The Intent Behind the Consultation Strategy Is to

question 54

Multiple Choice

The intent behind the consultation strategy is to

• A)establish which community businesses police will be involved with.
• B)determine where neighborhood watches will be established.
• C)help community organizations combat neighborhood decay.
• D)help the community and police define and prioritize problems.

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Definitions:

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a person’s mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.

Base Rate Fallacy

The tendency to ignore or underestimate statistical generalizations or probabilities in the evaluation of risks or likelihoods, often focusing on specific examples or narratives instead.

Diagnostic Psychiatric Label

A term used in psychiatry to describe a classification given to a specific pattern of behaviors or psychological symptoms.