Deck 1: Police Crime Control Strategy Development

Question 1

A core component of problem-oriented policing is the employment of

A) directed patrol.
B) crime analysis.
C) nontraditional interventions.
D) integrated patrol and investigations.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

For which of the following strategic conceptual models has quantitative research been the impetus?

A) community-oriented policing
B) problem-oriented policing
C) Compstat
D) hot spot concentrated patrol

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Evaluations of foot patrol in Newark,New Jersey; Flint,Michigan; and Alberta,Canada consistently indicated that foot patrol results in

A) an enormous impact on crime rates.
B) substantial impact on crime rates.
C) minimal impact on crime rates.
D) substantial increases in reported crime.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)indicate that between 1991 and 2001,violent crime

A) increased by 50%.
B) increased by 33%.
C) decreased by 50%.
D) decreased by 33%.

Question 5

The current era in police strategy development is described by the terms focusing,data-driven,and intelligence-led. What term is frequently used as a summary description of this approach?

A) Compstat
B) evidence-based
C) differential response
D) geographic-based

Question 6

Referring to vigorous enforcement of incivilities and minor offenses as a "broken windows" approach is grammatically using a

A) homily.
B) metaphor.
C) conjunctive phrase.
D) idiom.

Question 7

The 2010s will hopefully be characterized by the term

A) technology era.
B) crime-specific era.
C) ideology-driven.
D) evidence-based.

Question 8

The four ground-breaking strategy evaluative studies demonstrated that

A) intervention could be quantified.
B) quantitative research is more important than qualitative.
C) qualitative research is more important than quantitative.
D) none of the then-employed strategies worked.

Question 9

The effect of proactive police strategies in the 1990s leads to the conclusion that the most effective approaches are

A) unstructured.
B) random.
C) targeted.
D) prescriptive.

Question 10

The six major developments of the 1960s created a new era in law enforcement that included which of the following?

A) The principles approach transcended total quality management.
B) Total quality management transcended the principles approach.
C) Efficiency transcende effectiveness
D) Efficiency transcended effectiveness

Question 11

Community-oriented policing is a conceptual framework for which the central tenet is

A) community engagement.
B) deployment by service demand.
C) partnerships with social service agencies.
D) structured problem solving.

Question 12

In controlling civil protests in the 1960s,American police agencies killed how many protestors?

A) four
B) approximately 100
C) at least 100
D) none

Question 13

During the 1960s,academic programs in criminal justice/law enforcement grew at a rate best described by the term

A) slow but sure.
B) gradual.
C) steady.
D) explosive.

Question 14

The 1960s saw the "discovery" of the complexity of police work by what academic discipline?

A) law
B) sociology
C) psychology
D) public administration

Question 15

The initial emergence of strategy research included which of the following studies?

A) Minneapolis Recap
B) Minneapolis Hot Spot
C) San Diego Field Interrogation
D) San Diego Problem-Oriented Evaluation

Question 16

Evidence is overwhelming that concentrated patrol in hot spots has a significant effect on

A) disorderly conduct and nuisance offenses.
B) suppressible street crime.
C) property crime.
D) drug trafficking.

Question 17

The 1980s were marked by the emergence of

A) problem-oriented and community-oriented policing.
B) problem-oriented and crime-specific policing.
C) problem-oriented and hot spot policing.
D) community-oriented and hot spot policing.

Question 18

What perspective emerged from the evaluation of the Flint,Michigan,Foot Patrol Evaluation?

A) crime-specific policing
B) hot spot policing
C) community-oriented policing
D) problem-oriented policing

Question 19

The core of Compstat is real-time crime analysis coupled with

A) community-oriented policing.
B) problem-oriented policing.
C) a rigid accountability system.
D) nontraditional responses.

Question 20

The organizational source of community-oriented policing was

A) the Police Foundation.
B) the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.
C) academe.
D) the New York City Police Department.