Deck 7: Community Policing and Fear of Crime

Question 1

The fear of crime was not an issue in the U.S.criminal justice arena until the:

A)1960s
B)1970s
C)1980s
D)1990s

Answer 1

1970s

Question 2

According to the text, police corruption was a national problem into the:

A)1920s
B)1930s
C)1940s
D)1950s

Answer 2

1950s

Question 3

According to Amir (1971), what percentage of rape in Philadelphia was victim- precipitated?

A)19%
B)20%
C)25%
D)30%

Answer 3

19%

Question 4

The ____________ was one of the first police experiments to include fear of crime as a factor.

A)Kansas City Preventive Patrol experiment
B)Flint Foot Patrol experiment
C)Weed and Seed experiment
D)Community Policing experiment

Question 5

Heber (2009) notes that there are two types of fear: ____________ fear and ____________ fear.

A)individual; external
B)community; personal
C)personal; altruistic
D)emotional; physical

Question 6

____________ fear is a result of exposure to cues in the environment that result in stressful feelings.

A)Altruistic
B)Environmental
C)Emotional
D)Personal

Question 7

____________ relates to concerns of safety and wellbeing for others such as family or friends.

A)Altruistic
B)Personal
C)External
D)Community

Question 8

The ____________ model explains fear of crime through personal victimization, experiences with others who have been victimized, and perceived vulnerability to victimization.

A)victimization
B)disorder
C)community concern
D)subcultural-diversity

Question 9

The threat of victimization has three components.In the __________, the individual becomes wary of real and perceived disorder, and crime events in the community.

A)community component
B)behavioral component
C)emotive component
D)cognitive component

Question 10

Which of the following statement is considered a valid statement regarding fear?

A)Males are more fearful of being victimized than females.
B)The elderly tend to isolate themselves because of their fear of crime.
C)The young tend to engage in less risky behavior, thus reducing fear of victimization.
D)all of the above

Question 11

The media can affect the amount of fear within the community.How does the media affect fear?

A)Media can distort coverage of crime.
B)Media can create an impression of higher crime rate that what is actually occurring.
C)Media emphasizes the actions of pathological individual who committed bizarre acts.
D)all of the above

Question 12

The postulates that fear is produced by the amount of perceived disorder that people encounter in their neighborhood or areas where they travel, such as work, shopping, and recreation.

A)victimization model
B)community concern model
C)disorder model
D)subcultural diversity model

Question 13

The differs from the other models in that it considers one's feelings or attitudes about factors such as social change, dissatisfaction with neighborhood life, and unease about life circumstances.

A)victimization model
B)community concern model
C)disorder model
D)subcultural diversity model

Question 14

The suggests that some measure of fear of crime is produced from persons living near others who have cultural backgrounds that are different from their own.

A)victimization model
B)community concern model
C)disorder model
D)subcultural diversity model

Question 15

The explains fear of crime through personal victimization, experiences with others who have been victimized and perceived vulnerability to victimization.

A)victimization model
B)community concern model
C)disorder model
D)subcultural diversity model

Question 16

Policing as an occupation was quick to identify fear of crime as a legitimate social concern.

Question 17

The research has been inconclusive regarding the relationship between victimization and fear of crime.

Question 18

Gender is the strongest and best predictor of fear of crime.

Question 19

Women experience a substantial amount of altruistic fear, especially mothers whose children are exposed to risk factors in the neighborhood or in school.

Question 20

Increased fear for elderly people is likely the result of their feeling that they are less able to physically defend themselves as compared to younger people.

Question 21

African Americans tend to be more fearful of crime as compared to whites.

Question 22

Though research shows that schools are the safest place for young people, media coverage of sensational school crimes increases fear of crime.

Question 23

School crime increases fear of crime only on the part of students.

Question 24

Community policing can decrease the fear of crime by expanding reactive responses to disorder and social problems.

Question 25

Weisband and Eck found that programs focusing on community partnerships and community building did NOT reduce the fear of crime.

Question 26

Researchers have found that people with wealth, or those living in wealthy neighborhoods, are less fearful of crime.Such neighborhoods are better able to control crime and disorder as compared to other neighborhoods.

Question 27

Community policing strategies focus primarily on crime reduction, responding to calls for service, and maintaining order in a community.

Question 28

Fear of crime potentially can undermine people's faith in the police and courts' ability to deal with crime.This can lead to vigilante justice and other measures outside the criminal justice system.

Question 29

The traditional police response to fear of crime has been to disregard it as a legitimate police objective.

Question 30

By expanding the police mission to embrace proactive efforts to address social and physical disorder, community policing directly addresses the indirect fears associated with community problems.

Question 31

Contrast the four models of fear of crime victimization according to your text.

Question 32

Fear of crime is not consistent with victimization or the level of crime occurring within the community.Explain the inconsistency between the fear of victimization and the level of crime that is actually occurring.

Question 33

What are the costs of fear of crime to society? Explain in detail.

Question 34

The City of Newark did extensive planning regarding budget and crime problems.They identified three basic sources of fear within their community.Identify and explain the three sources of fear.

Question 35

What were the objectives of the Flint, Michigan Foot Patrol Experiment? What were the results? Explain.