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The Public and the Police MCQ

A concept described by _____ regarding the personality police officers develop to cope with stressors related to their work.

Jerome Skolnick

Jeremy Waldron

William Conklin

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Jerome Skolnick

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In direct contact 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 is known as _____

Specific Contact

Vicarious Contact

Biased Contact

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Vicarious Contact

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Symbolic Assailant is a person the police believe _____ potentially be a source of danger to them.

Could

Could not

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a and b

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Specific Support is an evaluation based on the public’s impressions of an organization’s _____.

Performance

Output

Input

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a and b

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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 is known as Selective Perception.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Quality Of Life Factor are the issues concerning residents relating to _____ levels of crime and disorder in the neighborhood.

Actual

Perceived

Both

None

Answer

Correct Answer: Both

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Neighborhood Culture includes _____ that are unique to a neighborhood.

Norms

Behaviors

Qualities

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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Diffuse Support is an evaluation of _____

What an organization is

What an organization represents

Both

None

Answer

Correct Answer: Both

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Short programs sponsored by municipal and county police agencies that allow community members the opportunity to learn about the police, ______

How they are trained

What they do

Both

None

Answer

Correct Answer: Both

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