SOC 3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Job Satisfaction, Problem Solving, Communication
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Numbers: 20% women, stats can doesn"t give stats for minority rates. Issues: sexism and racism (espesh among older officers) and they are in the hiring process so choose more white males. Performance : need to be strong and agile, women may feel they don"t possess, women have better public relations. For: reflection of public they serve, can bring concerns of a particular community to the service, publicly funded institutes should reflect the public they"re working for, diversity : breads tolerance and respect from others. Training: independent adult training: rcmp academy, ontario police college, mixed training: sask police college, pei, broad-based training, fully integrated approach: 2 yrs in crim justice or related program before moving onto basic training (common in qc) Criticisms of basic training: length of time: on 13 weeks some believe cannot learn necessities in that span. Social distancing: expected to but causes addiction problems as a coping strategy. Organizational philosophies: together give them their appearance to others.