1. Norms, Values, Attitudes & Behavior
Police Culture
Norms, Values, Attitudes & Behavior

2. Models of Police Behavior
Group Behavior
Models Perspectives
Culturaliztion
Anthropological
Socialization
Sociological
Psychological
Predispositional
Individual Behavior

3. Three Perspective of Police Behavior and Elements
Psychological Perspective
Predispositional model
Authoritarian personality
Sociological Perspective
Professionalization
Socialization model
Anthropological Perspective
World View
Ethos
Themes
Postulates

4. Psychological Perspective
Predispositional Model
Authoritarian Personality

5. Sociological Perspective
Professionalization
Socialization

6. Anthropological Perspective
World View
Ethos
Themes
Postulates

7. Elements of Police Culture
World View
The manner in which a group sees the world and its relationship to the world
Ethos
The fundamental spirit of a culture;
its sentiments and beliefs
Themes
Dynamic affirmations or recurrent beliefs
Postulates
Statements of belief expressed by members of the group

8. Police Funerals Police funerals act as powerful cultural rituals
They reinforce the dangers of the occupation
They reinforce group solidarity
They remind the public of the dangers of police work

9. Sources of Police Stress
Life-Threatening Stressors
Social Isolation Stressors
Organizational Stressors
Functional Stressors
Personal Stressors
Physiological Stressors
Psychological Stressors

10. Potential Negative Effects of Stress Among Police
Suicide
Alcoholism & Drug Abuse
Divorce
Heart Disease
Mortality
Ulcers & Digestive Disorders
Colon & Liver Cancer
Diabetes

11. Factors Contributing to Suicide
Abuse of Alcohol & Drugs
Deviance & Corruption
Access to Firearms
Depression
Working in Male Organizations
Family & Economic Problems
Alienation & Cynicism
Role Conflict
Physical & Mental Problems