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Chapter 07: Minorities in Policing

TRUE/FALSE

1. The United States has a long history of job discrimination against women and minorities.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 97

2. Homosexuals have not been discriminated against in police hiring practices.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: p. 103

3. As late as the mid-1970s, women were often still allowed to work only with juvenile offenders, and in
many cities female officers could not ride in patrol cars after dark.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 98

4. In 1968, the Chicago Police Department assigned Barbara Blankenbaker and Susan Conick to patrol.
They were the first females to wear a uniform and a gun belt and to drive a marked patrol car
responding to calls for service on an equal basis with men.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: p. 98

5. The Supreme Court decision in Griggs v. Duke Power Company established the concept that job
requirements must be job related—they must be necessary for the performance of the job a person is
applying for.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: pp. 99–100

6. The most controversial method of ending job discrimination is the concept of quotas in hiring
minorities.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 100

7. Critics of affirmative action argue that selecting police officers based on their race or gender does not
violate the 1964 Civil Rights Act and is discriminatory.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: p. 100

8. Recent years have seen a significant increase in the numbers of women in administrative positions and
serving as chiefs and sheriffs.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 102

9. Academic research has shown that female officers can do patrol work effectively and are well received
by the public.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 102

10. The requirement that officers not be less than a certain height (height requirement) was probably the
strongest example of discrimination against women candidates.
 ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: pp. 99–100

11. The percentages of women in law enforcement today are now near the 50 percent that women
represent in society.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: p. 102

12. The number of Hispanic American officers has increased significantly in the last two decades, as has
their percentage in the general population.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 103

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The first African American police officer was appointed in what city?
a. Chicago c. New Orleans
b. New York d. Miami
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 98

2. Which of the following was not one of the duties relegated to early female police officers?
a. issuing parking tickets c. performing routine clerical tasks
b. guarding female prisoners d. patrolling
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 98

3. In 1910, _____ appointed the nation’s first “officially designated” policewoman.

a. Dallas c. Los Angeles
b. New York d. Chicago
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 98

4. In 1910, the nation’s first “officially designated” policewoman was:

a. Alice Stebbins Wells c. Hazel L. Davis
b. Nora Jean Wilson d. Ruth Smith
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 97

5. The most prevalent form of discrimination has been:

a. separate job titles c. de facto discrimination
b. disparate recruiting d. standard discrimination
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 99

6. According to your text, which racial group despite efforts is poorly represented in law enforcement?
a. American Indian c. Asian
b. Pacific Islander d. Hispanics
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 103

7. The Supreme Court case that established the concept that hiring requirements must be job-related was:
a. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
b. Brown v. Mississippi
c. Griggs v. Duke Power Company
d. U.S. v. Paradise
 ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: pp. 99–100

8. The concept that employers must take active steps to ensure equal employment opportunity and to
redress past discrimination is called:
a. reverse discrimination c. affirmative action
b. adverse impact d. de facto opportunity
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 100

9. All are issues women face in the law enforcement workplace except:
a. pregnancy c. family issues
b. dating d. drug use
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 104

10. The academic studies of women on patrol indicate that:

a. women can perform patrol duties as well as men can
b. women perform in a less satisfactory manner than men on patrol
c. women perform as well as men on patrol but only when teamed with a male partner
d. the majority of women do not want to work patrol
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 98

11. _____ of sworn personnel in local police departments are African American.
a. 11.9% c. 5.2%
b. 20.7% d. 18.9%
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 102

12. _____ of sworn personnel in local police departments are women.

a. 11.9% c. 3.9%
b. 15.3% d. 21.2%
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 102

13. _____ of sworn personnel in local police departments are Hispanic.

a. 19.5% c. 10.3%
b. 22.7% d. l.8%
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 102

14. Until the 1970s, why was it presumed that women were not capable of performing the same type of
patrol duty as men?
a. because of their gender and size
b. because they could not testify in court
c. because they were not good drivers
d. because they would side with women in domestic disputes
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 101

15. The simultaneous expectation by white officers that African American officers will give members of
their own race better treatment, but that African American officers will also receive hostility from the
African American community because they are perceived as traitors to their race is known as:
a. double marginality c. adverse impact
b. de facto discrimination d. reverse discrimination
 ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 99

16. All are challenges that African Americans face in the workplace except:
a. tokenism c. acceptance
b. equal pay d. harassment
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: pp. 104–105

COMPLETION

1. ____________________ is the unequal treatment of persons in personnel decisions (hiring, promotion,

and firing) on the basis of their race, religion, national origin, gender, or sexual orientation.

