Exam 4: Responding to and Preventing Crime Within a Community Policing Framework

Door-to-door visits by police officers and police-community meetings are examples of:

Explain and discuss the issues surrounding the installation of CCTVs to reduce crime and disorder in an area of restaurants, nightclubs and parks. Who would you expect to support this initiative? Who would likely oppose CCTV's in public spaces?

The term associate with "protecting, aiding, and mobilizing members of the community in dealing with crime and disorders" is known as:

What are community service approaches to preventing crime?

The policing strategy that relies on patrol for the apprehension, deterrence, and incapacitation of criminal offenders is called:

Police legitimacy refers to:

What is team policing and what role does it play in community policing?

Research studies indicate that foot patrols:

The National Crime Prevention Strategy is based on the principle that the surest way to reduce crime is to focus on the factors that put individuals at risk, such as family violence, school problems, and drug abuse.

A prominent U.S. study of child development that followed children into adulthood found that children who viewed less violent television had fewer arrests, depended less upon welfare and were more likely to complete high school than those who were exposed to more violence on television.

The practice of public notification raises a moral dilemma, as offenders who have served their time in jail are deemed to be suitable for return to the community.

Granting officer's responsibility for crime and disorder at the neighbourhood level has created opportunities for a more proactive approach and for broadening the role and activities of police officers beyond merely responding to calls for service.

Compare hard crime calls and soft crime calls.

Hold-up alarms, shootings, stabbings, auto thefts, and assaults are examples of: