Psych and the Police Flashcards
The Police:
Regardless of how we feel at any given time, they are linked strongly with our perceptions of c__ and j__.
crime, justice
Ideal Characteristics of aPolice Officer:
In\_\_ Well-a\_\_ P\_\_ oriented Free of e\_\_ reactions De\_\_ Lo\_\_
incorruptible
well-adjusted
people
emotional
dedicated
logical
Columbus P.D. Minimum Qualifications:
Completion of the __ school grade. Substitution(s): A certificate of high school equivalence (_ _ _)
Applicants must be at least __ years old when applying, and at least __ years old at the time of appointment. (There is no u__ age limit or maximum age restriction.)
Possession of a valid motor vehicle operator’s license when a__ and a valid Ohio motor vehicle operator’s license at time of a__.
A citizen of the U__ S__.
twelfth, GED
20, 21, upper
applying, appointment
united states
Becoming a Police Officer:
The Interview Process:
S__ interviews (i.e., s__)
-Still subject to i__ management strategies and d__.
Si__ Tests:
Patrol o__ (walk a six block downtown route and ask them questions about what
they observed),
C__ test (give candidate 10 min to investigate a set of planted clues),
B__ session (two hour group discussion about topics that are important to police work)
P\_\_ Tests: M _ _ _ (2) In\_\_ Personality Inventory -Trouble with l\_\_ and s\_\_ -Undue Su\_\_ -D\_\_ violations
structured, standardized
impression, distortions
situational, observation, clues, bull
psychological MMPI (2) Inwald law, society suspiciousness driving
Training of Police Officers:
_ – _ weeks (CPD = _ weeks)
Some departments require at least “some c__”
- Many schools now offer _ _ degrees in some type of p__ related programs
- Many s__ departments hire from p_-t__ applicants
Lots of r__
Training method e__ could be better
14-28, 28
college
BS, police
smaller, pre-trained
running
evaluation
Police and the Mentally Ill:
Little t__ in this area
Templin study (2000): Non traffic encounters (n = \_\_) Non mentally ill arrest rate = _._% Mentally ill arrest rate = _._%
In Maryland and New York jails:
. % mentally ill males
_% mentally ill females
training
506
- 9%
- 7%
14.5%
31%
Crisis Intervention Team Training:
The M__ Model:
- Educate officer on m__ illness
- Teach s__ for dealing with mentally ill
- Redirect mentally ill to m__ h__ outcomes rather than jail.
May not effect a__ rates, but can reduce level of v__ employed against the mentally ill
memphis
mental
skills
mental health, jail
arrest, violence
Police and Domestic Disturbances:
D__ calls for police to respond to, and they spend m__ time on these calls than on m__, r__, and aggravated a__ combined!
Police officers often called upon to be amateur family c__ with two goals:
- how to reduce r__ offenses
- p__ victims
deadliest, more, murders, rapes, assaults
counselors
repeat
protect
Police and Domestic Disturbances:
Two types of tactics:
- N_ a__, attempt alternate means of r__.
- Z__-t__, arrest a__ suspects
Major study: Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment (1984) randomly assigned 3 responses to Domestic Violence calls:
- Arrest only
- Order one party to leave residence
- Give couple advice on reducing violence
Results: best results with “a__-o__” option
no arrest, resolution
zero-tolerance, all
arrest-only
The Psychology of Hostage Negotiations:
Four kinds of hostage situations require four types of psychological approaches:
- Mentally ill suspect requires knowledge of m__ i__.
- Trapped criminal driven by p__, s__, and a__.
- Prison takeover require understanding of prison r__ and s__.
- Terrorists are willing to give their o__ lives, so they are less r__ (if at all) to traditional, psychologically-based n__ techniques
Negotiations that include p__ have sometimes had more p__ results.
mental illness
panic, stress, adrenaline
roles, society
own, responsive, negotiation
psychologists, positive
A More Recent Distinction in “Terrorist”
“Religious terrorists are more resistant to c__. For instance, according to our calculations, over 46 years of data, hostages taken by religious terrorists were released only __ percent of the time. When secular terrorists took hostages, they released the hostages __ percent of the time.”
“We also found that these religiously motivated terrorists are more l__ fighters than old terrorists and are more willing to k__. T__ as many people die during religious terrorist hostage-takings than political terrorist hostage-takings. (The dataset does not distinguish the causes of these deaths.) They tend to kill more people, even though they deploy f__ hostage-takers per event and per hostage.”
compromise, 31, 51
lethal, kill, twice
fewer
Stockholm Syndrome
-Hostages grow to i__ with captors
-Hostages are completely d__ on captors
~F__
~A__
~S__ and S__
identify
dependent
food
affiliation
safety, survival
Hostage “Negotiations”?
-Waco, Texas 1993 ( the siege of a compound belonging to the religious sect B__ D__, carried out by American federal and Texas state law enforcement, as well as the U.S. military,)
Blaring m__/n__
T__ gas
D__ of private property
C__ atmosphere
W__ at any cost
__ Davidians perished in fire.
branch davidians
music/noise tear destruction carnival win
76
Stress for Police:
From the Police Stress Survey:
-Ph__ and Ps__ Stress
-Evaluation Systems (n__ and high v__)
O__ Problems and Lack of S__
Can Derive from more General Organizational Problems: Lack of R\_\_ Lack of C\_\_ Lack of Clear E\_\_ Lack of Support from S\_\_
physical, psychological
negativity, visibility
organizational, support
rewards
control
expectations
supervisors
Possible Solutions to Police Stress:
Greater d__ making a__ and c__ (with s__)
Leads to greater sense of c__ and self-e__.
Use of t__.
C__ policing (allocating police officers to particular areas so that they become f__ with the l__ inhabitants.)
decision, authority, choice, support
control, efficacy
teams
community, familiar, local
