Deck 12: Partnerships for Crime Prevention

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT considered an essential element of community policing?

A) problem solving
B) neighborhood foot patrol
C) community involvement
D) redefined goals
E) all of the above are essential

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Evaluations of the Community-Wide Approach to Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Program found all but which of the following?

A) strong grassroots support in all locations
B) suppression was the primary response
C) success relied on a wide array of activities
D) mixed impact on gang membership
E) all of the above were found

Answer 2

A

Question 3

According to the text, PSN stands for:

A) Police System Network
B) Policy Standardization Norms
C) Project Safe Neighborhoods
D) Project Steady Nation
E) none of the above

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Key aspects of the Chicago Alternative Police Strategy include all but which of the following?

A) assigning officers to permanent neighborhood beats
B) use of federal prosecution for gun crime
C) involving residents in the identification of problems and potential solutions
D) reliance on other agencies to address identified issues
E) all of the above were included

Question 5

Citizen interaction is the cornerstone of the CAPS program and the police meet with neighborhood residents to engender meaningful interaction.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a feature of a successful partnership?

A) strong leaders and managers
B) qualified staff
C) adequate funding and resources
D) grassroots support
E) all of the above are features

Question 7

Civil abatement procedures seek to involve landlords, citizens, health departments, zoning boards, and city/county attorneys in the application of civil (and sometimes criminal) codes.

Question 8

The key to Boston's Operation Ceasefire was pulling levers.

Question 9

The emphasis of community policing should be on:

A) the means to the ends
B) the reliance on citizen initiative
C) the ends rather than the means
D) redefined police activity
E) none of the above

Question 10

Problem-oriented policing means approaching issues and problems differently based on the uniqueness of each situation.

Question 11

The use of landlords, health codes, and zoning regulations in place of the criminal court to deal with problem properties defines:

A) INOP
B) redlining
C) civil abatement
D) community empowerment
E) none of the above

Question 12

The emphasis on crime control is perhaps the most important element of community policing.

Question 13

Functions that do not deal with an immediate criminal action involve:

A) law enforcement
B) service
C) order maintenance
D) civil abatement
E) none of the above

Question 14

The Crime and Disorder Act mandated which of the following?

A) the establishment of community partnerships
B) the use of sentencing guidelines
C) relying on fines as punishment
D) the growth of neighborhood watch
E) none of the above

Question 15

The core of Boston's Operation Ceasefire can be summarized under the term:

A) civil abatement
B) weed and seed
C) community policing
D) pulling levers
E) none of the above

Question 16

The underlying philosophy of ________ is to encourage interaction and cooperation between police officers, residents, community groups, and other agencies to solve problems.

A) business improvement districts
B) partnership initiatives
C) civil abatement
D) Weed and Seed
E) none of the above

Question 17

The evaluation of the Oakland SMART program found:

A) reduced drug activity
B) no impact on physical conditions
C) police efforts were the most effective
D) fear was not altered
E) none of the above

Question 18

According to the text, community policing is nothing more than simple police-community relations.

Question 19

The weeding aspects of the Weed and Seed program are the most difficult to achieve and require a great deal of effort and planning.

Question 20

SARA stands for:

A) scanning, advancement, research, and accountability
B) study, advertising, reasonableness, and action
C) standardization, analysis, response, and accountability
D) scanning, analysis, response, and assessment
E) none of the above

Question 21

Business Improvement Districts may pay for private security, CCTV, lighting, marketing, area repairs, graffiti removal, and sanitation.