Policing in America CJE 4352 Chapter 5 – Assignment # 2

Topic:

Police Demographics, Hiring, and Subculture

Assignment:

After reading Chapter 5, write a 400 – 650 word essay that describes how the changing demographics of police departments influence the police subculture.

Reading and Research:

Review Chapter 2 (page 54)

Read Chapter 5 (pages 131 – 149 ~ demographics and hiring practices)

Read Chapter 6 (pages 173, 175-179, 181 – 187)

Read the research article and book review provided in the assignment

Search the FAU library and Internet for the following: Jerome Skolnick’s ”Working Personality.”

You need to address the following:

1. Briefly summarize the current hiring practices for police departments,
2. Discuss the issue of diversity in policing,
3. Summarize Jerome Skolnick’s concept of “The Working Personality” in policing, and
4. Discuss how “the job” might influence the individual regardless of “who” the police office is

   Note: APA format, You do not need a title page, running header or abstract
   But provide your full source references at the end. Use at least 3 sources