Exam 7: Minorities in Policing

Prior to the 1960s, African American police officers employed by the NYPD were assigned only to African American neighborhoods and were not assigned to specialized, high-profile units.

Critics of affirmative action argue that selecting police officers based on their race and gender violates the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 covered hiring, promotion, compensation, dismissal, and all other terms or conditions of employment.

The concept that employers must take active steps to ensure equal employment opportunity and to redress past discrimination is called

Previous forms of physical ability testing for police jobs generally have been replaced by __________ tests.

Discuss differences and similarities in how male and female officers respond to domestic violence calls.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Act (EEOA) of 1972

The job analysis must include the __________, __________, and abilities needed to perform the tasks of the job for which they are being tested.

An agreement between parties in a court action before, and instead of, a decision by a judge is called a

The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders stated that police departments

Which of the following is not a reason for the recent disappearance of institutional discrimination against African Americans in police departments, according to Stephen Leinen?

How have affirmative action policies affected white males in hiring and promotional policies?

Police departments do not address workplace dating because of privacy concerns.

The book Black in Blue found that black police officers suffered from

According to the text, which of the following is not an example of discrimination against African American police officers in the early 1900s?

The National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals issued standards to reduce job discrimination based on race, gender, and ethnicity.

The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders stated that discriminatory police employment practices did not contribute to the riots of the middle and late 1960s.

In a 1995 case, a state police agency agreed to provide back pay to white male troopers who claimed they were unfairly passed over for promotions in favor of minority troopers.

Reverse discrimination is a label used to describe the preferential treatment minority groups and women receive under affirmative action.

In the early days of female policing, women were normally used in only three actual police-related jobs.They were __________, __________, and __________.