The Combat Auto Theft (CAT) program allows the police to stop any car marked with a
-special decal:
a. between 8 P.M. and midnight.
b. between 1 A.M. and 5 A.M.
c. between 7 P.M. and 7 A.M. on the weekends.
d. anytime, any day of the week.
Police officers are most likely to obtain cooperation from citizens if they:
a. treat others with respect.
b. engage in process-oriented policing.
c. arrest the offender.
d. follow up on reports taken.
Norfolk, Virginia, cut homicides by more than 10 percent and reduced overall crime
rates citywide by 26 percent and in some neighborhoods by as much as 40 percent. A
good share of the credit goes to what crime prevention program?
a. PACE
b. NEAT
c. FAST
d. NCPC
The first strategic era of policing was known as the ________________ era.
a. community
b. progressive
c. reform
d. political
Epileptic seizure symptoms may include:
a. stiffening, jerking motions.
b. garbled, incoherent speech.
c. glassy-eyed staring and aimless wandering.
d. all of the above
Deinstitutionalization refers to:
a. an inmate’s release from prison.
b. providing support services for the retarded or mentally ill in the community rather
than in institutions.
c. renaming establishments to eliminate “institution” from the name.
d. making institutions more homelike for residents.
A condition characteristic that increases the likelihood that a child will avoid
delinquency iscalled:
a. a risk factor.
b. a protective factor.
c. a community factor.
d. an engagement factor.
While all skills are important to a law enforcement officer, according the text, all of the
-following skills are among the most important in the training of community policing
-officersexcept:
a. communication skills.
b. firearms skills.
c. leadership skills.
d. problem-solving skills.
The mission of the Problem-Oriented Policing Center is to advance the concept and
-practiceof:
a. the SARA model.
b. community-oriented policing.
c. problem-oriented policing.
d. traditional policing.
A purpose of explorer programs is:
a. to help police agencies develop favorable community relations.
b. to provide early recruitment opportunities for law enforcement agencies.
c. both a and b
d. neither a nor b
The theory that teaches that milder illicit drug usesuch as marijuanaleads directly to
experimentation with and addiction to hard drugs such as crack cocaine and heroin is
called:
a. addiction theory.
b. NSDUH theory.
c. weed & seed theory.
d. gateway theory.
If a law enforcement agency lies to the media, they risk:
a. being sued.
b. jeopardizing the investigation.
c. losing the public’s trust.
d. none of the above.
A major theme among media participants at a police”media workshop was their need to
get information from:
a. the victims of crime.
b. law enforcement.
c. the witnesses.
d. the suspects.
When comparing community and team policing, both have:
a. a neighborhood focus.
b. centralized decision making.
c. a crime attack model.
d. all of the above
According to the text, when evaluating the success of crime prevention programs, they
should be carefully examined for all of the following reasons except:
a. measuring what did not happen is nearly impossible.
b. crime is usually overreported.
c. the reduction in reported crime could be the result of the crime prevention program or
occur because the responsible criminal or criminals left town, went to jail on some other
charge, died, and so on.
d. crime can be influenced by everything from season and weather changes, school
truancy rates, and the flu.
At the time the Metropolitan Police Force was established in London, the United States
was still operating under:
a. a day-and-night watch system.
b. the frankpledge system.
c. the hue and cry system.
d. the tithing system.
________________ is a proactive program used by the police to identify critical
-infrastructure locations in Los Angeles and develop a multiagency response.
a. Watch LA
b. L.A.W.
c. Archangel
d. CompStat
A person who has a temporary breakdown in coping skills is:
a. mentally ill.
b. mentally retarded.
c. in crisis behavior.
d. contemplating suicide.
Citizen police academies:
a. have decreased in popularity.
b. educate the public about the nature of police work.
c. have not been shown to change community attitudes.
d. are having a major impact on police”community relationships.
Which of the following was not a result of the Baltimore County COPE Project?
a. a 10 percent reduction in citizens’ fear of crime
b. an increase in calls for service
c. increased citizen awareness of and satisfaction with the police
d. improved police officer attitudes
When introducing any innovation, the most difficult “adopters” to convince are the:
a. late adopters.
b. late majority.
c. innovators.
d. tertiary adopters.
According to the text, youth have traditionally been included in police”community
programs that include all the following except:
a. police athletic leagues.
b. private patrols.
c. DARE programs.
d. police explorer programs.
