street environment and the police administration.

According to Skolnik, the police subculture is defined by

danger and authority

Most local police agencies in America employ fewer than:

25 officers

This state in the SARA problem solving process involves the gathering of sufficient information about the problems in the community.

A-Analysis

which of the following law enforcement agency is NOT under the administration of the Justice Department?

ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms)

Which of the following variable/s enter shape the use of police discretion?

All of the above (the law, the citizens attitude, the officers attitude)

Fear of crime has been used as a measure of police effectiveness during...

Community Era

This has been identified as the core element of the police role.

Community relations

low formality-low intervention

DNA=Do nothing agency

The most often reason for creating a federal law enforcement agency is having more budget.

False

Suspicion is considered as the culture of ordinary Americans.

False, it is considered as the subculture for officers.

According to statistics, traffic situations are most often the event or situation that police officers are assaulted.

False, it is disturbance calls

The officers of the London Metropolitan Police were also known as Peelers in honor of Robert Peel.

False-They were known as bobbies

In comparison with other professions, policing is perceived to be most dangerous as it involves the most number of deaths in performance of duties.

False-policing is at the bottom of the list of most dangerous jobs

Which of the following was characteristic of early (pre-1930s) American municipal police?

Link to political process

Which among the following law enforcement agencies is NOT part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)?

None of the above, all are part of DHS (border patrol, ICE, US coast guard and TSA)

Which of the following police functions calls for the police NOT to apply the law when a legal violation may have occurred but they merely respond to keep the peace?

Order Maintenance

What is the primary operational unit of US local law enforcement?

Patrol

Crime rates has been used as a primary measure of police effectiveness during...

Reform era

high intervention-low formality

Service

The policing tradition that emerged from the South (US) is known as

Slave Patrol

Aside from the type of police (i.e., formal or informal), elite interests also tend to determine this other characteristic of the police.

The quality of policing (i.e., abusive, repressive, corrupt, etc.)

This subculture means the ability to appreciate or notice danger

The sixth sense

Most law enforcement officers in the United States are employed at the local level.

True

High Formality-Low intervention

Watchman

According to Van Maanen, this phase in the police recruit's life is called introduction

academy training

According to Skolnick, the working personality of the police is defined by

danger and authority

The "beat culture" in policing consists of the following EXCEPT

dont rock the boat

This kind of stress has been identified as having a performance enhancement effect

eustress

federal law enforcement officers usually perform

investigative function

Which of the following police functions calls for the police NOT to apply the law when a legal violation may have occurred?

legalistic

A typical police officer could be described as...

male, white, middle class and high school graduate.

Any form of lying is

not acceptable in the police subculture.

In all local police agencies in America, the majority of personnel are assigned to:

patrol

In a survey, this was found as the overwhelming reason for joining the police force?

prestige

Hierarchical differentiation (vertical characteristics) in a police organization is determined by..

the number of ranks in the organization

Functional differentiation (horizontal characteristics) in the police organization could be determined by

the number of units in the organization