Exam 3: Understanding and Involving the Community

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_________________ is a system that removes juvenile status offenders and delinquents from the jurisdiction of the courts.

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Cracking down on crime often results in _________________,the relocation of crime and criminals to neighboring areas outside the enforcement zone.

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Local police are usually happy to have the Guardian Angels in their community because they have a calming effect on the areas they patrol.

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VIPS stands for

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A community's strength and resilience of its social fabric is called

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Most communities have only a formal power structure.

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The widening of the gap between those with wealth (the "haves")and those living in poverty (the "have-nots"),with a shrinking middle class,is known as a _________________

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Discuss how demographics play a role in policing.

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Incivilities and social disorder occur when _________________ have eroded.

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According to the text,_________________ along with the police plays a major role in safeguarding Americans and their property.

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A group of signs,causes,and symptoms that occur together to foster specific crimes is called the NIMBY syndrome.

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Describe the formal and informal power structure in most communities.

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Citizens who demand to be involved in the review process maintain that internal police discipline is tantamount to allowing the "fox to investigate thefts in the chicken coop."

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What is the system operating in most states that removes juvenile status offenders and delinquents from the jurisdiction of the courts when possible?

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Discuss why incivilities are an indicator that normal social controls have eroded and how law enforcement and the community can work together to restore those social controls.

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A group of signs,causes,and symptoms that occur together to foster specific crimes is called

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The "_________________" is the point at which an ordinary,stable phenomenon can turn into a crisis.

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According to the text,most communities are

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Citizen patrols are a twentieth-century phenomenon.

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When people do not care about their community,one of the signs of not caring would be

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