Exam 3: Effectiveness of Police in Reducing Crime and the Role of Crime Analysis

Which policing strategy lacks a specific set of tactics or police responses, but is an "advanced" analytical approach used to deploy patrol officers in the immediate and short term?

Crime analysis has a have a direct link to crime reductions.

Which type of policing is the strategy in which police systematically identify areas within a city that have disproportionate amounts of crime and employ responses in those specific areas?

Which policing strategy, that is not considered a crime reduction strategy, allows police departments to organize its' crime analysis and crime reduction activities?

Problem-oriented policing has not shown to prevent or reduce crime.

The standard model of policing generally applies various tactics such as patrol, arrests, and investigation.

Hot spots policing is effective in reducing crime and the effects of most strategies used today are primarily long-term.

A particular convenient store that is typically robbed is considered a "risky place" or a problem location.

A problem that encompasses various locations, offenders, and victims and, in most cases, exists throughout an entire jurisdiction is called a short-term problem

The research on community policing is clear that is has no effect on reducing or preventing crime.

Problem-Oriented Policing is the only policing approach that seeks to institutionalize crime analysis into the day-to-day operations of the police department and specifically lays out a structure for crime analysis products and how they should be used.

If policing is to have a preventative role, crime reduction strategies must be focused and approached in a systematic way.This can achieve through which kind of approach?

Crime analysis is most integral in broken windows policing.

Which of the following are NOT elements of the standard model of policing?

Research on community policing is "ambiguous" and better measurements are required to make more definitive conclusions.

In regards to stratified policing, which activity facilitates action-oriented accountability at the line level for evidence-based strategies implemented for immediate and short-term problems?

Focused deterrence is a strategy that can address high profile gang members.

Police officers and detectives are already given the responsibility of addressing calls for service and investigations, so as the activity becomes more complex, higher ranks are assigned responsibility for addressing them.Which policing strategy is responsible for the assignment of ranks?

A homicide is an example of a

Which activity is NOT included in the Stratified Policing Structure?