A “cultural orientation in which the law and its agents is viewed as illegitimate, unresponsive, and ill-equipped to ensure public safety” is the definition for ______.

A. legal cynicism
B. cultural disorganization
C. cultural attenuation
D. law enforcement cynicism


A. legal cynicism

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