Deck 11: Police And Their Clients

Question 1

Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)help police act in the event of an emergency or disaster.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Studies involving DARE programs have established that they are totally effective in preventing young people from experimenting with drugs and alcohol.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Triad programs are focused on senior citizens.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

None of the cities in the United States have made any special efforts to recruit members of the gay community for police jobs.

Question 5

The President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice reported in 1967 that police relations with minority groups had:

A) sunk to explosively low levels.
B) improved somewhat over the years.
C) improved significantly over the years.
D) remained the same.

Question 6

The terms racial profiling and driving while black have become commonplace.

Question 7

One of the community crime prevention programs includes Crime Stoppers.

Question 8

Federal law requires police officers to investigate the immigration status of suspects on all calls and to report persons who are in this country illegally.

Question 9

Men are the most common victims of domestic violence.

Question 10

One of the most significant problems facing the police over the past three decades has been the tension,and often outright hostility,between the police and minority group citizens.

Question 11

Social media played a significant part in the Boston Marathon bombings​ investigation.

Question 12

Public opinion polls have revealed that most citizens have a very poor image of the police.

Question 13

According to the author,the police-community relations (PCR)movement had a tremendous effect on the philosophy and culture of most police departments.

Question 14

The Police Explorer program is aimed at senior citizens.

Question 15

The DARE program has received mixed reviews,and some departments have cut their programs,especially in these tight budget years.

Question 16

Given the difficult job the police have,it is easier for them to perform their duties if they have the support of the public.

Question 17

According to the author,the police should be seen by the community as:

A) an army of occupation.
B) mercenaries.
C) part of the community.
D) impartial enforcers of the law.

Question 18

Everything done with each other as human beings in all kinds of relationships is the definition of:

A) community relations.
B) public relations.
C) human relations.
D) incarceration.

Question 19

The police-community relations movement (PCR)developed out of the:

A) efforts at team policing in the 1970s.
B) efforts of police reform after the Wickersham Report.
C) riots and civil disorders of the 1960s.
D) the Rodney King incident of 199l.

Question 20

Police chaplain volunteers serve as liaisons with various religious institutions in the community.

Question 21

The U.S.Supreme Court case Zinermon v.Burch dealt with:

A) the elderly.
B) juveniles.
C) the mentally ill.
D) female incarceration.

Question 22

The Police Explorer program is part of the _____ organization.

A) Camp Fire
B) Boy Scouts of America
C) Police Athletic League
D) YMCA

Question 23

Which of the following people who live on the public streets can be described as street people?

A) the homeless
B) alcoholics
C) the mentally ill
D) all of these choices

Question 24

DARE is a program aimed at:

A) senior citizens.
B) children.
C) Americans with physical disabilities.
D) all Americans.

Question 25

What is the largest minority group in the United States?

A) Native Americans
B) German Americans
C) African Americans
D) Hispanics

Question 26

In a nationwide poll asking people how much confidence they have in the police,56 percent answered:

A) a great deal.
B) some.
C) very little.
D) none.

Question 27

Today,police departments have created numerous special programs to assist with the challenges faced by the aging population.One such program is:

A) AARP.
B) Explorers.
C) DARE.
D) Triad.

Question 28

What landmark 1954 Supreme Court case ended legal segregation of the races?

A) Mapp v.Ohio
B) Brown v.Mississippi
C) Brown v.Board of Education of Topeka
D) Board of Education v.Eisenhower

Question 29

James Q.Wilson said that the single most striking fact about the attitudes of citizens,both black and white,toward the police is that these attitudes generally are:

A) apathetic.
B) negative.
C) positive.
D) ambivalent.

Question 30

Most police officers feel that the public:

A) does not support the police.
B) appreciates the police.
C) respects but does not like the police.
D) has no opinion regarding the police.

Question 31

Most of the tension between police officers and members of minority groups has focused on police relationships with:

A) Hispanics.
B) Asians.
C) African Americans.
D) women.

Question 32

Triad is a joint partnership between the police and:

A) senior citizens.
B) gays.
C) Asian Americans.
D) African Americans.

