The Beaverton Police Department graffiti removal program:
a. was not cost-effective.
b. called for the prompt removal of graffiti anywhere it appeared.
c. targeted taggers because tagger graffiti is the majority of what they experienced.
d. offered rewards for information about graffiti vandals.
According to the text, to validate an evaluation conducted by survey, ______________
of the distributed surveys must be returned.
a. at least 20 percent
b. at least 60 percent
c. 85 percent
d. all
According to the text, the central goal of community policing is:
a. building trust.
b. community goals.
c. neighborhood watch.
d. SARA programs.
Which of the following is not one of the four stages of the SARA problem-solving
model?
a. scanning
b. analysis
c. reporting
d. assessment
Community prosecution philosophy calls on prosecutors to:
a. attend daily patrol briefings.
b. prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.
c. take a proactive approach.
d. develop collaboration with jails.
According to the text, plea bargaining, diversion, community alternatives to prison,
capital punishment, and victim’s rights are:
a. controversial issues in the criminal justice system that affect police”community
-partnerships.
b. issues within a police officer’s appropriate sphere of action.
c. proven methods of eliminating crime.
d. sustainable communities.
According to the text, this department document will be different for each department
and must be tailored to reflect the personnel within the department.
a. change document
b. mission statement
c. strategic plan
d. needs assessment
Police and media are mutually dependent upon each other. This is referred to as a
_______________ relationship.
a. codependent
b. symbiotic
c. parasitic
d. commensality
The communication process involves:
a. a sender.
b. a message.
c. a receiver.
d. all of the above
Eck suggests several nontraditional measures that indicate if a problem has been
affected by the intervention and include all of the following except:
a. reduced instances of repeat victimization.
b. reduced citizen fear related to the problem.
c. decreased citizen satisfaction.
d. increased profits for legitimate businesses in the target area.
According to the text, the goals of most police’school liaison programs include all
except:
a. improving police”youth relations.
b. preventing juvenile delinquency.
c. enforcing school regulations.
d. monitoring relations among police, school administrators, and teachers.
A police”media relationship survey found that the one factor most affecting this
relationship was:
a. accessibility to police data and personnel.
b. accessibility to victims.
c. both a and b
d. neither a nor b
Departments that have successfully implemented community policing generally have:
a. flattened the bureaucracy, resulting in fewer management positions and more line
-personnel.
b. empowered patrol officers to make decisions and problem-solve.
c. assigned permanent shifts and areas to allow officers and supervisors greater
knowledge about the citizens, businesses, and organizations in the neighborhoods where
they work.
d. all of the above
Dr. George Thompson is the founder of:
a. Verbal Judo.
b. Verbal Tae Kwon Do.
c. Verbal Karate.
d. Verbal Effectiveness.
In the first Newark Foot Patrol Experiment, positive results were reported by:
a. residents.
b. business owners.
c. both a and b
d. neither a nor b
Giving officers permanent assignments so they can get to know the citizens within their
area is part of the ____________ dimension.
a. philosophical
b. strategic
c. relative
d. progressive
Dispute resolution centers contracted by the Unified Court System of the State of New
York do all of the following except:
a. provide dispute resolution resources for local communities.
b. prevent escalation of disputes.
c. relieve the courts of matters not requiring judicial intervention.
d. teach individuals how to resolve their disputes through community class action
lawsuits.
The broken windows phenomenon signifies:
a. that people don”t care about the neighborhood.
b. an impending crime wave.
c. an ineffective police force.
d. all of the above
According to the text, contrary to conventional wisdom law enforcement is:
a. not open to research.
b. predictable.
c. unpredictable.
d. open to research.
Twentieth-century Southern law enforcement was essentially a direct outgrowth of the
19th-century:
a. carpetbaggers.
b. slave patrols.
c. Jim Crow laws.
d. slave threat.
