Deck 7: Core Police Functions

Question 1

Hot spots and hot times are associated with which type of patrol?

A)K9-assisted patrol
B)Focused patrol
C)Directed patrol
D)Saturation patrol

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Police officers dressed in riot gear during a high-profile public protest

A)Make a riot more likely to happen
B)Create a sense of alarm and fear
C)Exemplify a reactive approach
D)Demonstrate a proactive step

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Foot patrol and automobile patrol have opposite effects in terms of officer mobility and community rapport,with a middle ground being found in

A)Air patrol
B)Water patrol
C)Bicycle patrol
D)Special-terrain vehicle patrol

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Identify as many situations as you can in which following the letter of the law would either cause a problem or result in less "valuable" result than following the spirit of the law.

Question 5

Modern crime prevention aims to do all of the following EXCEPT

A)Reduce crime and criminal opportunities
B)Prevent all criminal activity
C)Lessen the public's fear of crime
D)Lower the potential rewards of crime

Question 6

What is the second most common activity of patrol officers?

A)Traffic stops
B)Routine incident response
C)Emergency response
D)Preventative patrols

Question 7

Describe the different policing styles identified by James Wilson and how they relate to police discretion?

Question 8

Which factor(s)do you think has/have the greatest influence on predicting police decision
making?

Question 9

The type of patrol associated with deterrence theory is

A)Directed patrol
B)Foot patrol
C)Saturation patrol
D)Preventative patrol

Question 10

Which of these factors is a limit to the effectiveness of the officer in automobile patrols?

A)The automobile's maintenance requirements
B)The high cost of gasoline
C)The distraction of the act of driving
D)The expense of a fully equipped vehicle

Question 11

How is the argument about whether predisposition or socialization has the greatest effect on police behavior similar to and difference from the argument about whether nature or nurture is responsible for people developing criminal behaviors?

Question 12

If every traffic violation result in an arrest,what would be the consequences?

Question 13

Hot spots and hot times are identified

A)By undercover investigation
B)Through crime mapping
C)With focused patrols
D)By tipoffs from informants

Question 14

Devise a research study to distinguish whether racial profiling is misguided stereotyping or
good policing.

Question 15

Before providing appropriate field treatment and emergency care transportation,an officer at an accident scene must

A)Restore normal road operation
B)Reconstruct the accident
C)Triage the injured
D)Ascertain the accident's cause

Question 16

How do most police officers spend the majority of their time?

A)Answering non-emergency calls,controlling traffic,and writing tickets
B)Working on long,involved,and dangerous undercover cases
C)Building community relations and engaging in crime prevention
D)Investigating crimes and apprehending offenders

Question 17

What police function includes targeting illegal street racers and keeping an eye out for road rage?

A)Preventative patrols
B)The traffic function
C)The response role
D)Peacekeeping

Question 18

The majority of 911 calls are directed to

A)Fire services
B)Emergency medical services
C)The police
D)Wrong numbers

Question 19

A focused patrol might target certain

A)Problems
B)Locations
C)Times
D)All of the above

Question 20

The earliest patrol method used in America's early cities was

A)Foot patrol
B)Bicycle patrol
C)Mounted patrol
D)Horse-and-buggy patrol

Question 21

Preventative patrol involves canvassing neighborhoods in an effort to identify crimes in progress and stop them.

Question 22

Collection trace evidence may be challenging for all of these reasons EXCEPT which one?

A)It is minute or nearly invisible
B)Someone has tried to remove it
C)It requires technology to detect it
D)It gets old very quickly

Question 23

When the public and police officers identify the role of police as enforcing the law,they capture the essence of what it means to be a police officer.

Question 24

Which of these is a key value of using hostage negotiators in a crisis situation?

A)In a majority of cases,they can bring about a bloodless end to the situation
B)They can often arrange an exchange and get an officer inside
C)The time it takes to negotiate gives the suspect a chance to calm down
D)Suspects usually are desperate for someone to talk to

Question 25

A rational theory of a crime is based on

A)Analogical reasoning
B)Deductive reasoning
C)Inductive reasoning
D)Syllogistic reasoning

Question 26

Ballistics is the study of

A)Blood typing
B)The analysis of paper documents
C)Firearms identification
D)Handwriting identification

Question 27

Mounted patrols are particularly effective for crowd control.

Question 28

The majority of calls to the police involve situations that might led to arrest and eventual prosecution.