Question 33

The Guardian Angels were formed in what city?

A) Houston
B) Dallas
C) New York City
D) San Diego

Question 34

Crime Stoppers originated in:

A) Albuquerque,New Mexico.
B) Boise,Idaho.
C) Miami,Florida.
D) Seattle,Washington.

Question 35

Another name for Neighborhood Watch programs is:

A) Crime Watch.
B) Block Watch.
C) Community Alert.
D) all of these choices

Question 36

As many as _____ million people are victims of violent or property crime in the United States annually.

A) 16
B) 31
C) 42
D) 20

Question 37

According to the author,one of the best ways to improve relationships between the police and minority groups is to:

A) enforce the law differentially against minority group members.
B) appoint a minority member as police chief.
C) ensure that minority groups are adequately represented in a jurisdiction's police department.
D) hold minority group members to a less strict standard of legal behavior.

Question 38

The human relations training program that is designed to provide participants an opportunity to learn more about themselves and their impact on others is called:

A) objectivity training.
B) sensitivity training.
C) behavior enlightenment.
D) participation training.

Question 39

The Police Explorer program is aimed at youths interested in:

A) camping and sleeping out of doors.
B) police work.
C) traveling to foreign cities.
D) none of the above.

Question 40

Crime Stoppers is a program in which police:

A) operate decoy programs where they dress like possible crime victims.
B) open up storefronts and pose as criminals who buy stolen property.
C) ask television and radio stations to publicize a "crime of the week" so citizens can call tips into a special police phone number.
D) all of these choices

Question 41

Typically,Police Explorers are required to work approximately _____ hours a month to maintain their eligibility,but they may work more hours if they wish.

A) 8
B) 12
C) 20
D) 40

Question 42

__________ is a name for crime prevention programs (also known as Crime Watch,Block Watch,or Community Alert programs)in which neighbors are supposed to watch over their blocks and alert the police to any suspicious or disorderly behavior.

Question 43

McGruff,the crime dog,and the "Take a Bite Out of Crime" program is an example of:

A) a police ride-along program.
B) a police mass media campaign.
C) a police storefront or mini-station program.
D) a citizen volunteer program.

Question 44

Everything done with each other as human beings in all kinds of relationships is called __________.

Question 45

Activities performed by police agencies designed to create a favorable image of themselves are called police __________.

Question 46

Recently,social media has played a valuable role in the crime fight as well as _____ between the police departments and their clients.

A) catching criminals
B) crime suppression programs
C) government intrusion
D) building relationships

Question 47

__________ are small police facilities in neighborhoods in which officers are stationed in order to engage in crime prevention programs with members of the community.

Question 48

A well-rounded chaplain program will attempt to have representatives from _____ religious groups.

A) all local
B) Christian
C) two main
D) nondenominational

Question 49

__________ programs involve engraving identifying numbers onto property such as bicycles,televisions,and other personal electronic items with the goal of returning the property to owners if and when it is stolen and then recovered by the police.

Question 50

One of the best-known citizen patrol groups,whose members wear distinctive red berets and T-shirts,is called the:

A) Red Berets.
B) Citizen Avengers.
C) Guardian Angels.
D) Good Samaritans.

Question 51

An experiment was conducted in __________ to determine the deterrent effect of various methods of handling domestic violence,including mandatory arrest.

Question 52

James Q.Wilson has written,"The single most striking fact about the attitudes of citizens,black and white,toward the police is that in general these attitudes are __________."

Question 53

National Night Out is in effect:

A) once a month.
B) twice a year.
C) once a year.
D) one week a year.

Question 54

The Guardian Angels group was formed by:

A) Curtis Sliwa.
B) Richard Hill.
C) Rick Patterson.
D) Logan Stout.

Question 55

Twenty-six percent of teens in romantic relationships report being intimidated and controlled with the assistance of ______________ and ____________________ sites.

Question 56

The program in which the police engrave identifying numbers onto property such as bicycles,televisions,and stereos is called:

A) Operation Engravement.
B) Operation Home Security.
C) Operation Crime Stop.
D) Operation Identification.