Minorities in Policing Quiz

Question 1

What are some racial and ethnic minority perceptions that the police lack lawfulness and legitimacy based largely on? Select one.

Question 1 options:

Their interactions with the police

Secondhand stories

News stories

Stories read on social media

Question 2

What factors can create unintended harms that reinforce the community’s belief that the police have a racist agenda? Select all that apply.

Question 2 options:

Current policing practices

Police voluntarily helping all races

Individual attitudes and behaviors

Criminal justice policies

Question 3

What are the goals of racial reconciliation between communities and law enforcement? Select all that apply.

Question 3 options:

They come to see that both have been contributing to harms neither desires.

They come to see that there is not an immediate opportunity for partnership.

They come to see that they misunderstand each other in important ways.

They come to see that in crucial areas, both want fundamentally the same things.

Question 4

What is a major factor that influences minorities applying to be police officers? Select one.

Question 4 options:

Trust

Skills

Education

Background

Question 5

There is one exception when racial profiling can be used by police officers. Officers are permitted to use race or ethnicity, when combined with other physical characteristics such as gender, weight, height, and age, to match someone to a specific suspect description for a particular crime. What is this exception called? Select one.

Question 5 options:

“Be on the lookout for” exception

“Suspect” exception

“Crime” exception

“Target” exception

Question 6

Research consistently shows that minorities are more likely than whites to view law enforcement with suspicion and distrust.

Question 6 options:

True

False

Question 7

What is a method for facilitating frank engagements between minority communities, police, and other authorities that allow them to address historical tensions, grievances, and misconceptions, and reset relationships? Select one.

Question 7 options:

Factionalism

Dissention

Reconciliation

Contention

Question 8

What may silence from the community toward police officers represent? Select all that apply.

Question 8 options:

A want to avoid triggering additional, unwanted law enforcement attention to their neighborhood

A manifestation of anger

Satisfaction with law enforcement

Apathy

Question 9

What is referred to as the unconstitutional practice of law enforcement targeting individuals due to the color of their skin? Select one.

Question 9 options:

Racial profiling

Discrimination

Inequity

Prejudice

Question 10

While police legitimacy is low across many communities of various races, the relationship between the police and which community comes with its own unique challenges and history? Select one.

Question 10 options:

Asian

African American

Hispanic

American Indian

Session B

Question 1

The public's perceptions about the lawfulness and legitimacy of law enforcement are important criteria for judging policing in a democratic society.

Question 1 options:

True

False

Question 2

What factors does the process of racial reconciliation address? Select all that apply.

Question 2 options:

Troubled relationships between the community and law enforcement

The desire of law enforcement to act differently and do better

How police have often treated minority individuals and communities with disrespect

The fact that traditional law enforcement has sometimes been both ineffective and caused unintentional damage

Question 3

Some people in minority communities affected by high levels of violent crime and disorder genuinely believe that police are using drug laws and other law enforcement as a means to oppress them. What are the causes of this thought process? Select all that apply.

Question 3 options:

High levels of intrusive police tactics, such as arrest and stop-and-frisk

Not being able to apply to be a police officer

Disrespectful behavior by police

History of legal oppression of minorities, such as slavery and Jim Crow laws

Question 4

What is it called when police comply with constitutional, statutory, and professional norms? Select one.

Question 4 options:

Lawfulness

Legitimacy

Obedience

Commitment

Question 5

What can racial and ethnic minority perceptions that the police lack lawfulness and legitimacy, based largely on their interactions with the police, lead to? Select one.

Question 5 options:

Trust of the police

Faith in humanity

Positive interactions in the community

Distrust of the police

Question 6

Reconciliation is a method of facilitating frank engagements between groups that allow them to address historical tensions, grievances, and misconceptions, and to reset relationships. What groups are involved? Select all that apply.

Question 6 options:

People from other communities

Police

Minority communities

Other authorities

Question 7

Reconciliation respects, without endorsing, the sometimes damaging narratives that law enforcement and minority groups have about each other.

Question 7 options:

True

False

Question 8

The end goal of racial reconciliation is to enter a process that will yield what benefits? Select all that apply.

Question 8 options:

Reducing violence

Giving pay raises to police officers

Reducing mass incarceration

Making policing easier and more productive

Question 9

What are important criteria for judging policing in a democratic society? Select all that apply.

Question 9 options:

The public’s perception of the lawfulness of law enforcement

The public’s perception of the laws in a community

The public’s perception of the legitimacy of law enforcement

The public’s perception of the number of police officers in a community

Question 10

Why can it be difficult to see cops as people? Select one.

Question 10 options:

Cops don’t experience the same things in society that other citizens do.

The news highlights the positive actions of police officers and not the negative.

The news highlights the negative actions of police officers and not the positive.

Cops are different than regular citizens.