Concerning Shift Assignment of Patrol Officers, a PERF Report Concluded

question 59

Multiple Choice

Concerning shift assignment of patrol officers, a PERF report concluded that

• A)in order for officers to know every district in town, officers should rotate districts once every three months.
• B)in order to be fair to other officers, patrol officers should rotate shifts once every three months.
• C)frequent change of shifts is deleterious to the physical and psychological health of an officer.
• D)shift work has no effect on officers' health and job performance.

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Definitions:

Émile Durkheim

A French sociologist best known for his foundational work in sociology and for his theories on the social causes of suicide.

Herbert Spencer

A British philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, and sociologist known for applying evolutionary theory to social evolution and for coining the term "survival of the fittest."

Manifest Function

The intended and recognized outcome of a social process or institution.

Latent Function

Unintended or unrecognized consequences of an institution, action, or social process that may not have been explicitly acknowledged.