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According to the text, _______________ distribute wholesale quantities of drugs.
a. local street gangs
b. sophisticated criminal networks
c. organized street gangs
d. prison gangs
According to the text, some practitioners view community policing and
problem-oriented policing as two:
a. short-term solutions.
b. long-term solutions.
c. opposing approaches.
d. definite approaches to policing.
According to the text, what do most experts believe will have the most profound impact
onthe collective ability of the federal, state, and local governments to protect the
UnitedStates?
a. asymmetric threats
b. technological innovations
c. domestic terrorism
d. global terrorism
Hate crimes are:
a. offenses committed against a person, property, or society that is motivated by an
offender's bias against an individual's or group's race, religion, ethnic/national origin,
gender, or sexual orientation.
b. not actually crimes because people can"t help their prejudices.
c. justifiable under the First Amendment (freedom of expression).
d. both b and c
Property identification projects are aimed at:
a. deterring burglary.
b. returning property that is stolen when deterrence fails.
c. both a and b
d. neither a nor b
The first guiding principle of the Department of Homeland Security is to protect:
a. citizens of the United States.
b. key government officials.
c. key infrastructure.
d. civil rights.
The amount of eye contact while speaking varies in the United States. According to the
text, which ethnic group maintains the lowest eye contact while speaking?
a. Caucasian
b. African Americans
c. Hispanic
d. Asian
According to the text, the transition to community policing is made easier by:
a. officers who accept orders unquestioningly.
b. recognition of the importance of intrinsic rewards.
c. the need to provide fewer services with more resources.
d. all of the above
Who shares the same goals as law enforcement?
a. citizens
b. government
c. private security
d. all of the above
Marijuana use is significantly more prevalent among teen drivers than:
a. oxycontin.
b. alcohol.
c. methamphetamine.
d. cocaine.
The largest online safety group that provides help for online victims of crime is:
a. the Guardian Angels.
b. WiredSafety.
c. Net Safe.
d. Citizens Against Internet Predators.
Outsourcing of police work is usually found:
a. in large communities.
b. where there is a good relationship between agencies.
c. in small departments.
d. none of the above
According to the text, an organization with fewer lieutenants and captains, fewer staff
-departments, fewer staff assistants, more sergeants, and more patrol officers is an
example ofan organization that is:
a. well rounded.
b. flat.
c. top-heavy.
d. decentralized.
In the Flint Neighborhood Foot Patrol Program:
a. communication with citizens was a primary objective.
b. officers were given great discretion.
c. both a and b
d. neither a nor b
The nationwide program that encourages residents to turn on their porch lights, go
outside, and meet their neighbors is:
a. National Night Out.
b. Crime Stoppers.
c. the McGruff "Take a Bite Out of Crime" program.
d. Operation Crime Watch.
Peel, when appointed as home secretary, proposed that unpaid citizen volunteers be
enlisted to serve as:
a. police officers.
b. night watch.
c. street watchers.
d. hue and cry callers.
According to the text, news sources base their coverage of crime on the concept of:
a. a competitive edge.
b. top billing.
c. crime sells.
d. the police visibility beat.
The law that evidence gathered in an illegal search and seizure could not be used
against the defendant was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in which 1914 case?
a. Weeks v. United States
b. Miranda v. Arizona
c. Terry v. Ohio
d. Gideon v. Wainwright
Developing conflict prevention strategies in dealing with gang problems in schools
means that:
a. teachers should be trained to recognize and deal with gang members in
nonconfrontational ways.
b. once identified, gang members should be expelled.
c. all students should be informed of the names of those suspected of being gang
affiliated.
d. uniformed officers should be assigned to patrol halls and school grounds on a
continual basis during school hours.
Female gang members:
a. are decreasing in number nationwide.
b. are often drug dependent and physically abused.
c. generally hold positions of power within the gang.
d. comprise nearly 40 percent of gang membership.
The Fourth Amendment protects _______________ when discussing video
surveillance.
a. people not places
b. places
c. law enforcement in public
d. governments
According to the text, the idea of community corrections has been steadily moving
forward since the:
a. 1970s.
b. 1960s.
c. 1980s.
d. 1990s.
