Describe three factors that make police work especially stressful when compared to other occupations. Include the category that each stressor falls under in your answer.

What will be an ideal response?


For example, shift work is an organizational stressor that interferes with sleeping and eating and can wreak havoc on family life. The need to control emotions is a task-related stressor that requires the officer to master the art of constantly switching between human responses and emotional control. Another task-related stressor is dealing with critical incidents such as active shooter events or hostage-taking situations.

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The notion that the criminal justice system actually operates as a system is somewhat of a myth

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Rape shield laws are suppose to protect victims from public scrutiny by prohibiting the media from broadcasting or publishing their names and to protect them in court by prohibiting past sexual experiences from being introduced into evidence in order

to negate the rapes. Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Chris is a criminal justice major who watches a campaign ad that states, “A violent crime occurs every 25 seconds in the United States.” Why should this statement concern Chris?

What will be an ideal response?

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__________ immunity bars any further prosecution of a witness for the specific transactions to which he or she has testified

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word.

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