According to the Text, All of the Following Are True

question 28

Multiple Choice

According to the text, all of the following are true regarding police legitimacy EXCEPT:

• A) Voluntary citizen support and cooperation with police is linked to the ability of police to control violent crime and convict criminals.
• B) For the police to be effective in their order-maintenance role, they need the public's support and cooperation.
• C) Judgments about police legitimacy affect citizen support and cooperation.
• D) A key antecedent of public judgments about police legitimacy involves public assessments of the manner in which police exercise their authority.

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Definitions:

Moral Development

The process through which individuals develop proper attitudes and behaviors toward other people in society, based on social and cultural norms, rules, and laws.

Social Responsibility

The ethical framework suggesting that an entity, be it an organization or individual, has an obligation to act for the benefit of society at large.

Lawrence Kohlberg

A psychologist best known for his theory of stages of moral development, which describes the progression of moral reasoning through different stages.

Agnosia

A condition where a person is unable to recognize and identify objects or persons despite having normal sensory functions.