Chapter 13: Standards for Police Recruitment

The Interview Process

________: Evaluates a persons suitability for being an officer.

Probation

________: Allows offenders to stay in the community as long as they are under supervision.

Socialization

________: The process by which people learn characteristics of their group's norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors.

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act

________ : Stated that discrimination based on race, color, religion, or sex can not be used to discriminate against anyone in the workplace.

Crime Control Act

________: Ensured that police departments did not discriminate against women in employment practices.

Background Checks

________: After an application is submitted the department looks into a persons history to see if they have committed any crimes.

Americans with Disabilities Act

________: Ensured that agencies did not discriminate against any person otherwise qualified for a job because of a disability.

Polygraph

________: It is a lie detector for examinations although it can not be used in court.

Quotas

________: Specific number of minorities that departments have to hire.

Burnout

Burnout: State of emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress.

Affirmative action

________: They create equal opportunities for everyone, and they mandate the department to take steps to hire minorities.

Written Exam

________: First phase in the selection process and it can be a civil, state, department, or privately created exam.

Equal Pay Act

________: Requires men and women to be paid equally.

Psychology and Polygraph Tests

________: These measure intelligence and identifies personality characteristics.

excessive use of force

Women are less likely to be accused of ________.

Written Exam

First phase in the selection process and it can be a civil, state, department, or privately created exam

Background Checks

After an application is submitted the department looks into a persons history to see if they have committed any crimes

The Interview Process

Evaluates a persons suitability for being an officer

Psychology and Polygraph Tests

These measure intelligence and identifies personality characteristics

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

Measures a persons psychopathology and determines whether he or she should be diagnosed with a mental disorder

Polygraph

It is a lie detector for examinations although it cannot be used in court

Physical Ability Test

Measures the ability of an officer to do physical activity

Affirmative action

They create equal opportunities for everyone, and they mandate the department to take steps to hire minorities

Quotas

Specific number of minorities that departments have to hire

Equal Pay Act

Requires men and women to be paid equally

Executive Order of 1969

Stated that sex could not be a qualification for hire

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act

Stated that discrimination based on race, color, religion, or sex cannot be used to discriminate against anyone in the workplace

Crime Control Act

Ensured that police departments did not discriminate against women in employment practices

Americans with Disabilities Act

Ensured that agencies did not discriminate against any person otherwise qualified for a job because of a disability

Probation

Allows offenders to stay in the community as long as they are under supervision

Police academy

A school for training police officers

Field training officer

They train new officers

Socialization

The process by which people learn characteristics of their group's norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors

Burnout

State of emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress