Exam 14: Community Policing and Multicultural Response Strategies for Gangs, the Homeless,and the Mentally Ill

Prior __________ in violence and alcohol-drug use is a risk factor for gang membership.

The Police Athletic League is a resource for law enforcement agencies to mitigate gang involvement in multicultural communities.

Which one is not categorized as one of the three types of gangs?

Association with peers who engage in delinquency can influence gang membership.

The Boys and Girls Clubs of America have developed special gang prevention and intervention initiatives targeting youth ages 10 to 17.

"Informal disposition" is NOT an option to arrests or hospitalizations in encounters between law enforcement officers and persons with mental illness.

Gang members are responsible for an average of 60 percent of violent crime in most jurisdictions.

_____________ is the police handling of incidents that are not crimes but public nuisance matters about which the police officer uses discretion to decide a course of action.

State and explain the five risk factors identified as causes for gang membership.

According to the U.S.Department of Justice,it is estimated that people with severe mental illness are four times more likely to be killed by the police in encounters than are other citizens.

What are the five criteria widely accepted and recognized among researchers for classifying groups as gangs?

In 2010,which U.S.city passed an ordinance allowing religious organizations to host temporary encampments for homeless persons? (The ordinance sought to address homeless sweeps and enforcement of anti-camping laws despite a shortage of affordable housing and shelter space.)

The definition of "youth gang" has been clearly defined among most law enforcement agencies.

Using the National Gang Intelligence Center's definition of a gang: a gang is a group that has three or more members,generally aged 10-22.

All law enforcement officers and other first responders should acquire knowledge and skills in the area of mental health.

Order maintenance is the police handling of incidents that are not crimes,but public nuisance matters about which the police officer uses discretion to decide a course of action.

According to the NGIC,outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMGs)number more than 20,000 in membership and are a serious domestic threat because of their strong associations with transnational drug trafficking organizations (Canada and Mexico borders).