Exam 6: Issues in Law Enforcement and Police Behavior

A form of police corruption involving failure to perform a legal duty in a proper manner is called 'malfeasance'.

The term __________ refers to the emotional pressure that is produced by the nature of police work such as public apathy,exposure to criminals,and injury to fellow officers.

The term __________ refers to a belief that human conduct is motivated entirely by self-interest.A person with this type of belief attributes all actions to selfish motives and has a pessimistic outlook on human behavior.

__________ refers to an attitude characterized by tenacious adherence to one's opinions even though they may be unwarranted and based on insufficiently examined premises.

A "normlessness" or lack of attachment felt by some people toward their society is called cynicism.

There also is concern about underlying attitudes that contribute to apparent racial profiling in some jurisdictions,where police are alleged to stop and search minorities for suspected minor violations significantly more often than they stop and search whites.

The __________ is the view that some police departments have groups of officers who place loyalty to each other above obedience to the law.

The term 'dogmatism' refers to a tendency to favor blind obedience to authority.

A form of police corruption involving failure to perform a legal duty in a proper manner is called __________.

The view that the attitudes and values of police officers are developed prior to entry into the law enforcement profession is called the __________.

'Racial profiling' refers to the alleged practice whereby police stop and search minorities for minor violations significantly more often than whites.Is there any other type/form of profiling that we perform in the United States?

A form of police corruption involving commission of an illegal act is called __________.

The 'predispositional model' is the view that holds that police officers learn their attitudes and values from socializing experiences such as education and experience on the job.

A __________ is the proportion of open crime cases that are solved through the arrest of a suspect by police.

The view that holds that police officers learn their attitudes and values from socializing experiences such as education and experience on the job is called the __________.