Ch.6 Notes

Question 1

Is that influence community relations the decision to stop and arrest and corruption

Answer 1

Police cynicism

Question 2

What are the police personality aspects

Answer 2

Danger
isolation
authority

Question 3

What are the three forms of police corruption

Answer 3

Nonfeasance
misfeasance
malfeasance

Question 4

Form of police/government corruption involving failure to perform a legal duty

Answer 4

Nonfeasance

Question 5

Involving failure to perform a legal duty in a proper manner

Answer 5

Misfeasance

Question 6

Involving commission of an illegal act

Answer 6

Malfeasance

Question 7

Supporters of this if you claim that if a few “rotten apples” were eliminated police corruption would disappear

Answer 7

Rotten apples theory

Question 8

If it cannot be explained in terms of the few bad apples in the barrel itself must be examined

Answer 8

Bad barrel theory

Question 9

How can we prevent individual corruption

Answer 9

• More exhausted background checks of recruits
• Periodic training of all police
• Measures and out in Hensing professionalism and breaking the code of silence

Question 10

How do we prevent departmental corruption

Answer 10

• Establish the civilian review boards to hear complaints against the department
• Establish procedures to ensure that promotions are based on qualifications and not favors on patronage

Question 11

What are the dangers of police work

Answer 11

• Violence in the line of duty
• Risk of disease and infected evidence
• Stress and fatigue among police officers

Question 12

What are the two primary sources of police stress

Answer 12

• Nature police work public apathy exposure to criminals injury to fellow officers
• Department practices rotating shifts not support from administration political interference

Question 13

What are the effects of police stress

Answer 13

Psychological problems
alcohol/drug abuse
family problems
post traumatic stress disorder

Question 14

Tendency to favor blind obedience to authority

Answer 14

Authoritarianism