Deck 4: Focusing Community Policing and Problem-Solving on Crime Reduction

Question 1

A source of conflict between problem-oriented efforts versus those that are enforcement focused is

A) saving resources, not consuming them.
B) the focus on crime versus disorder.
C) a long- versus short-term perspective.
D) the use of crime analysis.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The SARA component of problem-oriented policing has intrinsic appeal to academics because it

A) parallels the scientific method.
B) is nearly always expressed in acronym form.
C) lends itself to neutral evaluation.
D) was developed by academics.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Analysis of the evidence regarding the impact of community policing on crime

A) provides strong support.
B) does not provide strong support.
C) supports engagement but not problem solving.
D) supports problem solving but not engagement.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The success bias in recording the results of problem-solving efforts emanates from which of the following?

A) Federal funding requires success.
B) Awards are only given for success stories.
C) Researcher bias is always present.
D) Promotions in rank are based upon success.

Question 5

Which of the following is a frequent effect on community policing specialists of the implementation of Compstat?

A) a focus on core police issues
B) including problem solving in their role
C) including community engagement in their role
D) elimination of their role

Question 6

The most popular form of deployment for community policing is the

A) overlay model.
B) "every-officer" model.
C) beat team concept.
D) CPTED model.

Question 7

Using the overlay model,community resource officers are usually assigned to an aggregation of

A) city blocks.
B) census tracts.
C) four or five regular patrol beats.
D) several offense categories.

Question 8

The phrase that best describes the status of problem-oriented policing at present is

A) universally implemented.
B) universally accepted.
C) failed.
D) in flux.

Question 9

Whether neighborhood deployment has an effect on crime or not,it is necessary because

A) the most frequent citizen complaint is "we never see the police."
B) it does deter property crime.
C) it suppresses nuisance offenses.
D) rapid call-for-service response is facilitated.

Question 10

The "Three Citizens' Model" includes which of the following programs?

A) civil service systems
B) citizen complaint boards
C) citizen review boards
D) citizens on patrol

Question 11

In problem-oriented policing,permanent resolution of issues

A) should never be the goal.
B) should always be the goal.
C) is an unrealistic expectation.
D) is achievable only with the SARA model.

Question 12

Total restructuring of patrol deployment as a means of implementing community policing has

A) been widely successful.
B) been occasionally successful.
C) seldom been successful.
D) failed.

Question 13

A common component of an enforcement "crackdown" is

A) surveillance.
B) intelligence threat analysis.
C) issuing warnings in lieu of arrest.
D) intensive field interviews.

Question 14

The questions or issues that are relevant to the overlay model include which of the following?

A) Is the model simply politically correct rhetoric?
B) How is the productivity of community resource officers measured?
C) Who is responsible for what?
D) How can unpredictable and uneven time segments be understood?

Question 15

The primary "problem" with problem-oriented policing is

A) operationalizing the SARA model.
B) abandoning the SARA model.
C) the unrealistic expectations of advocates.
D) reconciling it with community-oriented policing

Question 16

It is difficult to construct experimental designs to test the efficiency of problem-oriented interventions because of the

A) difficulty in identifying comparison locations.
B) brevity of most efforts.
C) regression to the mean.
D) inability to specify outcomes.

Question 17

The questions or issues that are relevant to the "every officer is a community policing officer" model include which of the following?

A) Is the model simply politically correct rhetoric?
B) Can agencies afford the cost?
C) Who among team members is responsible for what?
D) Does the model fragment and isolate patrol services?

Question 18

The key phrase in a definition of community policing is

A) generic community responsiveness.
B) total quality management.
C) structured community contact efforts.
D) courtesy to citizens.

Question 19

Neighborhood deployment is most accurately defined as

A) general patrol in residential areas.
B) focused patrol in residential areas.
C) extra patrol in any defined area.
D) deployment responsive to the particular demands of a geographic area.

Question 20

Research in Jacksonville,Florida,that compared hot spot concentrated patrol to problem solving indicated that

A) only problem solving had a residual effect.
B) only concentrated patrol had a residual effect.
C) only problem solving had an immediate effect.
D) neither had any measurable effect.