The 2009 GSS Regarding Policing Returned Results Showing That the Police

question 123

True/False

The 2009 GSS regarding policing returned results showing that the police being approachable was the most important factor for the public.

---

Definitions:

False Light

A privacy tort involving publishing information that portrays someone in a misleading or deceitful manner, which could be embarrassing or offensive, even if not defamatory.

Actual Malice

The legal test used by the courts to determine defamation against a public official or a public figure. The actual malice test requires the public official or public figure to prove not only that the statement was false, negative, and communicated to a third party, but also that it was made with the knowledge that it was false or with a reckless disregard for its truth or falsity.

Defamation

A false statement presented as fact that causes injury or damage to the reputation of the person or entity targeted by the statement.

Comparative Negligence

Comparative Negligence is a legal principle that reduces the amount of damages a plaintiff can recover in a negligence-based claim, based upon the degree to which the plaintiff's own negligence contributed to the cause of their injuries.