Chapter 10: Policing Multicultural Communities

Socialization

________: The process of learning behaviors by watching others and interacting with them.

Fundamental Attribution Errors

________: Profiling someone by their race or appearance and saying that was the reason they did commit the crime.

Predisposition

________: The tendency to have a certain perspective or attitude.

Aggressive patrol

________: Increasing police presence and punishing anyone who committed a crime even if its minor to let other offenders know that the police are watching closely now.

Stereotypes

________: Characteristics or image that people have of a person.

Diversity

________: When people with different racial and cultural backgrounds are together.

Socialization Process

________: Learning the norms, behaviors, and values of a society.

Profoundly Deaf

________: These types of people are incapable of hearing anything.

Cultural Barriers

________: An issue that comes up when both parties are unable to understand each other because they do not speak the same language.

Racism

________: Believing that one race is better than another or having a bad opinion of one and using that to judge all people of that race.

Affirmative Action

________: Help increase the minority presence in the police force.

American Sign Language

________: This is the language that people who are deaf or hearing impaired use to communicate with others.

Minority Communities

________: People who are the fewer number in the classification.

Police-Minority Relations

This is the relationship that police officers have with the minority such as black or Hispanic people

Linguistic

The study of human speech and language

Cultural Barriers

An issue that comes up when both parties are unable to understand each other because they do not speak the same language

Minority Communities

People who are the fewer number in the classification

Racism

Believing that one race is better than another or having a bad opinion of one and using that to judge all people of that race

Socialization Process

Learning the norms, behaviors, and values of a society

Stereotypes

Characteristics or image that people have of a person

Predisposition

The tendency to have a certain perspective or attitude

Socialization

The process of learning behaviors by watching others and interacting with them

Fundamental Attribution Errors

Profiling someone by their race or appearance and saying that was the reason they did commit the crime

Aggressive patrol

Increasing police presence and punishing anyone who committed a crime even if its minor to let other offenders know that the police are watching closely now

Diversity

When people with different racial and cultural backgrounds are together

Cross-Cultural Populations

When one culture is considered a norm and one culture is compared to that culture

Profoundly Deaf

These types of people are incapable of hearing anything

Hearing Impaired

They can slightly hear but are more comfortable with reading lips

American Sign Language

This is the language that people who are deaf or hearing impaired use to communicate with others

Affirmative Action

Help increase the minority presence in the police force