Deck 7: Policing After 9/11: Traditional, community And Data-driven Policing

Question 1

In the SARA model,the strategy that groups individual incidents into meaningful "problems" is _________.

A) analyzing
B) assessing
C) responding
D) scanning
E) solving

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Social capital exists on two levels: public and private.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Which of the following is a major component of community policing?

A) proactive
B) partnerships
C) philosophical
D) citizens
E) all of the other choices

Answer 3

E

Question 4

A community ombudsman consists of citizens who meet to review complaints filed against the police department or against individual officers.

Question 5

Problem-oriented policing requires __________.

A) a reactive approach
B) a narrow, focused search for solutions
C) grouping like incidents together to be addressed as a common problem
D) a reactive approach; a narrow, focused search for solutions; and grouping like incidents together to be addressed as a common problem
E) none of the other choices

Question 6

Our society deems the public's right to know so important that the media operates without censorship but are subject to legal action if they publish untruths.

Question 7

The "public peace" in the United States is established by __________.

A) the U.S. Constitution
B) the Bill of Rights
C) federal and state statutes
D) local ordinances
E) all of the other choices

Question 8

The police and the media share the common goal of serving the public.

Question 9

The criminal justice system was established in an effort to _________.

A) live in peace
B) live free from fear
C) live free from the threat of violence
D) live free from the fear of crime
E) all of the other choices

Question 10

Police officers must understand and be a part of the community to fulfill their mission.

Question 11

Problem solving requires that police _________.

A) focus harder on the law enforcement perspective in seeking solutions to problems
B) identify underlying causes of problems in the community
C) employ better investigative techniques
D) focus harder on the law enforcement perspective in seeking solutions to problems and employ better investigative techniques
E) identify underlying causes of problems in the community and employ better investigative techniques

Question 12

The bowling alone phenomenon suggests that if no one cares,crime and disorder will continue.

Question 13

A popular yet controversial means to improve police-community relations is __________.

A) citizen police academies
B) neighborhood watch programs
C) police ride-along programs
D) citizen patrols

Question 14

Problem-oriented policing is an essential component of community policing.

Question 15

Problem-solving policing and community policing are never equated.

Question 16

Private sector officers are not afforded the same protections as public officers even though they may face similar situations.

Question 17

In the United States,individual freedom and rights are balanced with __________.

A) the need to protect individual freedoms
B) the need to establish and maintain order
C) the need to control the cost of policing
D) the desires of the majority of the citizenry
E) all of the other choices

Question 18

Intelligence-led policing (ILP)is a methodical approach to prevent,detect and disrupt crime,including terrorist activities.

Question 19

Since the 1980s,__________ has been a dominant innovation in American policing.

A) the war on drugs
B) the invention of AFIS
C) DNA
D) community policing

Question 20

In the SARA model,the strategy that selects and implements solutions is _________.

A) analyzing
B) assessing
C) responding
D) scanning
E) solving

Question 21

Police/public partnerships exist on two levels: __________ and _________.

Question 22

In policing,which of the following is the role of a community ombudsman?

A) to act as a liaison between the police and the residents
B) to make policy recommendations to the police
C) to make policy recommendations to the mayor
D) to make policy recommendations to city council
E) all of the other choices

Question 23

All are common mistakes in problem-oriented policing except __________.

A) spending too much energy on unimportant details
B) failing to resolve important issues
C) being secretive about true feelings
D) all are common mistakes

Question 24

The departmental-wide strategy aimed at solving persistent community problems in which police identify,analyze and respond to the underlying circumstances that create incidents is known as __________.

A) community policing
B) police-oriented policing
C) problem-oriented policing
D) normal policing

Question 25

Police-community partnerships usually result in more effective solutions to problems associated with crime because of _________.

A) shared resources
B) shared goals
C) shared responsibility
D) all of the other choices

Question 26

Citizen's Police Academies are designed to __________.

A) train the police to have better police-community communication
B) allow police to preview potential police applicants
C) familiarize citizens with law enforcement duties and roles
D) provide entertainment for communities
E) operate programs to rehabilitate delinquent youth

Question 27

The policing style whereby officers focus on determining the underlying causes of crime and identifying solutions is called __________.

Question 28

The two levels of social capital are __________.

A) victim and offender
B) local and public
C) public and private
D) police and community
E) adult and youth

Question 29

CompStat became fully operational in 1994 in the __________.

A) Chicago Police Department
B) Los Angeles Police Department
C) Atlanta Police Department
D) New York Police Department

Question 30

In the _________ model,the police and the public share responsibility for the causes of crime,the fear of crime,and the actual crime.

Question 31

A component of community policing is _________.

A) community wellness
B) problem-oriented policing
C) sobriety checkpoints
D) community wellness, problem-oriented policing and sobriety checkpoints
E) none of the other choices

Question 32

Key elements of community policing include which of the following?

A) Finding the quickest solution to problems that come to the attention of police.
B) Viewing problems as causing harm to both citizens and police.
C) Making sure that analyzing problems isn't so consuming that they never get solved.
D) Hearing from all segments of the community before police respond to community problems.
E) all of the other choices

Question 33

__________ requires police to group incidents and,thereby,identify underlying causes of problems in the community.

Question 34

The broken-window phenomenon suggests that __________

A) broken windows is a signal of community unrest
B) all buildings with broken windows that remain unrepaired will eventually become crack houses
C) disorder and crime thrive when it appears that "no one cares"
D) police should increase patrols in areas where there is substandard housing
E) none of the other choices

Question 35

In the SARA model,the strategy that collects information from all available sources,not just police data,is __________.

A) analyzing
B) assessing
C) responding
D) scanning
E) solving

Question 36

What do private security officers and police have in common?

A) In certain instances, they both can make arrests.
B) They are both salaried with private funds.
C) Their uniforms and badges must be similar.
D) They both can carry concealed weapons.
E) all of the other choices.

Question 37

__________ coined the term "problem-oriented policing."

A) Peel
B) Hoover
C) Goldstein
D) McGruff
E) Goodall

Question 38

Scanning,analyzing,responding and assessing are elements of __________.

A) the SARA model
B) community policing
C) problem-oriented policing
D) problem-solving policing

Question 39

Which is not a key element of problem-solving policing?

A) Problems cause harm to police as well as citizens.
B) Addressing problems means more than a quick fix.
C) Analysis of problems must be thorough.
D) The way the problem is currently being handled must be understood.
E) all are key elements

Question 40

A __________ consists of citizens who meet to review complaints filed against the police department or against individual officers.

Question 41

A policing strategy whereby community-based policing is combined with a strategy of aggressive enforcement is called __________.

Question 42

Provide a comprehensive definition of community policing.

Question 43

Guards,armed couriers,and central alarm respondents are examples of __________.

Question 44

In __________ each individual has a voice in decisions,but top management still has the ultimate decision-making authority.

Question 45

Explain the challenges police departments face when implementing community strategies.

Question 46

__________ takes what has been shown,through scientific research,to be effective and applies it to real-world policing.

Question 47

Compare and contrast the community policing and traditional policing approaches.

Question 48

__________ takes what has been shown,through scientific research,to be effective and applies it to real-world policing.

Question 49

Discuss the resistance to community policing and list reasons for such resistance.

Question 50

Outline and discuss the most important considerations in selecting strategies to implement community policing.