Exam 8: Police Culture and Behavior

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

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.

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

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.

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.

___________ 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

__________ 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.

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