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Sex
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Male
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Female
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Race
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A.
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African American
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B.
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Asian/Pacific Islander
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C.
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Latino/Hispanic
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D.
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Native American
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E.
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White
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Marital Status
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Married Single
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Live-in Parnter
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Are you a parent?
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Yes
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No
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Were you born in the United States?
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Yes
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No
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ZIP Code
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Situation
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This is an example of snitching.
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This is NOT an example of snitching.
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A child tattles on his brother when he does something bad.
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A student witnesses someone cheating on an exam and reports it to the teacher.
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A person witnesses a crime and calls the police to report it.
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A person who is at the scene of the crime answered questions by police.
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A person who is at the scene of a crime picks out the perpetrator in a police line up.
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A person agrees to cooperate with police in helping set someone else up.
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A person rats on someone else to reduce his sentence for a crime that he committed.
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Have you ever been the victim of a crime?
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Yes
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No
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Have any of your relatives ever been the victim of a crime?
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Yes
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No
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Have any of your friends ever been the victim of a crime?
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Yes
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No
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Have you ever been in trouble with the police?
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Yes
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No
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Have you ever cooperated with the police before?
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Yes
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No
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Do you consider yourself religious?
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Yes
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No
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In the past 30 days, have you used an illegal drug?
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Yes
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No
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In the past seven days, have you drank alcohol?
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Yes
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No
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Do you listen to music that explicitly says that snitching is bad?
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Yes
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No
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Does the music you listen to affect your attitude towards snitching?
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Yes
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No
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Have you ever been falsely accused of a crime?
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Yes
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No
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Has anyone ever snitched on you to the police?
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Yes
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No
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Have you ever gotten out of trouble with police by snitching on someone else?
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Yes
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No
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Do you trust the police?
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Yes
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No
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Do you personally know any police officers?
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Yes
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No
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Would you be more likely to cooperate in criminal investigations if there was someone else (ie., a neighborhood watch group) to report a crime to besides the police?
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Yes
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No
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Are you currently working in the law or law enforcement profession?
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Yes
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No
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Do you plan on having a career in law or law enforcement?
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Yes
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No
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Did you participate in the D.A.R.E. drug prevention course in school?
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Yes
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No
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Did your parents/guardians teach you that snitching was bad?
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Yes
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No
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Victim
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It would make me less likely to cooperate with police
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It would make me more likely to cooperate with police
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It would have no effect on whether I cooperate with police
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a senior citizen?
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a child?
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a relative?
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a friend?
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a disabled person?
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a known drug dealer?
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yourself?
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Perpetrator
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It would make me less likely to cooperate with police
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It would make me more likely to cooperate with police
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It would have no effect on whether I cooperate with police
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a teenager?
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a relative?
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a friend?
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a police officer?
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someone with a reputation for being dangerous?
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Crime
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It would make me less likely to cooperate with police
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It would make me more likely to cooperate with police
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It would have no effect on whether I cooperate with police
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was a violent crime?
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was a non-violent crime?
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involved a gun?
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involved drugs?
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involved members of a gang?
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Outcome
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It would make me less likely to cooperate with police
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It would make me more likely to cooperate with police
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It would have no effect on whether I cooperate with police
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there was a reward for cooperating?
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doing so would guarantee that a criminal was off the streets?
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it would damage your reputation in the neighborhood?
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doing so would result in an innocent person going free?
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doing so would result in you going free?
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