01:202:202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Adrian Furnham, Constant Contact, Authoritarianism
7 Jul 2020
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Blue wall of silence or blue curtain. 2020 getting away with it - bartender who got assaulted by an off-duty officer. Police personality shaped by constant exposure to danger and the need to use force and authority. Jerome skolnick coined the term working personality of police officers . Elizabeth burbeck & adrian furnham identified three important features of an officer"s working personality. Departments recruit people who possess these traits. Police cynicism is the attitude that there is no hope for the world. Deeply entrenched in the ethos of the police world. Niederhoffer - one of the best known studies of the police personality. The dirty harry problem - the moral dilemma officers face when they can use evil means to achieve good ends. The body"s reaction to highly stressful situations. Stress produced by real threats and dangers, such as responding to gun calls, pursuits, and other dangerous assignments.
