Exam 4: Law Enforcement Today
The patronage system was designed to root out corruption and provide for better police officers.
False
Vollmer initiated the reform era in American policing.
True
Discuss the challenges women face when they choose a career in law enforcement.
It has only been in the last 20 years that women have been actively recruited by police departments.
Women continue to be underrepresented in law enforcement.
Women faced added scrutiny as police officers, which leads to the low levels of women serving as police officers.
Women hold very few leadership positions in American policing. Fewer than
1% of all police chiefs are women and consequently there are few superior officers who can mentor women.
Many male police officers feel that women are mentally soft, physically weak, and unsuited for law enforcement. Women are often denied the opportunity to
prove themselves because the male officers try to protect them from hazardous
situations.
Women also face the problem of tokenism, which is the belief that they have
only been hired to meet diversity requirements.
Intelligence-led policing uses past crime patterns to predict future crime patterns.
Case 4-2
Jorge has been a police officer in the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma for 10 years. He is thinking about transitioning over into a federal law enforcement agency because he does not believe that he will be promoted any time soon. He goes online to research the different federal law enforcement agencies.
-If Jorge is really interested in combating currency counterfeiting, which agency should he apply to?
The ________________emphasized centralized police organizations, increased use of technology, and a limitation of police discretion through regulations and guidelines.
Most police departments require that their officers have a degree from a 2-year college.
Provide an overview of the recruitment process, requirements, and training of police officers.
Police officers spend about half of their time enforcing the law or dealing with crime.
Sheriffs' departments are more likely to conduct search and rescue operations than police departments.
______________is based on the notion that meaningful interaction between police officers and citizens will lead to a partnership in preventing and fighting crime.
What type of policing relies on data concerning past crime patterns to predict future crime patterns?
___________have been used since the early 1970s to try to increase the diversity of employees.
Like municipal police officers, private security officers have arrest powers.
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