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debasdf · **on:** Aug 17, 2018

Discuss police subculture and how police officers become socialized. Police subculture is a broad term that describes the values and perceptions

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Question 2

Organized activities for inmates that are designed to improve their physical and mental health, provide them with skills, or simply keep them busy while incarcerated are ________.

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joewallace · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

o that are shared by members of a police department and, to a certain extent, by all law enforcement agents.
Feelings of frustration and mistrust toward civilians are hallmarks of police
o subculture.
Every organization has a subculture. Police subcultures are formed in an
o environment characterized by danger, stress, boredom, and violence.
Through socialization rookies adopt a police subculture. This is the process through which a police officer is taught the values and expected behavior of
o the police subculture. This process is aided by rituals that are common to the
law enforcement experience.

o The following rituals are critical to the police subculture:
attending a police academy
working with a senior officer
making the initial felony arrest
using force to make an arrest for the first time
using or witnessing deadly force for the first time
witnessing major traumatic incidents for the first time

Answer to Question 2

prison programs