CRJU 20413 Chapter 6: Chapter 6 – Part 2
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Chapter 6 policing: issues and challenges pages 169-173. One of the most significant challenges facing american law enforcement today is policing a multicultural society. New police officers learn in considered appropriate police behavior by working with seasoned veterans. Police subculture can be understood as the set of informal values which characterize the police force as a distinct community with a common identity. In 1960s, renowned criminologist james skolnick described what he called the police working personality. Kol(cid:374)i(cid:272)k"s des(cid:272)riptio(cid:374) of the poli(cid:272)e perso(cid:374)alit(cid:455) (cid:449)as (cid:272)o(cid:374)siste(cid:374)t (cid:449)ith. Willia(cid:373) westle(cid:455)"s (cid:272)lassi(cid:272) stud(cid:455) of the gar(cid:455) (cid:894)i(cid:374)dia(cid:374)a(cid:895) poli(cid:272)e depart(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h he found a police subculture with its own customs, laws, and morality, and with arthur. Niederhoffer"s o(cid:271)ser(cid:448)atio(cid:374) that (cid:272)(cid:455)(cid:374)i(cid:272)is(cid:373) (cid:449)as persuasi(cid:448)e a(cid:373)o(cid:374)g offi(cid:272)ers i(cid:374) ne(cid:449) york. The police personality: authoritarian, honorable, insecure, suspicious, cynical, loyal, hostile, secret, individualistic, conservative, efficient, dogmatic, prejudiced. Some personalities of the police working personality are essential for survival and effectiveness.
