SCCJA Pre-Academy Block 3 – Prejudice and Personality, Report Writing, Interviewing,
Vulnerable Adults, Officer Survival, Drug Enforcement, Crime Scene & Physical Evidence,
Hazmat (2025) – Study Guide and Law Enforcement Training Material
Culture - correct answer ✔✔a characteristic features of everyday existence shared by people in
a place or time; the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends
upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations, or the
customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group
Characteristics of culture - correct answer ✔✔•learned
•gives a range of acceptable behaviors
•subject to change
•can't remain in isolation
Prejudice - correct answer ✔✔A preconceived judgment or opinion, or an adverse opinion or
learning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge; it can be favorable or
unfavorable and shows a lack of tolerance
Personal prejudice - correct answer ✔✔when members of another racial or ethnic group are
perceived as a threat to one's own interests
Group prejudice - correct answer ✔✔When a person conforms to group norms because it
appears that is what is expected
Stanford Prison Experiment - correct answer ✔✔study conducted to investigate the effects of
becoming a prisoner or prison guard and role playing
Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes Experiment - correct answer ✔✔Study conducted to demonstrate his
prejudicial attitudes and intolerance can affect even the youngest of people
,intolerance - correct answer ✔✔unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behavior that differ
from one's own; based on ignorance, indifference, and limited perception
ignorance - correct answer ✔✔lack of knowledge or information
indifference - correct answer ✔✔lack of interest, concern, or sympathy
Limited perception - correct answer ✔✔Perceiving others through a range of limited
experiences which ultimately could create stereotyping of an entire group
stereotype - correct answer ✔✔a generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized)
belief about a group of people
3 ways stereotypes change - correct answer ✔✔• Bookkeeping-slow adjustment as we learn
and adapt to new information
• Conversion-old stereotypes are thrown away, usually when there is signification contradictory
evidence
• Subtyping-new stereotype is created as a sub-classification of the original
Hate crime - correct answer ✔✔criminal offense against a person or property motivated in
whole or in part by an offender's bias against a race, religion, disability, ethnic origin or sexual
orientation
Wisconsin v. Mitchell - correct answer ✔✔court upheld statute providing for higher penalties if
a criminal selects a victim because of their race, religion, or sexual orientation
Arguments for hate crime legislation - correct answer ✔✔•a victim may suffer more
psychological harm
•victim may suffer more physical trauma
,•hate crimes have a wide impact
•hate crimes may spark retaliation or community unrest
Police response at the scene of a hate crime - correct answer ✔✔•secure the scene
•stabilization the victim
•preserve the crime scene
•identify criminal evidence
•1 officer interview the victim
•report crime to supervisor
•document thoroughly
•determine if probable cause exists for arrest
How to determine if a hate crime has been committed - correct answer ✔✔•perceptions of
victim and witnesses
•suspect's reflection of bias
•any differences between victim and suspect
•similar incidents in same or nearby location
•whether victim was promoting group allegiance
•whether incident was close or coincided with a significant holiday for victim
•absence of other motive
Reasons hate crime victims may not come forward - correct answer ✔✔•fear of retaliation
•humiliation
•lack of support
•cultural or language barriers
, Interview techniques for victims of a hate crime - correct answer ✔✔•reassure them it is not
their fault
•try to ascertain why the victim feels this happened to them
•create an open dialogue
•hold neighborhood meetings to ensure community awareness
Gold Personality - correct answer ✔✔•keeper of tradition
•motivation is to belong
•feel there is a right way to do everything
•majority of police officers
Green Personality - correct answer ✔✔•always questioning the status quo
•motivation is a quest for power
•knowledge is power
•visionaries and careful planners
Blue Personality - correct answer ✔✔•searching for meaning of life
•motivation is to feel authentic
•yearn for self-actualization
•peacemakers and cooperative team players
Orange Personality - correct answer ✔✔•wants to do things now
•motivation is to be free
•like variety and spontaneity
