Deck 6: The Police Cultureselecting Police Officers

Question 1

How has the use of bicycle patrol helped improve policing?

A) bicycles can easily penetrate crowds
B) response time in heavy traffic is improved
C) bicycles give officers the "stealth advantage"
D) all of these

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment found that _____________.

A) increasing police patrol in a certain area usually reduced the amount of crime in that area
B) increasing police patrol in a certain area usually increased the amount of crime in that area
C) changing the patrol intensity did not affect crime rates in the area
D) increasing police patrol in one area resulted in displacement of the crime to another area

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The Guardian Angels are ____________________.

A) a street gang in New York City
B) a group of Catholic Priests who patrol the streets of New York City
C) a group of young people formed to patrol the subways of New York City
D) a hip-hop group who encourage drug use with their music

Answer 3

C

Question 4

A strategy that seeks to identify the underlying problems within a community so that the community and police can work together to solve them is called __________.

A) differential response
B) problem-oriented policing
C) directed patrol
D) selective patrol

Question 5

The influential book, Varieties of Police Behavior was written by _____________.

A) James Q. Wilson
B) O. W. Wilson
C) August Vollmer
D) Thomas McAninch

Question 6

A nationwide program that offers rewards for information leading to the arrest of criminal is called __________.

A)
B) The Vigilante Channel
C) Rewards are US
C)O.P.S. program
D) Crime Stoppers

Question 7

Most encounters between the police and the public are initiated by ________.

A) the criminal
B) the police
C) the citizen
D) the courts

Question 8

A recent study in a city of 400,000 found that crime fighting accounted for _______ of an officer's time.

A) 57%
B) 47%
C) 37%
D) 27%
E) 17%

Question 9

A strategy that relies on public confidence and citizen cooperation to help prevent crime and make the residents of a community feel more secure is called ___________.

A) problem-oriented policing
B) police community relations
C) community policing
D) service style policing

Question 10

The _________________ of police departments are in suburban communities where residents expect and receive a high level of service from local government.

A) watchman style
B) legalistic style
C) service style
D) investigative style

Question 11

When patrol officers are assigned to specific activities, such as patrolling a high-crime area that is chosen after an analysis of crime patterns, it is called _______________.

A) differential response
B) problem-oriented policing
C) directed patrol
D) selective patrol

Question 12

Those who use computers for malicious purposes are called ______________.

A) crackers
B) beakers
C) cyber punks
D) computer nerds

Question 13

Which of the following is not one of Wilson's three styles of policing?

A) watchman style
B) legalistic style
C) service style
D) investigative style

Question 14

Problem-oriented policing is the creation of University of Wisconsin Law School professor ________________.

A) Edwin Sutherland
B) James Q. Wilson
C) Jennifer Rossi
D) Herman Goldstein

Question 15

________________ attempts to enhance the community's perception of the police, not to change the basic method of policing the community.

A) community policing
B) team policing
C) police-community relations
D) problem oriented policing

Question 16

The _________________ of police departments concentrates on the order maintenance function of law enforcement.

A) watchman style
B) legalistic style
C) service style
D) investigative style

Question 17

The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act was proposed by ____________.

A) President Ronald Reagan
B) President George Bush
C) President George W. Bush
D) President Bill Clinton

Question 18

The _________________ of police departments has a professional orientation with an emphasis on law enforcement.

A) watchman style
B) legalistic style
C) service style
D) investigative style

Question 19

A police response strategy that involves classifying calls for service and using various responses is called ______________.

A) differential response
B) selective enforcement
C) prioritization
D) professional policing

Question 20

The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ________________.

A) banned certain types of handguns
B) targeted certain terrorists acts for an increase in punishment
C) created the Department Homeland Security
D) authorized funds to promote community policing by adding 100,000 new community
E) police officers

Question 21

In 2001, approximately _____________ people were killed in police chases.

A) 57
B) 132
C) 229
D) 404
E) 512

Question 22

Drug offenders made up ______ of the federal prison population sentenced in 2004.

A) 54.1%
B) 38.9%
C) 23.6%
D) 17.7%

Question 23

In 2006, approximately ___________ police officers were killed in police chases.

A) 3
B) 24
C) 31
D) 41

Question 24

An approach to policing that is characterized by a lowering of tolerance to crime and deviance and the use of punitive measures to achieve this goal is called ________.

A) crackdown
B) entrapment
C) sting operation
D) zero tolerance
E) decoy

Question 25

Officers who accept payoffs for rendering police services or for looking the other way when police action is required are called _________.

A) meat eaters
B) grass eaters
C) desert eaters
D) salad eaters

Question 26

The case of Thurman v. Torrington was about ___________.

A) murder
B) domestic violence
C) drug searches
D) entrapment
E) drunk driving

Question 27

Most encounters between the police and the public are initiated by ________.

