Exam 8: Police Culture and Behavior

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?

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.

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

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

___________ 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.

__________ 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.

__________ 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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