The drug-war strategy that our nation has followed for the past 30 years:
a. includes more police, more interdiction, and more incarceration.
b. is less expensive today than in 1972 when the war on drugs began.
c. emphasizes treatment, prevention, and education.
d. has been proven to be very successful.
According to the text, bullying is more accurately termed:
a. peer child abuse.
b. psychopathic peer pressure.
c. pulling levers.
d. zero tolerance.
According to the text, as of August 2005, all 50 states require that the BAC of drivers
be less than:
a. 1.0
b. .08
c. .05
d. .80
The causes of violence as described in the book include all of the following except:
a. desensitization.
b. guns.
c. family cohesiveness.
d. drugs and alcohol.
The primary work unit in the professional model of policing is the:
a. citizen concern.
b. criminal issue.
c. organizational value.
d. incident.
Politicians rewarding those who voted for them with jobs or special privileges was
called:
a. the community system.
b. the progressive system.
c. the political system.
d. the patronage system.
In 1996, the FBI established what organization to combat terrorism?
a. Homeland Security
b. Counterterrorism Center
c. SEAL Teams
d. FEMA
The formation of communities such as Chinatowns, Little Italys, and Little Havanas is
an example of:
a. assimilation.
b. cultural pluralism.
c. acculturation.
d. racial profiling.
Police are guided by the _______________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which
guarantees the individual the right to a fair trial.
a. First
b. Second
c. Fourth
d. Sixth
Who was the Unabomber?
a. Ramzi Ahmed Yousef
b. Timothy McVeigh
c. Lucas Helder
d. Theodore Kaczynski
Which U.S. city developed the DARE program?
a. Los Angeles
b. Chicago
c. San Diego
d. Boston
Under a traditional police management structure, command officers and supervisors
have complete authority over:
a. communication.
b. subordinates
c. change.
d. structure.
Italian American, African American, and Asian American are examples of what is
sometimes known as the _____________ American.
a. pluralistic
b. hyphenated
c. ethnocentric
d. multicultural
Although crime newsletters make readers more aware of crime, they also generally
increase citizens’ fear of crime.
A theory called “the ecology of crime” explains how criminal opportunities are created
in neighborhoods.
August Vollmer and O.W. Wilson are credited with spearheading the “reform
movement,” which called for a drastic change in the organization and function of police
departments.
Mediation, sometimes called alternative dispute resolution (ADR), is shared problem
solving by parties in a dispute guided by a neutral person. Describe how police use this
in problem solving.
Answer:
Answer varies.
When the police separate the law-abiding, peaceful citizens from the murderous,
plundering villains who prey upon them, this is called the
____________________________________.
A new model of law enforcement proposed in 1998 by Larry Sherman is called
-community-oriented policing.
To prevent bullying, Dr. Olweus recommends parental encouragement that students
develop and maintain friendships.
The Department of Homeland Security established a five-level, color-coded threat
system used to communicate with public safety officials and the public at large.
Target hardening is a major component of CPTED.
TRIAD trains police about aging, communication techniques with elderly citizens,
-victimization of the elderly and management programs using older volunteers.
In 2005, the law Violence Against Women Act law was renewed for another 5 years.
Pulling levers refers to a multiagency law enforcement team imposing all available
sanctions on gang members who violate standards of behavior.
To prevent bullying, Dr. Olweus recommends consistent, nonphysical punishment of
students who misbehave.
________________ is changes to make crime more difficult, risky, less regarding or
less excusable and is one of the oldest forms of crime prevention.
One of the benefits to the community of implementing community policing includes a
-reduction in crime.
According to the FBI, ________________ involves violent acts or acts dangerous to
human life that violate the criminal laws of the United States or any state, or that would
be a -criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or any
state.
_________________ are ideals, experiences, and qualities that help young people make
wise decisions, choose positive paths, and grow up competent, caring, and responsible.
Community policing is an organizational strategy that emerged in the 1980s and 1990s
for dramatically improving the delivery of police services.