The average citizen holds many mistaken beliefs about police work due to television
shows that portray the police as playing “fast and loose” with the truth. This is called:
a. media bias.
b. the CSI effect.
c. factual documentation.
d. a negative image portrayal.
Chermak and Weiss recommended: “Law enforcement agencies should implementand
devise broad marketing strategies to increase public awareness and involvementin
-community policing activities.” Which of the following was not one of their
recommendations?
a. Increase the amount of personnel and monetary resources to more effectively market
community policing.
b. Broaden the training curriculum to include a discussion of more effective ways to
market community policing.
c. Tell their stories of police contact to at least three other people.
d. Conduct research that can effectively evaluate whether implementing a broad
marketing strategy is effective.
The beat for which a patrol officer is given responsibility should be:
a. large and well-defined geographically.
b. small and rotated periodically.
c. large and rotated periodically.
d. small and well-defined geographically.
________________ assumes that all people within a specific group are the same; they
lack individuality.
a. Racism
b. Cultural diversity
c. Stereotyping
d. Racial profiling
According to the text, the Society of Professional Journalists contends that:
a. law enforcement should share all information.
b. law enforcement should allow the media inside during interrogations.
c. the practice of telling victims they don”t have to talk to journalists will interfere with
news gathering.
d. communities should receive real-time crime information.
Enforcement responses to reduce speeding include all of the following except:
a. increasing speed limits.
b. enforcing speeding laws.
c. use of photo radar.
d. using speed display boards.
All of the following are suggested response strategies to drive-by shootings identified
by the text except:
a. targeting the activity, not the individual.
b. reducing weapons availability.
c. identifying situations in which violence may occur.
d. targeting the individuals.
In 1914, the Harrison Act made ________________ certain drugs illegal.
a. buying
b. selling
c. using
d. all of the above
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.
The Community Policing Consortium is:
a. an online “chat room” for law enforcement officers involved in community policing.
b. an evaluation board of retired law enforcement administrators who assess the
-effectiveness of various community policing efforts throughout the nation.
c. a partnership of five police organizations that provides training in community
policing to agencies throughout the United States.
d. an internship program that partners police academy cadets with active-duty
community policing officers.
In addition to individual counseling program approaches, environmental changes can
also reduce the alcohol-related death toll. These include:
a. making it illegal to drive after any drinking if one is under 21.
b. increasing the number of liquor outlets near colleges so students won”t have to drive.
c. voluntary screening of persons convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol.
d. lowering the legal blood-alcohol limit to .02.
As the text indicates, gun violence is considered a:
a. terrible act in which offenders should receive maximum sentences.
b. four-phase continuum.
c. three-phase continuum.
d. two-phase continuum.
A community may be concerned about street prostitution for a number of reasons,
including:
a. moral concerns.
b. civil rights concerns.
c. spillover effect concerns.
d. all of the above
According to the text, law enforcement frequently works with the Guardian Angels to
help protect citizens from criminal activity.
____________ isomorphism occurs when an organization copies or imitates another.
________________ is an organization that provides training materials that emphasize
-community policing from a local perspective, community partnerships, problem
solving, strategic planning, and assessment.
Explain how the conservative and liberal crime control strategies differ and why. Which
do you think is more effective?
Answer:
Answer varies.
The focus of restorative justice is on establishing blame and guilt.
A school should be viewed as a _________________, not as an institution.
________________ are good, solid information that is stated briefly, within 7 to 12
seconds.
Departments might free up time for partnerships without expense through effective call
-management or call reduction.
The first step in problem-oriented policing is to move beyond just handling incidents. It
calls for recognizing that incidents are often merely overt symptoms of problems.
Describe current attempts by the government to use legislation as a tool in the War on
-Substance Abuse.
Answer:
Answer varies.
One of the four general principles that define community policing is community
engagement.
A/an ________________ is a criminal offense committed against a person, property, or
-society that is motivated by racial bias and involve violence.
The _________________ program, focusing on high-risk youth, is a family counseling
-service in Livermore, California that operates out of the local police department.
Animal abuse is a predictor of other violence and abusive behavior.
______________ is the concept proposing that criminals tend to commit acts of crimes
within a comfort zone located near but not too close to their residence.