Deck 5: A Typology of Crime Reduction Strategies

Question 1

Geographic targeting is best defined as a focus on

A) neighborhoods.
B) residential neighborhoods.
C) crime corridors.
D) a particular area.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The relationship between crime targeting and strategy/process should be which of the following?

A) Process should drive strategy.
B) Strategy should drive process.
C) Strategy and process should be alternated and interactive.
D) Neither strategy nor process should drive the other.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

An enforcement strategy that in some contexts might be viewed as a tactic is

A) targeted offense.
B) gang violence reduction.
C) intensive field interviews.
D) probation/parole/alias-capias enforcement.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Quick deployment capability requires that staffing be at what level?

A) 4.5 officers per thousand population
B) the minimal ability for targeted deployment
C) comparable to that in Chicago
D) comparable to that in New York City

Question 5

The current dominant crime reduction strategy in the United States is

A) community-oriented policing.
B) problem-oriented policing.
C) Compstat.
D) intelligence-led policing.

Question 6

Formal,articulated crime control approaches have existed since the development of

A) community-oriented policing in the 1970s.
B) Compstat in the NYPD in the 1990s.
C) hot spots concentrated patrol in the 2000s.
D) Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) over 50 years ago.

Question 7

O.W.Wilson's landmark book Police Administration (1950)addressed the multiple purposes of law enforcement but focused on

A) crime control.
B) community engagement.
C) problem solving.
D) CPTED.

Question 8

Targeted response to a crime pattern/trend/series is best accomplished by

A) multiple units.
B) regular patrol.
C) tactical patrol.
D) investigative units.

Question 9

Among enforcement strategies,the two that represent "polar extremes" of the use of arrests to deter offenders are

A) focus on high-crime residential areas versus high-crime commercial locations.
B) targeted offenses versus offense clusters.
C) broken windows enforcement versus surveillance apprehension.
D) drug house crackdown versus gang violence reduction.

Question 10

The books that describe the implementation of Compstat in New York City can best be characterized as

A) evaluative.
B) hyper-critical.
C) advocating Compstat's use.
D) nonsense.

Question 11

A crime reduction program that has been an articulated approach for over 50 years is

A) intelligence-led policing.
B) evidence-based deployment.
C) crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED).
D) Compstat.

Question 12

The "founder" of community policing,Robert Trojanowicz,began his presentations by noting that community policing's primary purpose was to

A) create integrated neighborhoods.
B) restructure the police as neighborhood managers.
C) take the predators off the streets.
D) reinvent policing.

Question 13

Which of the following best represents an appropriate target in the strategy of offense targeting?

A) burglary
B) daytime single-family residence burglaries
C) violent crime
D) disorder

Question 14

Among ten distinguishable enforcement strategies,which of the following is a form of offense targeting?

A) intensive field interviews
B) offense clusters
C) broken windows enforcement
D) surveillance

Question 15

One of the five core elements of an effective crime control strategy is is:

A) random patrol deployment
B) reactive investigations
C) proactive approaches
D) efficiency

Question 16

Which of the following would be classified as targeted proactive investigation?

A) marked patrol
B) unmarked patrol
C) sting operations
D) problem solving

Question 17

To be effective,a crime control strategy must be planned; in this context planned means

A) specificity.
B) structured.
C) contemplative.
D) monitored.

Question 18

Aggressive patrol is conducted during what type of time frame?

A) committed patrol time
B) uncommitted patrol time
C) evenings
D) nights

Question 19

A "crime response team" primarily employs what approach to crime interdiction?

A) surveillance
B) deep undercover
C) unmarked patrol cars
D) marked patrol cars

Question 20

To be effective,a crime control strategy must be modified how often?

A) weekly
B) monthly
C) quarterly
D) continuously