Criminal Justice Practice

Officers in which style of policing take a harsh view of law violators, make no exceptions in writing citations, and make many arrests?

A police officer receives a call asking the officer to locate an elderly person with Alzheimer's who has wandered away from a nursing home.This would be categorized as which basic policing task?

Police and corrections personnel are trained in the basic functions, laws, and skills required for their positions while attending ______.

A police officer with which level of education would likely have the greatest ability to make judicious decisions?

Domestic violence calls that cause officers to physical confront suspects are categorized as stressors that are ______.

Police subculture refers to the ______.

What is the purpose of the field training officer (FTO) program?

Having a "sixth sense" is important to police officers because officers need to be able to ______.

Mauri has worked as a patrol officer for 1 year.In the last year, she has experienced unexplained weight gain, loss of interest in hobbies, and an increased use of alcohol and tobacco products.Which of the following should Mauri do?

Drew, a patrol officer, becomes stressed when he is asked to testify in court on his regularly scheduled day off.This stressor is cause by which of the following sources?

The service style of policing views the officer as a ______.

Police officers who do not have a college degree are significantly more likely to be accused of ______ than college educated officers.

Bureaucracy, authoritarian management, and lack of input are all part of which category of police stressors?

During the graveyard shift, patrol officers are more likely to encounter ______.

College-educated officers have ______ than non-college-educated officers.

Only about 20% of an officer's typical day is devoted to ______.

What was the purpose of the Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment?

Which of the following sources of stress may come from the criminal justice system?

From 1967 to 1986, every national commission that studied crime and police in America maintained that which of the following would help the police job performance?

Police officers spend much of their time ______.