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Criminal Justice 8-14
Intro to Criminal Justice by Siegel Chapters 8-14
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Criminology
Undergraduate 2
11/08/2010

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18%
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About what percentage of local police depts. now have some type of college requirement?
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The black curtain
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Which is NOT a benefit associated with higher education for police officers?
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Double Marginality
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Which term describes the experience of black officers who must deal with the expectation that they will give members of their own race a break, while at the same time experience overt racism from their police colleagues
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25%
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As of 2003, what percent of local law enforcement officers were members of non-white ethnic groups?
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1910
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In what year did Alice Stebbins Wells become the first female police officer in the US?
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10% (actual 11%)
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Approximately what percent of all sworn law enforcement officers in the US are minority female?
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Female officers tend to receive harsher punishments than male officers if cited for disciplinary action
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Which statement is FALSE about female officers?
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