Deck 16: What Research Tells Us and a Look to the Future

Question 1

The NIJ's Locally Initiated Research Partnerships in Policing usually involves partnerships between the local police department or other law enforcement agency and

A)elementary schools throughout the state.
B)a local university.
C)local community corrections.
D)national crime prevention organizations such as MADD.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

According to the text,contrary to conventional wisdom law enforcement is

A)not open to research.
B)predictable.
C)unpredictable.
D)open to research.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

______________ isomorphism occurs when organizations adopt something due to pressure either from the state or other organizations.

A)Normative
B)Coercive
C)Refractive
D)Mimetic

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The problems that have been associated with police research have been related to

A)the lack of department support of the research.
B)the lack of community involvement in the research.
C)the current exclusionary style of conducting research by academics who are more interested in generating publications than in providing useful information for departments.
D)None of the above

Question 5

Predictive policing operates under the premise that

A)crime is not predictable.
B)criminal activity can be accurately predicted.
C)crime is completely random.
D)police can be given probabilistic information about where to go and who to police.

Question 6

______________ isomorphism results from professionalism,with influences coming from such organizations as the Police Executive Research Forum.

A)Normative
B)Coercive
C)Refractive
D)Mimetic

Question 7

According to the text,to validate an evaluation conducted by survey,______________ of the distributed surveys must be returned.

A)at least 20%
B)at least 60%
C)85%
D)all

Question 8

According to the text,all of the following are ways a law enforcement agency can use data from research except:

A)To justify equipment purchases
B)For grant applications
C)For disciplinary decisions
D)For hiring decisions

Question 9

When departments are involved in the creation of surveys,they are more likely to use the research.This is an example of

A)process research.
B)action research.
C)partner research.
D)practical research.

Question 10

The Police Foundation conducted the classic Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment,which showed that increasing or decreasing the level of routine preventive patrol-the backbone of police work-had ______________ on crime,fear of crime,or citizen satisfaction with police services.

A)marked positive effect
B)no appreciable effect
C)a negative effect
D)determined that further study was necessary to determine if there was an effect

Question 11

Which organization for law enforcement research is a national membership organization created by and for the states,dedicated to improving the criminal justice system through effective application of information and identification technology?

A)JRSA
B)Police Foundation
C)PERF
D)SEARCH

Question 12

The Action Research Model is

A)a cyclical, multistep process.
B)a nomination process for research topics.
C)a process of development for grant-initiated research.
D)the implementation process of the research.

Question 13

Experts in police research have made a number of recommendations to improve police-researcher coordination.Which of the following is not one of those recommendations discussed in the text?

A)Law enforcement agencies should partner with only seasoned researchers to carefully design research.
B)Law enforcement agencies should train their leaders in evaluating potential research to ensure their ability to identify suitable research partners and to recognize relevant research topics.
C)Agencies should establish regular forums through which their own research interests and priorities are communicated.
D)Law enforcement agencies should be willing to initiate research partnerships on regional, national, and local levels.

Question 14

At the heart of experimental design are the experimental and control conditions,which are

A)random.
B)calculated.
C)intentional.
D)selective.

Question 15

Most research on community policing strategies shows ______________ effects on crime rates,drug abuse and trafficking,and fear of crime.

A)overwhelmingly positive
B)fairly positive and statistically significant
C)only modest and statistically insignificant
D)absolutely no

Question 16

______________ isomorphism occurs when an organization copies or imitates another.

A)Normative
B)Coercive
C)Refractive
D)Mimetic

Question 17

Experiments in criminal justice raise ethical as well as ______________ issues.

A)quality
B)objectivity
C)subjectivity
D)privacy

Question 18

What organization is a think tank focusing on issues of crime and justice?

A)Justice Research Association
B)Police Foundation
C)PERF
D)SEARCH

Question 19

This organization was created in 1979 to enhance law enforcement as a profession and to improve law enforcement:

A)IACP
B)NOBLE
C)CALEA
D)PERF

Question 20

To evaluate the effectiveness of specific community policing strategies,police departments should consider data from all of the following except:

A)The health care system
B)Schools
C)Community surveys
D)Homeless shelters

Question 21

Predictive policing can be location based or _______ based.

A)time
B)crime
C)day of the week
D)person

Question 22

A fundamental premise of predictive policing is

A)crime occurs sporadically.
B)crime is based on personality traits.
C)crime is not randomly distributed.
D)crime is completely predictable.

Question 23

According to the text,this research method emphasizes full participation in the research by everyone directly affected by the process and results

A)partnership research.
B)random assignment.
C)action research.
D)experimental design.

Question 24

One of the best models for police-researcher alliance is an action research approach.This approach was first used by Lewin in what decade?

