When It Comes to Police Discretion, Which One of the Following

question 33

Multiple Choice

When it comes to police discretion, which one of the following statements is associated with relationship between the police and the criminal or victim?

• A) The less serious a crime is to the public, the more freedom officers have to to use discretion.
• B) Police discretion is dependent upon the relationship between the alleged criminal and the victim.
• C) A polite complainant will be taken more seriously than a hostile one.
• D) Departmental policy recognizes that some officers are more likely to investigate criminal activity than others.
• E) Police administrators can set priorities and dictate changes that have enormous consequences on an officer's use of discretion.

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A process of learning in which, with the consistent coupling of two stimuli, a response that originally required the second stimulus for elicitation is later elicited by the first stimulus solely.

Neutral Stimulus

A stimulus that initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention, until paired with an unconditioned stimulus in classical conditioning.

Vicarious Punishment

A form of learning where an individual's tendency to perform a behavior is decreased after observing another individual being punished for that behavior.

Mediated

The process by which something is transmitted or carried from one entity or place to another, often through an intervening agent.