Deck 8: Community Policing and Community Involvement

Question 1

Summarize the types of crimes that preventive patrol is unlikely to deter.

Answer 1

Students should list types of crimes that are characteristically committed in private places; in the heat of passion; and by intelligent,experienced criminals,including domestic violence and burglaries.

Question 2

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

A)Philosophical dimension
B)Tactical dimension
C)Organizational dimension
D)Strategic dimension

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Explain the overview of the broken windows model in terms of a "domino effect."

Answer 3

Students should explain how a small initial change builds up into a full-blown problem,as it applies to the broken windows model.

Question 4

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

A)Community justice
B)Problem-oriented policing
C)Community prosecution
D)Community policing

Question 5

Based on police subculture,which of the following would be an example of a primary police focus?

A)Community policing
B)Public relations
C)Crime fighting
D)Social change

Question 6

Explain the sequence of steps an officer should take during traffic accident investigation.

Question 7

Police officer in a neighborhood precinct notice that trouble occurs at the same time each day when students from one high school get off at certain bus stop at the same time as students from another high school.They decide to create a basketball league with off-duty police officers and students from each of these high schools on each team right after school to get the kids talking to each other.What is this an example of?

A)Community policing
B)Community prosecution
C)Problem-solving policing
D)Community justice

Question 8

What was one of the ways that community-era reformers attempted to improve relationships with citizens and ensure citizen satisfaction?

A)Increased car patrols
B)Created more jail cells
C)Reduced police presence
D)Increased foot patrols

Question 9

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

A)Community policing
B)Problem-oriented policing
C)Community prosecution
D)Community justice

Question 10

Which of the following was noted as defining a community as "any area in which members of a common culture share common interests"?

A)Psychologists
B)Politicians
C)Sociologists
D)Police

Question 11

You are mediated 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?

A)Police are resistant to change
B)Police have better mechanisms for this issue
C)Police are eager for larger change
D)Police do not have the proper training

Question 12

A study showed that the Metro-Dade Police Department altered the incidence of pursuits through a change of policy.Explain how this use of police discretion differs from discretionary decisions made by an officer on patrol

Question 13

How is civil disobedience similar to and different from other forms of law breaking?

Question 14

You read a report about the new community-policing movement and see that a local politician is claiming credit for this new project.You read about the project and are not sure exactly what is going to change,other than creating more neighborhood watch groups.You are a bit skeptical about the benefits of this plan and see a large political maneuver in this policy.What is one negative to this plan?

A)It passes some of the responsibility on to citizens instead of police
B)Neighborhood watches are expensive to set up
C)It does not provide an opportunity for police to make arrests
D)Neighborhood watches encourage the use of guns

Question 15

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

A)Philosophical
B)Strategic
C)Tactical
D)Organizational

Question 16

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

A)Customer perspective
B)Deployment perspective
C)Legitimacy perspective
D)Community-revitalization perspective

Question 17

Which of the following would be an example of a reason for the change to the community-policing era?

A)An increased in foot patrols that placed officers too close to citizens
B)The anger at police presence in schools
C)The isolation of police officers in patrol cars
D)The need for greater presence in wealthy neighborhoods

Question 18

What are the investigative goals,and how do they relate to each other?

Question 19

A mayor announces a new plan to encourage police officers to move within the city limits and become members of the communities they police.They can then act in conjunction with others within their community to find solutions to community problems.Which of the following is this an example of?

A)Community justice
B)Problem-oriented policing
C)Problem-solving policing
D)Community policing

Question 20

Community policing has undergone changes in response to changing societal needs and beliefs,yet some areas are still resistant to keeping up with current trends.Which of the following has not yet begun to occur?

A)Cosmetic change
B)Structural change
C)Community change
D)Functional change

Question 21

Which of the following is used primarily by third-party policing that is NOT normally used by police?

A)Criminal law
B)Local ordinances
C)Civil law
D)Curfew statues

Question 22

Which of the following sums up the main purpose of citizen police academies?

A)To create a stronger neighborhood crime force
B)To teach people how to use firearms responsibly
C)To create better perceptions of police
D)To cut costs in police budgets

Question 23

Adele just attended a training designed to help her recognize what she needs to do if she sees suspicious behavior while she is on volunteer duty in her neighborhood.Which of the following is she a part of?

A)Citizen policing
B)Citizen patrols
C)Citizens police academies
D)Civilianization

Question 24

Which term often gets confused with third-party policing?

A)FATS
B)CAD
C)Strategic intelligence
D)Environmental criminology

Question 25

Which of the following perspectives demonstrates the importance of police listening to citizens and serving their needs?

