“A Sketch of the Policeman’s Working Personality”

A Sketch of the Policeman’s “Working Personality” by Jerome H. Skolnick discusses the effects that police work has on Police Officers’ outlook of the world around them. Skolnick discusses that the police, because of the different elements of their job, tend to develop ways of looking at the world distinctive to themselves. Police also have a tendency to perceive threats by various indicators that a person may exhibit. These may include gestures, language, and attire that a policeman has come to recognize as a possible threat to his well-being. This could be recognized by a familiar gang color, or just something that a previous contact had done that the officer had felt was a threat.

Skolnick also discusses the fact of police being continually occupied with the threat of potential violence day in and day out. Whether it be a person pointing a gun, or a kid in a long black trench coat, a policeman may see danger signs in a variety of different forms. Skolnick states that a policeman in this situation views a suspect’s personal history as being “momentarily immaterial.”

Finally, Skolnick goes on to state that the police profession causes social i

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