Exam 13: Supervising Minorities-Respecting Individual and Cultural Differences

Today, all police departments still use the comprehensive written test to select personnel.

The supervisor's primary responsibility is to make sure that there is no type of discrimination going on in the working environment.

According to the text, growing three times faster than the U.S. total, blacks may account for one-quarter of the nation's growth over the next 20 years.

According to Johns and Saks (2014), "prejudgment" is

Discrimination based on sex used to be a problem in our society but no longer is.

According to the text, the written examinations that most police departments used to screen prospective personnel had a built-in cultural bias that discriminated against racial minorities.

_____________ describes the natural tendency of human beings to view their own culture as superior and to judge others based on those standards.

_____________ substitutes self-supervision for traditional organizational control mechanisms.

According to the text, officers with a college education tend to experience _____________ than less educated officers.

EEOC is an acronym for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

WASP is an acronym for

According to the text, physical agility tests have always discriminated against

Sexual harassment is prohibited by the

According to the text, there is no such thing as reverse discrimination.

Empathetic supervisors can quickly subvert an otherwise effective antiharassment policy.

Discrimination institutionalized by law is

When minorities feel discriminated against, they turn to law enforcement even if members of their group are not represented because they feel that law enforcement is unbiased.

_____________ describes irrational fear of foreigners.

No-win situations are the heart of the empowerment process.

William H. Parker referred to the security of the "womb" of the police society as the