Deck 12: Community Policing: The Debate Continues

Question 1

The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is also known as the Crime Bill.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Some experts question whether activities that officers engage in under community policing are really an officer's responsibility.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The three corporate strategies for policing identified by Harvard's Executive Sessions on Policing are traditional policing, community policing, and problem-solving policing.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

A fusion center is an organization composed of federal, state, and local individuals with the purpose of homeland security.

Question 5

Which of the following was not one of the corporate strategies of policing described by the Executive Sessions on Policing?

A)team policing
B)strategic policing
C)community policing
D)problem-solving policing

Question 6

Many believe that modern community policing began with James Q.Wilson's and George Kelling's article "_____: The Police and Neighborhood Safety."

A)Littered Streets
B)Disorder
C)Broken Windows
D)Dangerous Streets

Question 7

In a resident officer program, a police officer works in the same neighborhood he or she lives in.

Question 8

The Executive Sessions on Policing, which studied community policing and problem-solving policing, were held at what university?

A)Stanford
B)Yale
C)University of Miami
D)Harvard

Question 9

The Department of Justice office of policing was established to administer the grant money provided by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 and to promote community-oriented policing.

Question 10

Community policing is a relatively new concept in policing.

Question 11

The move to community-oriented policing involves major changes in how traditional police organizations operate.

Question 12

The four elements of the problem-solving strategy are strengths, opportunities, response, and assessment.

Question 13

The authors of the seminal article "Broken Windows: Police and Neighborhood Safety" were James Q.Wilson and George Kelling.

Question 14

The biggest recent threat to community policing and, consequently, the biggest criticism of the initiatives that have taken place concern the current inability to keep police departments fully staffed and to keep the money flowing to these initiatives.

Question 15

Problem-solving policing emphasizes that many crimes are caused by _____ and attempts to deal with those problems rather than just responding to each criminal incident.

A)management problems
B)police personnel problems
C)teenagers
D)underlying social problems

Question 16

The Louisville Kentucky Metropolitan Police Department was recognized for a community policing program that improved calls involving mental illness.

Question 17

Problem-solving policing can be attributed to:

A)James Q.Wilson
B)Lee P.Brown
C)George Kelling
D)Herman Goldstein

Question 18

The concept of problem-oriented policing can be attributed to Herman Goldstein.

Question 19

Former President Bill Clinton campaigned that he would add 100,000 more police officers to protect communities throughout the United States.

Question 20

Almost all experts are enthusiastic about the idea and effectiveness of community policing.

Question 21

In "Broken Windows" and Police Discretion, Wilson and Kelling note that the community policing model _____ the use of police discretion among officers at all levels of the organization.

A)reduces and limits
B)contracts and discourages
C)expands and encourages
D)both a and b are correct

Question 22

Community-oriented policing strategies have proven successful in:

A)only cities with a population over 50,000
B)only cities with a population over 100,000
C)only cities with a population over 500,000
D)cities of all sizes

Question 23

The Regional Community Policing Institutes (RCPIs) are part of the _____ program.

A)TOPS
B)COPS
C)TASP
D)COGS

Question 24

"Signals" that communities and neighborhoods are encouraging crime are:

A)broken windows
B)disorder
C)decay
D)all are examples

Question 25

According to Herman Goldstein, traditional policing is:

A)incident driven
B)911 driven
C)patrol driven
D)service driven

Question 26

The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is part of the _____.

A)NIJ
B)FBI
C)president's cabinet
D)Chicago Police Department

Question 27

This new center focuses on anti-terrorism and in comprised of federal, state and local employees.

A)Fission
B)Center for anti-terrorism
C)Fusion
D)Homeland Security

Question 28

Analyzing crime issues to determine the underlying problems and addressing those underlying problems are referred to as:

A)zero tolerance policing
B)problem-solving policing
C)political-based policing
D)targeted policing

Question 29

Which U.S.President pledged to add an additional 100,000 officers if he was elected?