•enjoy action and competition
Vulnerable Adults, Officer Survival, Drug Enforcement, Crime Scene & Physical Evidence,
Hazmat (2025) – Study Guide and Law Enforcement Training Material
Culture - correct answer ✔✔a characteristic features of everyday existence shared by people in
a place or time; the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends
upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations, or the
customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group
Characteristics of culture - correct answer ✔✔•learned
•gives a range of acceptable behaviors
•subject to change
•can't remain in isolation
Prejudice - correct answer ✔✔A preconceived judgment or opinion, or an adverse opinion or
learning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge; it can be favorable or
unfavorable and shows a lack of tolerance
Personal prejudice - correct answer ✔✔when members of another racial or ethnic group are
perceived as a threat to one's own interests
Group prejudice - correct answer ✔✔When a person conforms to group norms because it
appears that is what is expected
Stanford Prison Experiment - correct answer ✔✔study conducted to investigate the effects of
becoming a prisoner or prison guard and role playing
Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes Experiment - correct answer ✔✔Study conducted to demonstrate his
prejudicial attitudes and intolerance can affect even the youngest of people
,intolerance - correct answer ✔✔unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behavior that differ
from one's own; based on ignorance, indifference, and limited perception
ignorance - correct answer ✔✔lack of knowledge or information
indifference - correct answer ✔✔lack of interest, concern, or sympathy
Limited perception - correct answer ✔✔Perceiving others through a range of limited
experiences which ultimately could create stereotyping of an entire group
stereotype - correct answer ✔✔a generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized)
belief about a group of people
3 ways stereotypes change - correct answer ✔✔• Bookkeeping-slow adjustment as we learn
and adapt to new information
• Conversion-old stereotypes are thrown away, usually when there is signification contradictory
evidence
• Subtyping-new stereotype is created as a sub-classification of the original
Hate crime - correct answer ✔✔criminal offense against a person or property motivated in
whole or in part by an offender's bias against a race, religion, disability, ethnic origin or sexual
orientation
Wisconsin v. Mitchell - correct answer ✔✔court upheld statute providing for higher penalties if
a criminal selects a victim because of their race, religion, or sexual orientation
Arguments for hate crime legislation - correct answer ✔✔•a victim may suffer more
psychological harm
•victim may suffer more physical trauma
,•hate crimes have a wide impact
•hate crimes may spark retaliation or community unrest
Police response at the scene of a hate crime - correct answer ✔✔•secure the scene
•stabilization the victim
•preserve the crime scene
•identify criminal evidence
•1 officer interview the victim
•report crime to supervisor
•document thoroughly
•determine if probable cause exists for arrest
How to determine if a hate crime has been committed - correct answer ✔✔•perceptions of
victim and witnesses
•suspect's reflection of bias
•any differences between victim and suspect
•similar incidents in same or nearby location
•whether victim was promoting group allegiance
•whether incident was close or coincided with a significant holiday for victim
•absence of other motive
Reasons hate crime victims may not come forward - correct answer ✔✔•fear of retaliation
•humiliation
•lack of support
•cultural or language barriers
, Interview techniques for victims of a hate crime - correct answer ✔✔•reassure them it is not
their fault
•try to ascertain why the victim feels this happened to them
•create an open dialogue
•hold neighborhood meetings to ensure community awareness
Gold Personality - correct answer ✔✔•keeper of tradition
•motivation is to belong
•feel there is a right way to do everything
•majority of police officers
Green Personality - correct answer ✔✔•always questioning the status quo
•motivation is a quest for power
•knowledge is power
•visionaries and careful planners
Blue Personality - correct answer ✔✔•searching for meaning of life
•motivation is to feel authentic
•yearn for self-actualization
•peacemakers and cooperative team players
Orange Personality - correct answer ✔✔•wants to do things now
•motivation is to be free
•like variety and spontaneity
•enjoy action and competition