ANS: Job discrimination

PTS: 1 REF: p. 97

2. In the early days of female policing, women were normally used in only three actual police-related
jobs: juvenile work, guarding female prisoners, and ____________________ crimes.

ANS: vice

PTS: 1 REF: p. 98

3. The simultaneous expectation by white officers that African American officers will give members of
their own race better treatment and receive hostility from the African American community because
they are perceived as traitors to their race is known as ____________________.

ANS: double marginality

PTS: 1 REF: p. 99

4. The primary instrument governing employment equality, as well as all equality, in U.S. society is the
____________________ Amendment to the United States Constitution.

ANS: Fourteenth

PTS: 1 REF: p. 99

5. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited all job discrimination based on race, color,
____________________, gender, and national origin.

ANS: religion

PTS: 1 REF: p. 99

6. The ____________________ extended the 1964 Civil Rights Act and made its provisions applicable to
state and local governments.

ANS: Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972

PTS: 1 REF: p. 99
 7. The first important job discrimination case was ____________________.

ANS: Griggs v. Duke Power Company

PTS: 1 REF: pp. 99–100

8. ____________________ is the indirect result of policies or practices that are not intended to
discriminate but do, in fact, discriminate.

ANS: De facto discrimination

PTS: 1 REF: p. 99

9. If a certain examination results in the vast majority of females failing that test while the vast majority
of males passed it, that exam can be said to have had a(n) ____________________ on females.

ANS: adverse impact

PTS: 1 REF: p. 99

10. According to your text, the first challenge that a minority must face in the law enforcement workplace
is ___________.

ANS: recruitment

PTS: 1 REF: p. 104

11. ____________________ means that employers must take active steps to ensure equal employment
opportunity and to redress past discrimination.

ANS: Affirmative action

PTS: 1 REF: p. 100

12. A major concept behind the affirmative action movement, and possibly the most disturbing concept to
many, is the establishment of ____________________.

ANS: quotas

PTS: 1 REF: p. 100

ESSAY

1. Discuss the many ways that women have been discriminated against in policing.

ANS:
Student answers will vary.

PTS: 1 REF: pp. 97–98

2. Describe the methods used by women and other minorities to earn their proper place in U.S. police
departments.
 ANS:
Student answers will vary.

PTS: 1 REF: pp. 99–100

3. Detail the case of Griggs v. Duke Power Company, and explain the impact that this case has had on
police hiring.

ANS:
Student answers will vary.

PTS: 1 REF: pp. 99–100

4. What percentage of our police departments today are women, African American, or Hispanic? How do
these numbers compare to earlier years?

ANS:
Student answers will vary.

PTS: 1 REF: pp. 102–103

5. Describe the role the federal government played in removing equal employment opportunity barriers to
women and minorities in policing.

ANS:
Student answers will vary.

PTS: 1 REF: pp. 99–100

6. How have police standards and testing procedures changed in recent years to enable more women and
minorities to enter policing?

ANS:
Student answers will vary.

PTS: 1 REF: pp. 99–100

7. How effective are women as patrol officers as compared to their male counterparts?

ANS:
Student answers will vary.

PTS: 1 REF: p. 101

8. How have affirmative action policies affected white males in hiring and promotional policies?

ANS:
Student answers will vary.

PTS: 1 REF: pp. 100–101

9. Explain how minorities still face problems in policing.

ANS:
Test Bank for POLICE 2nd Edition John S Dempsey Download

Student answers will vary.

PTS: 1 REF: pp. 104–105

10. Acceptance is important to women in law enforcement. Explain the challenges that confront women in
law enforcement.

ANS:
Student answers will vary.

PTS: 1 REF: p. 104

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