In June 2012 the FBI initiated a three-day law enforcement action that resulted in the
-recovery of 79 children. This operation was called:
a. Operation Missing Child.
b. Operation Child Safe.
c. Operation Cross Country.
d. Operation Bring Them Home.
The Governors Highway Safety Association, in a 2012 report Speeding and Aggressive
-Driving, makes recommendations that include:
a. aggressive driving enforcement.
b. targeted enforcement.
c. promote best practices in automated enforcement strategies.
d. all of the above
Which of the following best describes an ethics-check question ?
a. Is it balanced?
b. Will anybody find out?
c. Is it cost-effective?
d. all of the above
Negative contacts:
a. are unpleasant interactions between the police and the public.
b. occur when an officer performs poorly at the firing range.
c. result when investigators are unable to develop leads.
d. none of the above
________________ is a law enforcement"led strategy whereby local police direct
intensive patrols to specific geographic areas with high rates of gun-related incidents of
violence.
a. Gun interdiction
b. Concentrated patrol
c. Target patrol
d. Specific target patrol
In what year was the first "war" on drugs declared?
a. 1965
b. 1970
c. 1973
d. 1985
The use of drug sting operations is one of the strategies police have used in order to
reduce the demand for drugs. These operations have sometimes been criticized because:
a. they focus on the user, not the dealer.
b. they are ineffective.
c. they may be considered entrapment.
d. they are too dangerous.
Selective enforcement is:
a. the opposite of discretion.
b. the use of police discretion.
c. necessary because people expect all laws to be enforced.
d. the principle involved in random sobriety checks.
In the context of community policing efforts, a critical mass is:
a. the minimum number of officers needed to effectively implement the community
policing philosophy.
b. that segment of the community that believes community policing is 'soft on crime"
and, consequently, ineffective.
c. a group of individuals with high levels of social engagement and, thus, who are more
-effective in solving a community's problems.
d. the faction within a police department itself that resists community policing,
considering it to be 'soft on crime."
At the heart of experimental design are the experimental and control conditions, which
are:
a. random.
b. calculated.
c. intentional.
d. selective.
According to the text, a temporary breakdown in coping skills by a person who is not
-mentally ill is known as:
a. strange behavior
b. event behavior
c. crisis behavior
d. disorderly behavior
Police departments across the country now staff innovative programs with older citizen
-volunteers.
At the heart of ______________ is the random assignment of individuals to
experimental and control conditions.
School vandalism and break-ins pose a serious problem to school administrators and
-communities.
Although community partnerships are important for police agencies serious about
-community policing, community policing can succeed without them.
List and briefly describe the five traffic enforcement and safety concerns described in
this chapter. Include a plan or strategy for dealing with each concern.
Answer:
Answer varies.
Discuss the impact of the economic downturn on policing in the United States and the
varied responses by the law enforcement community.
Answer:
Answer varies
List and discuss the strategies for general violence prevention, including the key
partnerships involved and how to overcome potential obstacles to the strategies.
Answer:
Answer varies.
Law enforcement agencies should be aware the media may sometimes distort
information from the police for a political purpose
Some citizen review boards require police officials to sit on them as members, which
may result in the perception of impartiality.
What role should research play in community policing?
Answer:
Answer varies
Driving under the influence of drugs is not considered a form of impaired driving.
Outline and discuss the arguments on both sides of the citizen review debatethose
favoring civilian review and those opposed to it. Can a balance be reached? Support
your answer.
Answer:
Answer varies.
According to the text, ______________ is having five or more drinks in a row.
Sexual assault on campuses in not a common violent crime.
Partnerships are made up of ______________, those people who have an interest in
what hap-pens in a particular situation.
Explain the news media echo effect.
Answer:
Answer varies.
According to the text, even the most well-intentioned witnesses can identify the wrong
-person or fail to identify the perpetrator of a crime.
Quantitative data examines the amount of change as a result of the response.
_________________ is a peer education program that trains high-risk students to
advocate violence prevention by educating and mentoring their peers and younger
children on gun violence, drugs, and family conflict.