A)Deployment perspective
B)The customer perspective
C)Legitimacy perspective
D)Community-revitalization perspective

Question 26

Criminal justice is a relatively new set of ideas about the goals of how the criminal justice system can be achieved.

Question 27

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

A)Citizen patrol
B)Citizen police academy
C)Citizen policing
D)Civilianization

Question 28

Which of the following is an example of civilianization?

A)Andre patrols his neighborhood every third Friday,looking for trouble
B)Tanis attends classes on firearm use at the local academy
C)Zoe volunteers to help upgrade the computer system at the precinct
D)Jose works at the police barracks,taking emergency calls and directing them

Question 29

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?

A)Most people who enter these academies already have a respect for police
B)Most people who enter these academies want to gain benefits from special favors
C)Most people who enter these academies go on to become police officers
D)Most people who enter these academies are doing so for free self-defense training

Question 30

Which of the following efforts would use a non-offending individual to enforce an issue that is within his or her realm of responsibility or face civil consequences?

A)Community policing
B)Private policing
C)Third-party policing
D)Citizen policing

Question 31

LaTasha works at an animal control shelter that ensures potentially harmful animals are not out wandering where they could injury people.There have been problems with their van that have resulted in more dogs out on the streets.The police called and said they need to pick the dogs up somehow or else they would be ticketed.What is this an example of?

A)Third-party policing
B)Use of criminal law
C)Citizen patrol
D)Private policing

Question 32

An approach to work on problem solving as a main focus would be POP.

Question 33

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?

A)Formal meetings
B)Crime-control newsletters
C)Websites
D)Improved police presence

Question 34

Community policing focuses mainly on the interests of the community as a whole,as well as their morals.

Question 35

Which of the following policy roles will likely remain an impediment to complete trust within a community?

A)The role of restraining illegal behavior
B)The role of patrolling the streets
C)The role of social work
D)The role of television

Question 36

Which of the following would seek to identify problem areas in crime,and determine creative solutions?

A)Community justice
B)Problem-oriented policing
C)Community policing
D)Private policing

Question 37

Which of the following is TRUE of the definition of community policing?

A)Deployment perspective
B)The customer perspective
C)Legitimacy perspective
D)Community-revitalization perspective

Question 38

Community policing and problem-oriented policing are difficult to differentiate from each other,with the only one true feature that separates them.

Question 39

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

A)War on poverty
B)War on drugs
C)War on violence in schools
D)War on terrorism

Question 40

Which of the following approaches to policing draw on input from the community?

A)Third-party policing
B)Private policing
C)Community justice
D)Deployment perspective

Question 41

Based on televised examples of police violence,some analysts have determined that one reason community policing is meeting so much resistance is because police try to help and cannot.

Question 42

Third-party policing refers to designing places to make them less vulnerable to crime.

Question 43

Community policing consists of five different ________.

Question 44

Community policing stresses improved relations between police and citizens.

Question 45

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

Question 46

All people agree that third-party policing is about turning certain enforcement functions over to those who haven't traditionally done them.

Question 47

Police officers are resistant to change and often balk at doing things differently.

Question 48

The community model would improve community relations,officers' morale,and agency ________.

Question 49

Civilianization is defined as a law enforcement agency's hiring of non-sworn personnel to replace or augment its corps of sworn officers.

Question 50

One-way community policing strategies are favored over programs that allow citizens to participate.

Question 51

Most people believe that community policing has made a large impact on changes in how police think about their delivery to the community.

Question 52

Community policing allows citizens to take part in the process of policing.

Question 53

Civil law provisions are the main focus of police work.

Question 54

The common element in citizen police academies is that citizens are given the opportunity to learn about the police profession.

Question 55

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

Question 56

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

Question 57

According to PERF,community policing consists of three different perspectives: the legitimacy perspective,the problem-solving perspective,and the deployment perspective.

Question 58

The Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)assists citizens who want to have their say and be heard by police.

Question 59

POP is oriented toward ________ solving.

Question 60

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

Question 61

The ________ perspective emphasizes the importance of the police listening to citizens and serving their needs.

Question 62

Over the years,police have been ________ to moving to a cooperative-community policing system.

Question 63

Many police departments operate citizen police ________ to help give citizens experience with police work.

Question 64

Third-party policing is ________ oriented,rather than person oriented.

Question 65

In the definition of third-party policing,the ________ persons are the guardians.

Question 66

Most law enforcement businesses have proceeded as usual,despite the presence of different community-policing ________.

Question 67

Civil law ________ have been used periodically in law enforcement throughout the public sector to target problems.

Question 68

Civilianization aims to reduce costs and improve ________.

Question 69

The ________ on terror has caused an increased distrust between police and citizens.

Question 70

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

Question 71

The citizen police academies have been designed to increase positive perceptions of police work rather than to reduce ________.