Test 1

Question 1

Who determines police culture?

Answer 1

The observer not the observed

Question 2

Is police culture good or bad?

Answer 2

Neither good nor bad, but rather is a central organizing principle of social life.

Question 3

Name the 5 components of police culture.

Answer 3

1. Ideational Component
2. Behavioral Component
3. Material Component
4. Social Structure Component
5. Emergent Component

Question 4

Definition of culture

Answer 4

The total way of life, a way of thinking, feeling, and believing. A set of techniques for adjusting both to the external environment and to other men.

Question 5

What are the layers in the onioness of police culture?

Answer 5

The heart or officer

1. Street Environment
2. Uncertainty
3. Solidarity

Question 6

Why do cops tend to mainly associate with other cops?

Answer 6

The working schedule tends to isolate members of the squad from the public.

Question 7

What’s the fundamental unit of the police culture?

Answer 7

The squad

Question 8

4 Environments confronted by police.

Answer 8

Street
Administrative
Courts
Media

Question 9

What is police culture all about?

Answer 9

How police make sense out of, deal with, and pass on knowledge about these groups to recruits.