Deck 3: The Changing Meaning of Community

Question 1

Which of the following changes have had a dramatic impact on community life and have altered the very nature of modern communities?

A)technological
B)economic
C)communicative
D)all of the above

Answer 1

all of the above

Question 2

Donald R.Fessler (1967) defined community as:

A)any area in which people with a common culture share common interests
B)an area of interests only
C)an area that needs security only
D)none of the above

Answer 2

any area in which people with a common culture share common interests

Question 3

The ____________ technique relied on identifying central locators such as business, churches, and school, and then drawing the community's boundary lines by finding those living the furthest away who still used those services.

A)Tönnies
B)zoning
C)Chicago School
D)community relationships

Answer 3

Chicago School

Question 4

A ____________ is a physical area where "there is a collective life that emerges from the social networks that have arisen among the residents and the sets of institutional arrangements that overlap these networks."

A)neighborhood
B)community
C)virtual community
D)virtual neighborhood

Question 5

Albert Hunter argued that both language and shared symbols help identify what he called the ____________.

A)virtual community
B)natural community
C)neighborhood
D)community

Question 6

_________ refers to human settlements within a fixed location.

A)Social relations
B)Social relations and interactions
C)Geographical aspect
D)Social interactions

Question 7

All of the following are elements of a community EXCEPT:

A)shared culture
B)social interaction
C)legal entity
D)stationary buildings

Question 8

A ____________ is a communicative network of people who interact through technologies for social proposes and to exchange information and ideas about mutual interests.

A)virtual community
B)natural community
C)community
D)virtual neighborhood

Question 9

In building a sense of community, community policing can:

A)reduce the fear of crime
B)encourage participation by the community
C)be a supportive source of change
D)all of the above

Question 10

Age is a factor that affects sense of community.According to the text, the _______ generation has rejected the traditional work ethic of the past.

A)X
B)Z
C)X, Y, and Z
D)all of the above

Question 11

Age is a factor that affects sense of community.According to the text, the _______ generation has the inability to find affordable housing and to obtain meaningful employment and educational levels.

A)X
B)Z
C)X, Y, and Z
D)all of the above

Question 12

In the virtual community, people communicate and exchange ideas through various media, which consist of:

A)U.S.Postal service
B)telephones
C)e-mails and chat rooms
D)All of the above are virtual communications.

Question 13

According to the text, there are several social classes within the community.Most communities are comprised of:

A)working class
B)under class
C)upper class
D)all of the above

Question 14

According to the text, U.S.cities have become poorer due to:

A)the great white influx
B)the great Latino flight
C)blockbusting
D)all of the above

Question 15

Community of interest is not bound by geographic location due to:

A)affordable technology
B)the internet
C)automobiles
D)all of the above

Question 16

There is the danger that jargon can cause confusion, both inside and outside a profession.

Question 17

The definition of community has not evolved to take into account the changing nature of communities themselves.

Question 18

The term "community" is perhaps one of the most difficult concepts to define and one of the most abused terms in modern sociology and criminology.

Question 19

Community always refers to an area, location, or neighborhood.

Question 20

Robert Park was perhaps the first sociologist to make an important distinction about communities.

Question 21

Keller saw neighborhoods as being marked by "boundaries-either physical or symbolic and usually both-where streets, railway lines, or parks separate off an area and its inhabitants or where historical and social traditions make people view an area as a distinctive unit."

Question 22

Communities are defined as much by who and what they exclude as they are by who and what they include.

Question 23

Community has been referred to as a quality of particular types of social interrelations where the phrases "sense of community" and "community spirit" capture the essence of this usage.

Question 24

Some of the most popular forms of virtual communities are hosted on commercial websites like Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace.

Question 25

Web portals allow near instant access to potentially thousands of end users and they allow for a direct means of communication back to the agency.

Question 26

The multinational corporations and the "McDonaldization" of businesses have not had an effect upon the local communities or their sense of community.

Question 27

According to the text, policing can afford to use arrest rates, service calls, crime rates, and the issuance of traffic tickets as the measures of their success.

Question 28

White flight from cities was the result of a notoriously unethical real estate practice, called blockbusting.

Question 29

It is important for community policing officers and police executives to be able to identify where a community exists within their legal jurisdiction.This knowledge is essential for the assignment of officers, the collection of information about people's needs, and the provision of community services.

Question 30

A community is solely defined by its geographic characteristics.

Question 31

List and describe five elements of a community.

Question 32

List and discuss five roles of the police in building a sense of community.

Question 33

What has affected the status quo of communities since the end of World War II? List and explain the factors affecting our society?

Question 34

How can technology be used to communicate within a department as well as the community? List and describe the methods of technology that can be utilized by law enforcement.

Question 35

Explain the three-tiered hierarchy of a community based on class.How do the different classes affect sense of community?