Deck 7: Community Policing, Partnerships and Problem-Solving Policing

Question 1

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 preceding

Answer 1

E

Question 2

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

Answer 2

B

Question 3

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 3

D

Question 4

The crime triangle consists of

A) police, courts and corrections.
B) victim, offender and location.
C) the homeless, the elderly and the disabled.
D) community policing, problem-oriented policing and broken windows theory.
E) all of the above

Question 5

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 above

Question 6

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

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

Question 7

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 preceding

Question 8

What principle provides that, for everyone to receive justice, each person must relinquish some freedom?

A) bowling alone
B) participatory leadership
C) social contract
D) deinstitutionalization
E) integrated patrol

Question 9

The infectious disease that poses the lowest threat to law enforcement officers is

A) AIDS.
B) hepatitis.
C) tuberculosis.
D) meningitis.
E) they are all the same

Question 10

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

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

Question 11

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 preceding
E) none of the preceding

Question 12

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 preceding

Question 13

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) all of the preceding
E) none of the preceding

Question 14

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) both a and c
E) both b and c

Question 15

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2005, what percentage of the population was over the age of 65?

A) 50%
B) 25%
C) 30%
D) 12%
E) it could not be determined

Question 16

The roots of community policing may be traced back to

A) Babylonian law and the reign of King Hammurabi in 1770 BC.
B) the principles of policing set forth by Sir Robert Peel in the 1820s.
C) J. Edgar Hoover's reorganization of the FBI in the mid-1920s.
D) the formulation of Cohen and Felson's Routine Activities Theory in 1979.
E) passage of the 1994 Crime Bill.

Question 17

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 above

Question 18

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 19

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 preceding

Question 20

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 preceding

Question 21

The ____________________ is the concept that anyone can succeed through hard work and sacrifice.

Question 22

____ is considered the "father of problem-oriented policing."

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

Question 23

An area of a city in which people of a specific ethnic or racial group live in poverty.

A) institution
B) enclave
C) hotspot
D) ghetto
E) none of the preceding

Question 24

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

Question 25

Social capital exists on two levels: public and private.

Question 26

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 27

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

Question 28

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

Question 29

A component of community policing is

A) community wellness.
B) problem-oriented policing.
C) sobriety checkpoints.
D) all of the preceding
E) none of the preceding

Question 30

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

Question 31

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

Question 32

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

Question 33

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

Question 34

A major challenge presented by immigrants is

A) the language barrier.
B) unfamiliar customs.
C) a distrust of law enforcement.
D) all of the preceding
E) none of the preceding

Question 35

Homeless people are often a challenge to law enforcement because they are often victims.

Question 36

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

Question 37

In the United States, the gap between those who live in poverty and those who are more affluent is widening.

Question 38

Police/public partnerships exist on two levels: ____________________ and ____________________.

Question 39

Incivilities and social disorder occur when social control mechanisms have eroded.

Question 40

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 41

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

Question 42

Provide a comprehensive definition of community policing and briefly describe its historical roots.

Question 43

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

Question 44

Explain the challenges police departments face when implementing community strategies.

Question 45

Discuss the effect community policing is having on crime statistics.

Question 46

Illustrate and explain the crime triangle. Be sure to label each side and address the theory upon which it is based.

Question 47

Specific locations with high crime rates are known as ____________________.

Question 48

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

Question 49

Compare and contrast the community policing and traditional policing approaches.