CRM/LAW C139 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Explorers Program
12 Jan 2017
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93 a- if you want an (94) you do 1 = max of 4. Standards: use test cut out applicants, are hired based on technical competence. Standards can be used to include certain types of people, while excluding others. During depression, departments tilted exams to favor those who were college educated. O. w wilson believed that there were three important traits of officers (mental, physical and character: certain physical image. Relaxing standards: some standards excluded minorities and women. Are fascists attracted to policing: that"s (cid:374)ot the (cid:272)ase, depart(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts we(cid:374)t to great le(cid:374)gths to dista(cid:374)t these individuals, use of psychological profiles become prominent (concerned with civil lawsuits, thus this a way to protect themselves) Those who fail tests are excluded: selection criteria. Job record: characteristics of those who become cops are largely determined by departmental attitudes and hiring practices. Some departments are resistant to hire women: she was told she (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t do jo(cid:271) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause you were so small.
