Respond to the following question: 

As a criminal justice practitioner, why is "perception" important?

Be sure to address this question in the following contexts:

• My perception of the criminal justice profession.
• My perception of the people I will serve.
• The perception the people I serve have of the criminal justice profession.
• My perception of myself as a criminal justice professional.

Some search phrases include:

• "public opinion" "criminal justice administration"
• "public opinion" "law enforcement"
• "public opinion" police
• public perception "law enforcement"
• law enforcement public relations
• community policing

Note: Using quotation marks tell the database to search the words together. You can use them in any combination to see varying search results.