Exam 8: Problem Solving and Policing Problem Spaces

refers to a process whereby individual officers, police units, or the police department collectively examine the community for problems or hot spots.

Researchers have identified nine reasons as to why police are not successful or mediocre in problem solving.Name and explain five of the reasons.

Reactive policing and problem solving are two different police strategies.How do they differ?

According to the text, the use of observation by the patrol officer is not the best method of identifying problems since they are only in the community for 40 hours a week.

Assessment is one of the most important phases of problem solving.

Problem solving represents a tactic that goes beyond traditional policing in that it is an attempt to solve problems that result in fights, public drunkenness, and other incidents that result in a police response.

Boba and Crank (2008) advise the goal of analysis "is to determine why a problem is occurring…"

The first step in problem solving is identifying the potential problem.What is a methods for doing so?

Hot spots are defined as:

According to the text, criminals are attracted to geographical locations by:

Community surveys are a way of measuring people's attitudes about the police and police performance as well as problems in the community.