Question 29

A substantial and visible police presence has a fairly uniform effect on deterring all categories of criminal activity.

Question 30

When was fingerprinting first used in a criminal justice context?

A)In first-century Rome
B)In the nineteenth century in the American West
C)In the nineteenth century England
D)In the early twentieth century in NYC

Question 31

When an emergency occurs,it takes priority over all other police work until order is restored.

Question 32

Peacekeeping differs from law enforcement in not being as clearly defined by statute.

Question 33

Verbrecherpech is likely to result in

A)A criminal making a confession
B)A criminal making a telling mistake
C)A criminal returning to the scene of the crime
D)A criminal removing evidence from the crime scene

Question 34

The most significant problem with anthropometry was which of the following?

A)It was inaccurate
B)It was complicated
C)Compiling data was hard
D)It could not be used for prevention

Question 35

Pathologists,toxicologists,anthropologist,and psychiatrists are types of

A)Crime scene investigators
B)Detectives
C)Forensic experts
D)Sleuths

Question 36

The cost of achieving public order through police action is a combination of cost in tax dollars and

A)An increase in violent crime
B)A reduction in civil liberties
C)Slower emergency response
D)Short staffing for investigations

Question 37

Most citizens see patrol officers more often than they see detectives.

Question 38

What are quality-of-life offenses?

A)Infractions so serious that they undermine quality of life
B)Infractions that occur solely within private property
C)Infractions that cause fear and terror
D)Infractions that demoralize residents by creating disorder

Question 39

The characteristics of undercover policing suggest that it would appeal to individuals who

A)Work best under close supervision
B)Are keen on following rules
C)Prefer to work with a partner
D)Are seeking a thrill

Question 40

What was the key event that made firearms identification a science?

A)Its successful use to extract a confession by Henry Goddard
B)Its successful use in a criminal case by Paul Jeserich
C)Its development of the bullet comparison microscope by Calvin Goddard
D)The establishment of a forensics laboratory by August Vollmer

Question 41

Injuries are more likely to occur when people suspected of violent felonies flee the police.

Question 42

Barriers to entryways,doors alarms,and security lighting are all techniques for crime ________.

Question 43

The "anticipation,recognition,and appraisal of a crime risk and initiation of action to remove or reduce it" is a definition of crime ________.

Question 44

Successful undercover operations have been run via a partnership with law enforcement,activists,and media.

Question 45

August Vollmer's partnership with the University of California,Berkeley,encouraged a number of scientists to become interested in criminal investigations.

Question 46

Because they usually dress in street clothes,many detectives might as well be working undercover.

Question 47

The events of September 11,2001,brought about changes in concerns about racial profiling,with a new focus on black motorists.

Question 48

Quality-of-life programs are criticized on the basis of it being inappropriate for government to take a law-enforcement approach to social and economic problems.

Question 49

Police pay is such that undercover officers are rarely enticed by the money that changes hands in that illegal drug trade.

Question 50

Criminalistics is about as old as policing itself.

Question 51

The time it takes for police officers to respond to calls for service is called the ________ time.

Question 52

An officer's success in keeping peace on his beat is defined by support of commerce and a lack of ________.

Question 53

Another name for the quality-of-life offenses that are minor law violations is ________ crimes.

Question 54

Traffic stops based on more than one motive are ________ stops.

Question 55

Developing a theory of the crime happens during the preliminary investigation steps.

Question 56

A concentrated area of significant criminal activity is referred to as a ________ spot.

Question 57

When a large number of officers flood an area to catch criminals and deter would-be offenders,it is the type of directed patrol known as ________ patrol.

Question 58

The perspective that "crime will be less likely when the potential for getting caught outweighs any likely benefits of breaking the law" is known as ________ theory.

Question 59

Mystery novels and television shows offer a simplified view of detective work and the goals of police investigation.

Question 60

"Calling the cops" is considered to be the cornerstone of policing in a ________ society.

Question 61

Only physical evidence that is useful in a court of law to prove or disapprove facts fits the category of ________ evidence.

Question 62

Effective drug enforcement would be ________ if solely uniformed officers performed it.

Question 63

A more common name for the study that was once called dactylography is ________.

Question 64

Minute or nearly invisible evidence of a crime that would escape all but the most skilled investigators is known as ________ evidence.

Question 65

The scientific study and evaluation of evidence associated with the commission of a crime is ________.