Deck 12: Future Issues in Criminal Justice Management

Question 1

The World Futures Studies Federation publishes

A)Futures Research Quarterly
B)The Futurist
C)Both a and b
D)Neither a nor b

Answer 1

Both a and b

Question 2

Who co-founded the Society of Police Futurists International?

A)William Tafoya
B)Sohail Inayatullah
C)Georgette Bennett
D)Roslyn Muraskin

Answer 2

William Tafoya

Question 3

Who predicted future crime trends in Crimewarps?

A)William Tafoya
B)Sohail Inayatullah
C)Georgette Bennett
D)Roslyn Muraskin

Answer 3

Georgette Bennett

Question 4

Who won the 2007 Stockholm Prize in criminology?

A)Albert Roberts
B)Gene Stephens
C)Georgette Bennett
D)Alfred Blumstein

Question 5

According to your author, which of the following issues has followed a straight-line change pattern?

A)training requirements
B)entry educational requirements
C)in-service educational achievements
D)all of the above

Question 6

Which Supreme Court case altered the standards by which police could use deadly force?

A)Terry v. Ohio
B)Gideon v. Wainwright
C)Weeks v. United States
D)none of the above

Question 7

Nepotism is a term that describes favoritism or bias towards

A)family
B)friends
C)political party
D)none of the above

Question 8

Which of the following would not be classified as an abuse of power?

A)arranging an unjustified arrest
B)failure to file income tax
C)seeking to deny opportunities for reasonable bail
D)denial of liberty by lengthy detention prior to trial

Question 9

This is the intentional performance of an official act or use of one's official powers to achieve an end which is circumstantially illegal, harmful and/or unjustified.

A)nonfeasance
B)misfeasance
C)malfeasance
D)none of the above

Question 10

Which of the following is true about media attention?

A)the media will be respectful to the people involved in a major crime
B)the media will be uncooperative even when given useful information, sensible direction and assistance
C)the media will go away if ignored by official sources
D)none of the above

Question 11

In 2011, an important negotiating battle between public unions and government took place in what state?

A)Alabama
B)Arizona
C)Wisconsin
D)Idaho

Question 12

Community Oriented Policing

A)continues to grow as a concept for policing
B)reaches out to community leaders
C)encourages police/citizen partnerships
D)all of the above

Question 13

Futuristics, as a discipline, only dates back to the 1960s

Question 14

Communications technologies in criminal justice have followed a "rise-plateau-crash" pattern of change

Question 15

The "crisis planner" type of manager anticipates problems and prepares for them before they occur

Question 16

The most predictable changes follow a cyclic or oscillating pattern

Question 17

Kurt Lewin describes "refreezing" as the process of making change-oriented decisions and beginning the process of implementation

Question 18

Showing favorable bias in public service on the basis of religion is ethical and legal

Question 19

Criminal justice managers must be concerned about some personal activities outside the workplace, even it they are legal

Question 20

Disobeying a lawful order could be considered a neglect of duty

Question 21

Even small criminal justice agencies must be prepared for the possibility of a disaster or crisis

Question 22

The media is never useful to a police department and can only cause problems

Question 23

Police unions arose in the United States in the 1960s

Question 24

Wisconsin was the first state to grant collective bargaining rights to public workers

Question 25

Ethical behavior is an important issue for criminal justice agencies. What are the most common patterns of ethical failures? Can you give a specific example for each? How can managers use training to address ethics issues?

Question 26

Criminal justice managers must be prepared to meet future challenges. What are some of the coming challenges identified by your authors? Which of these do you think is the most serious challenge managers will face?

Question 27

Public sector labor unions experienced resurgence in 2011. What factors do you think led to this resurgence and do you think there will be union growth in the coming years?