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The Public and the Police MCQ

Working ______ is a concept described by Jerome Skolnick regarding the personality police officers develop to cope with stressors related to their work.

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Correct Answer: Personality

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Vicarious contact is in ______ with the police that can be measured by what residents see during interactions between the police and other people in their neighborhood, what they heard happened to other people when they interacted with the police and hearing about incidents of police misconduct.

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Correct Answer: Direct contact

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Symbolic assailant is a person the police believe is or could potentially be a source of _____to them.

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Correct Answer: Danger

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Specific ______ is an evaluation based on the public’s impressions of an organization’s output or performance.

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Correct Answer: Support

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_______ is based on the idea that the police, like others in our society, are likely to remember unpleasant encounters with the public more often than positive encounters.

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Correct Answer: Selective perception

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Selective contact is when police officers have more frequent contact with the criminal element in society and less contact with law abiding people, which can result in the police viewing all residents in a ______ way.

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Correct Answer: Negative

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Quality-of-life factors are Issues concerning residents relating to actual or perceived levels of crime and disorder in the _______.

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Correct Answer: Neighborhood

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Neighborhood _______ includes norms, behaviors, and qualities that are unique to a neighborhood.

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Correct Answer: Culture

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Diffuse support is an _______ of what an organization is or what it represents.

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Correct Answer: Evaluation

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Citizen police academy is short programs sponsored by ______ agencies that allow community members the opportunity to learn about the police, how they are trained, and what they do.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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