Policing America Chap-2

Which of the following working personalities of the police are more likely to put a high value on individual rights and due process according to John Broderick?

• enforcers

• realists

• optimists

• Idealists

An assessment center may include which of the following?

• in-basket excercises

• simulation critical incidents

• role-playing excercises

• all of the above

The testing conducted by most police agencies in known as the _______ process.

• background

• examination

• weed-out

• hurdle

General knowledge and reading skills tests are the best way a police agency can predict who will do well in the police academy.

• True

• False

Changes in departmental policies and procedures, court decisions, the specter of liability, and operational strategies and techniques demand that _______ training be provided.

• computer simulation

• role-play

• In-service

• police brutality

Mary Ann is a police officer whose primary aim is to keep her beat clean and make arrests whenever necessary. Violators of law easily frustrated her, and she has high sympathy for the elderly and poor. However, she has an attitude of resentment and thinks that a lot of people are hostile towards her. According to John Broderick's view of working personalities, which of the following personalities does Mary Ann display?

• an optimist

• an idealist

• a realist

• An enforcer

The idea of a police "subculture" originated with a 1950 study by:

• august Vollmer

• o. w. Wilson

• William Westley

• j. Edgar Hoover

Which of the following is NOT one of Broderick's police personality types?

• the optimist

• the enforcer

• The pessimist

• the realist

_______ tests are commonly used to exclude police applicants with personality disorders.

• psychological screening

• rorschach interpretational

• general intelligence (IQ)

• general knowledge

A new approach to training new officers that is related to the FTO program is the:

• post-recruitment program, or PRP

• police training officer (PTO) program

• after academy program, or AAP

• pre-solo officer program, or PSOP