good cop/bad cop
See also: good cop-bad cop and good cop bad cop
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]good cop/bad cop (uncountable)
- Alternative form of good cop bad cop.
- 2008, John C. Wohlstetter, The Long War Ahead and the Short War Upon Us: Imperfect Civilization, Perfect Barbarism and Wmd Terror, Discovery Institute, →ISBN:
- The sounder view of apparent divisions within the regime is that Iran plays “good cop/bad cop” with the West.
- 2013, John Dupuy, Integral Recovery: A Revolutionary Approach to the Treatment of Alcoholism and Addiction, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 200:
- For an Integral health care provider, both types of love need to be included in one person, so we don’t play good cop/bad cop with addicts. In early recovery, mother love is more important; just as in the early life of a child, mother love is more important than father love. Clients must feel that they are accepted, welcomed, and cared for. But as treatment goes on, and health is restored, the balance between mother love and father love begins to shift, and our clients become responsible for their own healing process and held accountable to the high standards it requires.
- 2016, Lauren Layne, Cuff Me, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
- USA Today bestselling author Lauren Layne brings us NYPD’s Finest—where three Moretti brothers fulfill their family’s cop legacy. Seeing his longtime partner Jill with someone else triggers feelings in Vincent he never knew he had. Now he’ll have to stop playing good cop/bad cop, and find a way to convince her to be his partner for life…
- 2020, Melissa Oatman, Beautifully Broken: The Spiritual Woman’s Guide to Thriving (Not Simply Surviving) After a Breakup or Divorce, MotherButterfly Books, →ISBN:
- Playing good cop/bad cop is not good for anyone. The kids will learn which parent they can manipulate, and they will also resent the parent who is the constant enforcer. The good cop parent isn’t doing their child any favors by being lenient. He/she is being a doormat, and that is going to backfire for that parent when the children get older. They will not respect that parent. The other parent will resent having to be the bad cop.