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Question 21

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Which is not a trait of the police personality?

A) Authoritarianism
B) Suspicion
C) Cynicism
D) Liberalism

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Which is not indicative of the police culture?

A) Openness
B) Clannishness
C) Honor
D) Individuality

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Some studies have indicated that police officers are ____________________ percent more likely to suffer from alcoholism than the average citizen.

A recent study by John Violanti reveals that police commit suicide at a rate up to 53 percent higher than other city workers.

The attitude that there is no hope for the world and a view of humanity at its worst called __________.

Describe the police personality.Does police work attract people who already have this personality or do people develop these traits after becoming an officer?

A 1981 report by the U.S.Commission on Civil Rights emphasized the need to provide ____________________ programs and services for police.

Stress produced by real threats and dangers, such as responding to gun runs and other dangerous assignments, is classified as __________.

The refusal of some police officers to report fellow officers' misconduct is called __________.

Why are police officers involved in a suicide by cop considered victims?

What prevents personnel who observe warning signs of suicide in fellow officers from reporting their observations to a supervisor? What can police departments do to overcome these obstacles?

One factor that identifies a police shooting as "suicide by cop" is that the suicidal subject must confront law enforcement to the degree that the officer or officers are compelled to react with deadly force to defend themselves or others from serious bodily injury or death.

Describe the precautionary measures police officers should take during searches and other contacts with possible carriers of infectious diseases, and at crime scenes where blood and other body fluids may be present.

According to an FBI training needs survey of almost 2,500 police departments, which of the following ranked highest in programs most requested by police officers?

Heart attacks, ulcers, weight gain, and other health problems are not signs of stress in police officers.

According to Jerome Skolnick, the police officer's role contains two principal variables: danger and __________.

The stress produced by the daily need to confront the tragedies of urban life, such as the need to deal with derelicts, criminals, and the mentally disturbed, and the need to engage in dangerous activity to protect a public that appears to be unappreciative of the police is classified as ____________.

__________ is the body's reaction to internal or external stimuli that upset the body's normal state.

Describe the four categories of stress that police officers face, including what causes each type of stress.

Dorothy Bracey found that due to a poor diet and lack of exercise, a significant sample of American police possessed a body composition, blood chemistry, and general level of physical fitness greatly inferior to that of a similarly sized sample of _____________.