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

Crime analysis can play a role in every type of policing.

Which contemporary policing strategy has no systematic evaluations of its' effectiveness on crime reduction?

A large retail store that has had a disproportionate number of shoplifting incidents over the last several years is an example of:

Which is a category within short-term problems?

Repeat incidents and patterns are short-term levels of activity.

There is no evidence that disorder policing reduces fear of crime or increases community bonds.

Which type of policing uses analysis of up-to-date computerized crime, arrest, and "quality of life" data is used to produce statistics and maps in strategy meetings to hold managers accountable?

Which type of policing asserts that police must work with the community and draw from other resources outside police to prevent and solve crime problems?

Problems considered "short-term" are isolated incidents that occur and are resolved within minutes, hours, or in some cases, days.Incidents are individual events that an officer typically responds to or discovers while on patrol

Research on the effectiveness of police has found that which type of policing has shown the most promise for reducing and preventing crime?