Police Community Relations
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What did the 1883 Pendleton civil service Act do? Eliminated "spoils system" and
established higher standards for applicants
What three standard determine appropriate behavior? Ethical
Organizational
Legal
____________ Proactive police actions threat rely on race or ethnicity, rather than behavior that
leads the police to identify a particular person as being or having been, engaged in criminal
activity Racial profiling
What are Crank's (1998) four central principles of police culture ? Coercive territorial
control
The unknown
Solidarity
, Police Community Relations
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Loose coupling
Individuals are socialized as a result of their occupational experiences Socialization theory
______ Perspectives look at the ways in which officers are similar Universalistic
The Civil service provisions enacted in 1883 with the passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Act
attempted to eliminate a spoils system.
True or false True
_________identifies applicants who are unqualified and removes them from consideration, while
leaving all those who are minimally qualified still in the applicant pool. Screening out
The strategy of targeting the service-oriented is illegal and controversial.
True or false False
Questions With Complete Solutions
What did the 1883 Pendleton civil service Act do? Eliminated "spoils system" and
established higher standards for applicants
What three standard determine appropriate behavior? Ethical
Organizational
Legal
____________ Proactive police actions threat rely on race or ethnicity, rather than behavior that
leads the police to identify a particular person as being or having been, engaged in criminal
activity Racial profiling
What are Crank's (1998) four central principles of police culture ? Coercive territorial
control
The unknown
Solidarity
, Police Community Relations
Questions With Complete Solutions
Loose coupling
Individuals are socialized as a result of their occupational experiences Socialization theory
______ Perspectives look at the ways in which officers are similar Universalistic
The Civil service provisions enacted in 1883 with the passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Act
attempted to eliminate a spoils system.
True or false True
_________identifies applicants who are unqualified and removes them from consideration, while
leaving all those who are minimally qualified still in the applicant pool. Screening out
The strategy of targeting the service-oriented is illegal and controversial.
True or false False
