Exam 8: Community Policing and Community Involvement

Community policing may be a means of changing the of police work.

Avery just took part in a citizen police academy session and came away from it with some interesting information. When asked by a researcher how he felt about police, he responded that he had more respect for them. The researcher did not take this as a significant sign of attitude change. Why not?

Community policing is a relatively old method of policing that has been used by many police agencies to control crime.

Match the following terms with their meanings. -Column 1: legitimacy Column 2: seeks to increase authenticity through collaboration

You are mediating a joint initiative between community leaders and police officers as they try to agree on the best course of action for a neighborhood overrun by drugs. The community leaders just proposed an innovative approach and have been met with resistance from the police. Based on attitudinal change, what is one reason for this?

Which of the following would include paid, non-sworn personnel to augment sworn officers?

Which of the following would promote the development of creative forms of crime control, such as drug courts and teen courts?

Which of the following is described as an analytic framework used by police to identify problems that require multiple calls for help?

Match the following terms with their meanings. -Column 1: one-way policing Column 2: police go out into the community

Which of the following objectives would include assigning officers to schools to help build relationships with students by acting as mentors?

Define and differentiate community policing and problem-oriented policing.

Typically, citizen patrols are composed of who engage in preventive patrol.

Which of the following perspectives would seek to increase collaborative groups consisting of both police and citizens working together to rebuild two neighborhood playgrounds?

List and describe the three reasons for the changes that have occurred, and those that are taking place now, in community policing.

Police departments are sometimes accused of using the statement ʺwar on terrorʺ to further their own agenda of reducing community policing efforts.

Which of the following forms of community policing would reach the greatest number of people with the lowest cost to present on a permanent basis, while still providing information on local police departments?

Community policing stresses improved relations between police and citizens.

Which of the following places a strain on improving relationships between citizens and police?

There is continuing evidence showing that police officers and managers are willing to accept nontraditional images of police work.

Which of the following dimensions would be involved in planning and implementing new computer programs to create better communication and transfer of information?