Question 28

The _________________ of police departments has a professional orientation with an emphasis on law enforcement.

Question 29

The illegal police practice of persuading an initially unwilling party to commit an offense is called ____________________.

A) crackdown
B) entrapment
C) sting operation
D) decoy

Question 30

The influential book, Varieties of Police Behavior was written by _____________.

Question 31

The _________________ of police departments are in suburban communities where residents expect and receive a high level of service from local government.

Question 32

The majority of prisoners in the federal prison system are sent there for _______.

A) murder
B) terrorism
C) drug offenses
D) bank robbery

Question 33

Which of the following are important factors in the "working personality" of a police officer?

A) courage and determination
B) danger and authority
C) athleticism and intelligence
D) wisdom and patience
E) all of the above

Question 34

An intensified effort by the police to deal with a problem in a particular area, or to reduce the incidence of a particular crime is called a(an) ___________.

A) crackdown
B) entrapment
C) sting operation
D) decoy

Question 35

African Americans make up approximately 12% of the U.S. population. They make up _____ of the police population.

A) 2%
B) 6%
C) 9%
D) 11%

Question 36

How much does the federal government spend on enforcement of federal drug law?

A) 1.4 billion dollars
B) 3.5 billion dollars
C) 16 billion dollars
D) over 21 billion dollars

Question 37

The practice of a police officer disguising himself as a potential crime victim to attract criminal attacks precipitating an arrest is called ______________.

A) crackdown
B) entrapment
C) sting operation
D) decoy

Question 38

Officers who solicit bribes or cooperate with criminals for personal gain are called ______________.

A) meat eaters
B) grass eaters
C) desert eaters
D) salad eaters

Question 39

A deceitful but lawful technique in which police pretend to be involved in illegal activities to trap a suspect is called ______________.

A) crackdown
B) entrapment
C) sting operation
D) decoy

Question 40

The _________________ of police departments concentrates on the order maintenance function of law enforcement.

Question 41

A ____________ is an external control mechanism that is composed of persons usually from outside the police department.

Question 42

It has been a tradition in law enforcement that local police departments and the FBI share information related to criminal activity.

Question 43

A nationwide program that offers rewards for information leading to the arrest of criminals is called __________.

Question 44

A strategy that seeks to identify the underlying problems within a community so that the community and police can work together to solve them is called __________.

Question 45

A response strategy that involves classifying calls for service and using various responses is called _____________.

Question 46

The case of Thurman v. Torrington was about ___________.

Question 47

The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act was proposed by President _________.

Question 48

________________ attempts to enhance the community's perception of the police, not to change the basic method of policing the community.

Question 49

The illegal police practice of persuading an initially unwilling party to commit an offense is called ____________________.

Question 50

Problem-oriented policing is the creation of University of Wisconsin Law School professor ________________.

Question 51

Neighborhood Watch Programs have been demonstrated to reduce crime in most neighborhoods by 30 to 40 percent.

Question 52

When patrol officers are assigned to specific activities, such as patrolling a high-crime area that is chosen after an analysis of crime patterns, it is called _______________.

Question 53

The Guardian Angels are ____________________.

Question 54

A strategy that relies on public confidence and citizen cooperation to help prevent crime and make the residents of a community feel more secure is called ___________.

Question 55

For several countries, it has been shown that cultural factors, including social disapproval and publicity, are more effective in controlling drunk driving than police-enforced deterrence.

Question 56

A deceitful, but lawful, technique in which police pretend to be involved in illegal activities to trap a suspect is called ___________.

Question 57

Police officers cannot sell drugs to a person and then arrest them for that would be entrapment.

Question 58

A police response strategy that involves classifying calls for service and using various responses is called ______________.

Question 59

The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment did not actually occur in Kansas City, it occurred at the other end of the state in St. Louis.

Question 60

The _________________ found that changing the patrol intensity did not affect crime rates in the area.

Question 61

The practice of a police officer disguising himself as a potential crime victim to attract criminal attacks precipitating an arrest is called entrapment.

Question 62

African Americans make up approximately 12% of the U.S. population. They make up approximately 11% of the police population.

Question 63

Officers who solicit bribes or cooperate with criminals for personal gain are called meat eaters.

Question 64

Blacks are completely underrepresented in policing with only 6% of the police population being black.

Question 65

A deceitful but lawful technique in which the police pretend to be involved in illegal activities to trap a suspect is called a sting operation.

Question 66

An approach to policing that is characterized by a lowering of tolerance to crime and deviance and the use of punitive measures to achieve this goal is called zero tolerance.

Question 67

The case of Thurman v. Torrington was about entrapment.

Question 68

The majority of prisoners in the federal prison system are sent there for murder.

Question 69

The illegal police practice of persuading an initially unwilling party to commit an offense is called entrapment.

Question 70

Officers who accept payoffs for rendering police services or for looking the other way when police action is required are called grass eaters.