A)1970s
B)1960s
C)1950s
D)1940s

Question 25

Criminologist Larry Sherman proposed a new model of law enforcement called

A)action policing.
B)community-based policing.
C)evidence-based policing.
D)None of the above

Question 26

According to the text,what do most experts believe will have the most profound impact on the collective ability of the federal,state,and local governments to protect the United States?

A)Asymmetric threats
B)Technological innovations
C)Domestic terrorism
D)Global terrorism

Question 27

Which research foundation has created a center for survey research?

A)JRSA
B)Police Foundation
C)PERF
D)SEARCH

Question 28

Predictive policing involves how many stages?

A)Six
B)Three
C)Eight
D)Four

Question 29

According to the text,which of these community policing tenets are of increased importance when facing budget cuts that reduce the number of officers on the street?

A)Community partnerships
B)Organizational transformation
C)Problem solving
D)All are correct.

Question 30

Crime statistics are the only way to sufficiently evaluate the effectiveness of the community policing strategy.

Question 31

A new model of law enforcement proposed in 1998 by Larry Sherman is called community-oriented policing.

Question 32

According to the text,this research method involves the random assignment of individuals to experimental (treatment)and control (no treatment)conditions:

A)Partnership research
B)Random assignment
C)Action research
D)Experimental design

Question 33

Experiments in criminal justice raise what kind of issues?

A)Ethical and privacy issues
B)Crime rate and reduction
C)Ethical and cultural
D)Privacy and exploitation

Question 34

Research has shed little light on the types of community policing activities in which various departments across the country are engaged.

Question 35

One ethical issue raised when conducting research is

A)evaluation bias by the researchers.
B)high costs of research.
C)denying the control group "treatment."
D)lack of transparency with the public.

Question 36

Assistance in experiments in criminal justice is available through the NIJ's Locally Initiated Research Partnerships in Policing.

Question 37

Predictive policing is driven by

A)data.
B)community input.
C)police monitor reports.
D)budget.

Question 38

According to the text,surveys can be conducted

A)in person.
B)on the phone.
C)by mail.
D)All of the above

Question 39

The predictive policing model cycle starts with

A)data analysis.
B)police intervention.
C)data collection.
D)target response.

Question 40

Much of what is known about community policing derives from case studies of community policing practices in cities throughout the country.

Question 41

Experiments in criminal justice raise both ethical and privacy issues.

Question 42

In the NIJ's Locally Initiated Research Partnerships in Policing,partners share responsibility throughout the entire project,jointly selecting an area of interest and collaborating on the research design,and implementation and interpretation of findings.

Question 43

The COPS Office has increased the number of sworn officers per capita by 3% nationwide and has also had a significant effect on the adoption of new and effective police practices.

Question 44

As stated by the authors,most experts believe that technological innovation will have the most profound impact on the collective ability of the federal,state,and local governments to protect the United States.

Question 45

______________ means "similar in structural characteristics" and results in a one-size-fits-all approach to community policing.

Question 46

As pointed out in the text,contrary to conventional wisdom,law enforcement agencies are actually quite open to the research process.

Question 47

At the heart of ______________ is the random assignment of individuals to experimental and control conditions.

Question 48

______________ research emphasizes full participation by everyone directly affected by the process and results.

Question 49

____________ isomorphism occurs when an organization copies or imitates another.

Question 50

Experiments in criminal justice raise ______________issues as well as privacy issues.

Question 51

Globalization and the trend toward a decreasingly networked world economy will become more pronounced within the next five years.

Question 52

According to the text,an ethical issue in police research is to deny the new processes to a "control group."

Question 53

______________ isomorphism occurs when organizations adopt something as a result of pressure either from the state or other organizations.

Question 54

Mimetic isomorphism occurs when an organization copies or imitates another organization.

Question 55

______________ isomorphism results from professionalism,with influences coming from such organizations as PERF and IACP.

Question 56

According to the text,when reading case studies,one can have reasonable confidence about the kinds of steps taken by the police in a neighborhood to provide accessibility,improve responsiveness,and increase communication with residents.

Question 57

The effectiveness of community policing is often measured using ______________ for a given jurisdiction.

Question 58

Hundreds of agencies across the United States and Canada have become ______________ ,and more are going through the process every year.

Question 59

In reality,______________ is more a philosophy than a model to use when confronted with an issue or problem.

Question 60

Surveys may be used to determine what citizens believe are a neighborhood's main problems.

Question 61

_________________ is an important way to measure crime in a community.

Question 62

Illustrate and explain the Action Research Model,labeling each step.

Question 63

What role should research play in community policing?

Question 64

________________________ uses an algorithm to convert crime data into crime forecasting in the same way modeling technology is used by meteorologists to predict weather events.

Question 65

To validate an evaluation conducted by survey,____% of distributed surveys must be returned

Question 66

If departments want more effective approaches to evaluating community policing efforts,it is especially important to use data collected and maintained by _______________ agencies other than law enforcement agencies.