Chpater 4 Ethinic SLippery
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1) Officers begin to develop the learned value system of the police subculture during the encounter stage. “In fact, it is here that the popular images constructed of police by the media, the core American values, and the lofty ideals of police practice professed in Basic Training are transformed and replaced by distinct police sub-culture values. The primary mode of value transmission is through the FTO who enjoys the privilege of evaluating the rookie’s job performance and ultimately making a recommendation regarding their continued employment at the end of their probationary period. This instruction by the FTO is often reinforced when many of the “war stories” told during Basic Training actually come to life and the new recruit discovers that there often exists a difference between the theory (as taught in Basic Training) and practice (as experienced on the street) of policing” (Braswell, 2023).
2) The slippery slope is an officer becomes involved with committing small deviant acts that become progressively easy and progress to larger, more serious acts that they would have seen as unacceptable in the past. Officer have the belief that what they are doing is so minor that no one else will be affected. Officer who become involved in the slippery slope could loss their jobs when caught, destroy their reputation, face criminal charges, and jail/prison time. 3) “The noble cause is a moral commitment by police officers to make the world a safer place in which to live” (Braswell, 2023). Police officers are to be seen a noble for their services in serving and protecting others.
4a) The social worker element of policing would pertain to the fact that officers are to maintain peace and order. They are to be mandated to uphold
individual right at all cause. They are to protect the community and its citizens against harm. Arrest individuals who violate the laws violent or nonviolent. There serve as a peace maker or mediator in many situations that the become involved with. The books states “some officers relegate certain calls for service to the status of “garbage”—those that usually relate to the social work or order maintenance roles—because they do not conform to their conception of what constitutes “real” police work as depicted in the media and reinforced by their FTO and Basic Training instructors. Those calls for service related to the “crime-fighter” role, e.g., a robbery in progress, are elevated to a much higher status because they afford the greatest opportunity for social rewards from the public, administrators, and other officers” (Braswell, 2023).
4b) I am not thinking about going into policing as a career. But I would identify these roles is situations such as dealing with divorced parents who are having a difficult time allowing one parent to take the children for visitation. The officer could be seen as the “social worker” here. He acts as the mediator between the parents but also uphold the order of the court by law. 5a) Personally when I think of the police, I general think that an officer is a civil authority employed to uphold the laws, investigate crimes, and provide safety and protections for our communities. I feel that policing is extremely
difficult and stressful job. I also see that some officers abuse their “power” and feel that they are above the law and feel they can act and do as they please. This is wrong. No, one should be above the laws that are set in place to protect each citizen. 5b) I feel that the media and policing has a tense relationship. Often times an officer are portrayed as either very good or very bad, with few being shown as someone doing their job. Often times the media only provides one side of the story and this leads to prejudice being formed about the situation without the entire story not being told. I feel that the media often reports racial motivating situations. Braswell, M. C. (2023). Justice, Crime, and Ethics
(11th ed.). Taylor & Frances.
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