A)Obama
B)Bush
C)Clinton
D)Regan

Question 30

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) implemented a program to keep the thousands of farm laborers who are hired to work the fields safe while being transported to work sites, as there had been a large number of collisions with fatalities and injuries.This is an example of:

A)traditional policing
B)strategic policing
C)problem-oriented policing
D)none of the above

Question 31

What is the philosophy of empowering citizens and developing a partnership between the police and the community to work together to solve problems?

A)community policing
B)zero tolerance policing
C)political-based policing
D)neighborhood policing

Question 32

Who founded the National Center for Community Policing in East Lansing, Michigan?

A)Robert C.Trojanowicz
B)Logan Stout
C)Richard Hill
D)Rick D.Patterson

Question 33

Many believe that the modern state of community policing began with a seminal 1982 article entitled ______________________________.

Question 34

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department used problem-oriented policing to address an increase in robbery victimization among the Hispanic population.Police found most of these crimes occurred:

A)at the theaters
B)near the central parks
C)at little league baseball games
D)in parking lots near laundry facilities

Question 35

Which of the following is not part of the problem-oriented policing strategy?

A)scattering
B)analysis
C)response
D)assessment

Question 36

Community-oriented policing is an approach toward crime that addresses:

A)the strict adherence to the rule of law
B)the underlying causes of crime
C)zero tolerance
D)only minority populations

Question 37

The biggest threat to community policing efforts according to the author is:

A)the community not willing to accept officers
B)the budget of the police department
C)the officers not willing to interact with the community
D)constant calls for service preventing officers from providing community policing services

Question 38

What involves a continued reliance on traditional policing operations?

A)strategic policing
B)community policing
C)citizen-based policing
D)political-based policing

Question 39

____________ experiments are examples of the community policing model suggested by Wilson and Kelling in their broken windows approach to policing.

A)Foot patrol
B)SWAT team
C)Tactical Training Team (TTT)
D)Measured response

Question 40

Community policing has its roots in:

A)England
B)Chicago
C)New York
D)California

Question 41

Discuss the ways community policing is being or can be used in the fight against terror.

Question 42

The Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) provides assistance to ______ centers.

Question 43

____________________ states that unrepaired windows indicate to others that members of the community do not care about the quality of life in the neighborhood and are unlikely to get involved (and consequently, disorder and crime will thrive).

Question 44

The president responsible for the 1994 Crime Bill was ____________________.

Question 45

Name three of the programs administered and supported by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) of the U.S.Department of Justice and discuss them.

Question 46

The plan initiated in 1997 allowing police officers to receive 50 percent discounts and low-cost loans to purchase homes in "distressed" areas nationwide is called the ____________________.

Question 47

Discuss the importance of the research of scholars James Q.Wilson and George Kelling to the concept of community policing.

Question 48

Programs through which officers live in particular communities to strengthen relations between the police and the community are called ____________________.

Question 49

____________________ was established to administer the grant money provided by the 1994 Crime Bill and to promote community policing.

Question 50

____________________ involves officers thinking, not just responding to yet another call for duty.

Question 51

This philosophy of empowering citizens and developing a partnership between the police and the community to work together to solve problems is called ________________.

Question 52

Discuss the contributions of Herman Goldstein to the concept of problem-solving policing.

Question 53

The idea of problem-solving policing can be attributed to ____________________.

Question 54

Define community policing, and give three specific examples of actual community policing programs.

Question 55

Community policing seeks to replace our traditional methods of police patrol with a more ______approach.

Question 56

The seminal article in the Atlantic Monthly that many believe was responsible for the modern stage of community policing was written by _________________________.

Question 57

____________________ involves a continued reliance on traditional policing operations.

Question 58

Harvard's Executive Sessions on Policing identified three corporate strategies for policing that are presently guiding U.S.policing: (1) strategic policing, (2) community policing, and (3) _________________.

Question 59

Define problem-solving policing, and give three specific examples of actual problem-solving policing programs.

Question 60

______________________ provide regional training and technical assistance to law enforcement around the country regarding community policing.

Question 61

Name and discuss three features of the 1994 Crime Bill.

Question 62

What is the rationale behind problem-oriented policing?

Question 63

What is the rationale behind community policing?

Question 64

How does problem-oriented policing differ from traditional methods of policing?