What is the police working personality? What are its central features? How does it develop? How does it relate to police subculture?

What will be an ideal response?


• The police personality is created through informal pressures on officers by a powerful police subculture that communicates values that support law enforcement interests. This chapter described the police personality as (among other things) authoritarian, conservative, honorable, loyal, cynical, dogmatic, hostile, prejudiced, secret, and suspicious.

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Explain why there are probable cause hearings and why the timing of the hearing is important

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At common law what was the three different types of homicide?

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According to recent criminological studies, prison has been quite successful at changing people for the better

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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