Exam 10: Safe Neighborhoods and Communities: From Traffic Problems to Crime

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________________ refers to making potential objectives of criminals more difficult to obtain.

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________________ are variables that predict an increased probability of a person later committing an offense.

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Three federal initiatives to assist communities in implementing community policing are the COPS Office,the Community Policing Consortium,and the Weed and Seed program.

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CPTED has been a strategy for dealing with crime for decades with some proven success.

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Target hardening refers to making potential objectives of criminals more difficult to obtain.

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________________ Remembers a wide range of road design changes that make it more difficult for a vehicle to speed.

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All of the following are strategies to limit liability should a witness be harmed except:

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Strategies used to encourage seat belt use vary from incentives for safe driving to mandatory-use policies and fines for failure to buckle up._____________,an annual nationwide,high-visibility seat belt enforcement program,is an example of the latter.

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The risk factor prevention paradigm seeks to Remember risk factors and prevention methods.

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According to the text,diffusion and contagion are key factors in the risk factor prevention paradigm.

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Eck suggests that _______________ blocking changes to make crime more difficult,riskier,less rewarding or less excusable is one of the oldest forms of crime prevention.

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According to the text,victims of ATM robberies

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The Center for Problem-Oriented Policing is a valuable resource for communities engaged in problem solving.

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"The simultaneous actions of separate entities which together have greater total effect than the sum of their individual efforts" is the technical definition of

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According to the text,the Weed and Seed program sought to

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Which of the following is not a factor that contributes to aggression and violence in bars?

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According to the text,the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reported in 2009 that _______________ killed 676 people and injured 113,000.

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As stated in the text,achieving statistically significant reductions in crime can be difficult.

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Which of the following is an effective program to deter thefts of or from vehicles?

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Most ATM robberies are committed by __________________ using a weapon.

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