Law and Politics

Desirable psychological qualities of police officers include:

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Police applicants are primarily motivated by:

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Police applicants are typically:

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In Westley's examination of policing, the police subculture was found to consist of:

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Today about 6 percent of municipal police officers and sheriff's personnel are women.

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Civilianization is based on the fact that most citizen calls for police service do require a sworn ...

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In 1973, the National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals recommended that ...

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The active supervisor is most closely related to community policing as the supervisor is active in ...

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The most effective type of first line supervisor is the supportive role because the subordinates ...

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Written communication is preferred as a medium for dealing with groups outside the police agency.

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Feedback and indoctrination are downward types of communication within a police organization.

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To obtain the most capable people for executive positions in policing, the oral interview method is ...

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New York's Compstat has semi-weekly, high-stress brain-storming sessions where field commanders are ...

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The historical lack of police chief tenure has several negative consequences.

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Mintzberg's model of chief executives includes the interpersonal role, with figurehead, leadership, ...

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COPPS is in very little evidence in local police and sheriff's departments.

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A severely anomic police chief could have very positive effects on a municipality.

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"Administration" is a science that can be taught not one that a person must be born with.

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Middle management can reduce the effectiveness of a police agency if it serves as a barrier between ...

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The chief executive is said to be the "backbone" of the police organization.

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Bureaucratic organization contributes to the short, wide structure of large police departments.

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Policing is paramilitary, pyramidal, and therefore a bureaucracy.

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Organizations are systems that process outputs.

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Undoubtedly, the first organizations were primitive hunters.

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An advantage of contracting or consolidating police services is:

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