Deck 6: Community Policing and Crime

Question 1

Since the police reform movement of the 1930s, the primary job of the police has narrowed to:

A)fighting drug abuse
B)crime fighter
C)fighting illegal immigration
D)fighting illegal gambling

Answer 1

crime fighter

Question 2

As police agencies matured, four generally accepted accounting practices became enshrined as the key measures to evaluate police performance.Which of the following is one of the practices?

A)response times
B)clearance rates
C)reported crime rates
D)all of the above

Answer 2

all of the above

Question 3

The number of ____________ now far exceeds the number of ____________.

A)public police officers; privately employed security personnel
B)privately employed security personnel; public police officers
C)publicly employed security personnel; public police officers
D)publicly employed security personnel; privately employed police officers

Answer 3

privately employed security personnel; public police officers

Question 4

From 1972 to 2002, the United States has increased its incarceration rate by:

A)100%
B)200%
C)400%
D)500%

Question 5

According to the text, the ____________ statistics compiled by the FBI show trends, but they do not provide a true picture of the crimes actually committed at any specific time.

A)Uniform Crime Reports
B)National Incident Based Reports
C)COMPSTAT Report
D)National Crime Trend

Question 6

The __________ is conducted by the U.S.Census Bureau for the Bureau of Justice Statistics.Approximately 40,000 households and 73,000 individuals are interviewed about their crime victimization.

A)National Incident Based Report
B)Uniform Crime Report
C)National Crime Victimization Survey
D)All of Above

Question 7

Proponents of the deterrence theory propose that there are only three times that police can affect crime.One of these times is:

A)assisting the offender to commit the crime
B)preventing the crime
C)response to a crime within five minutes of the occurrence
D)all of the above

Question 8

Regarding traditional policy, which of the following statements is true?

A)Traditional policing relies on patrol by officers.
B)Patrol prevents crime from occurring due to the presence of the patrol car.
C)Patrol creates an illusion that that the criminal will be apprehended.
D)all of the above

Question 9

The ___________ was a major study to determine the effectiveness of patrol.

A)New York Preventive Patrol Study
B)Los Angeles Community Policing Study
C)Kansas City Preventive Patrol Study
D)all of the above

Question 10

One study showed that 75% of serious crimes were cold when police were notified, and that delays in calling the police are attributable to:

A)apathy
B)shame
C)trauma
D)all of the above

Question 11

According to research by Eck, there are three categories of crimes facing investigators.As a result of his research, it was recommended that investigators be assigned the following category of criminal investigations:

A)crimes that cannot be solved regardless of effort
B)crimes that can be solved with moderate effort
C)crimes that can be solved with minimum of effort
D)all of the above

Question 12

The showed arrest was the most effective of the three standard methods police use to reduce domestic violence.

A)Kansas City Preventive Patrol Study
B)New York Study Domestic Violence Study
C)Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment
D)Dallas Reactive Patrol Experiment

Question 13

The RAND Corporation conducted a study of the criminal investigative process and concluded:

A)An investigator's time is largely consumed in reviewing reports, documenting files, and attempting to locate and interview victims on cases that experience shows will not be solved.
B)Training pays an important part in the solving crime, arrest rates, and clearance rates.
C)On the use of investigators' time: Substantially more than 90% of all serious reported crimes receive a large percentage of attention from investigators.
D)The victim's failure to document a case investigation thoroughly may have contributed to a higher case dismissal rate and a weakening of the prosecutor's plea bargaining position.

Question 14

Community policing can reduce violence by targeting domestic violence by:

A)enmeshing officers in the community and detecting signs of domestic violence
B)train officers to provide assistance to victims in controlling aggressors
C)officers make follow-up visits as part of their assignment
D)all of the above

Question 15

The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Study demonstrated that:

A)preventive patrol was effective in deterring criminal offenses
B)people's satisfaction with the police improved
C)rates of crime did not show any difference
D)all of the above

Question 16

The professional model had little direct impact on crime rates even after millions of federal dollars were poured into crime-fighting programs.

Question 17

According to Rosenbaum (1996), "Nearly all of the evaluation research on collective anti-crime strategies focuses on opportunity-reduction activities."

Question 18

The UCR really tells us more about police practices than about crime.

Question 19

The violent crimes focused on by the UCR are murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault

Question 20

One rationale for having motor patrol officers cruise streets on free patrol is that their visible presence in the community should act as a deterrent to crime.

Question 21

In Minneapolis, it was found that arrest was not the answer.To reduce domestic violence, it was better to counsel the couple and have them separate for a cooling off period of eight hours.

Question 22

According to Eck, there are only two categories of cases that face investigators.They are solvable and unsolvable. Unsolvable account for 80% of an investigator's caseload.

Question 23

In the RAND Study, it was determined that investigative strike forces were not effective.

Question 24

During the 1970s, researchers conducted a study of preventive patrol in Minneapolis.The results of the study showed that preventive patrol did prevent crime.

Question 25

The presence and absence of crime has been an occupational standard against which police programs were measured.

Question 26

Research has found that policies of criminal justice agencies have not had an effect on crime rates.

Question 27

Murder can be premeditated or impulsive, but, in either case, the police face limits on their ability to make a difference.

Question 28

Advocates of the deterrence theory advocate that police can have an effect upon crime if they intervene during the crime.

Question 29

Under traditional policing, quick responses to a crime will result in officers finding and preserving evidence as well as witnesses.

Question 30

In the RAND study, it was found that police failure to document a case investigation thoroughly does not contribute to a higher case dismissal rate or a weakening of the prosecutor's plea bargaining position.

Question 31

Researchers have proposed that socioeconomic factors influence or affect crime.List and explain the socioeconomic factors affecting crime.

Question 32

Explain the methodology of the Kansas City Preventive Patrol Study as well as the results of that study.What was the significance of the results? Explain.

Question 33

How can community policing target domestic violence and reduce the number of homicides? Explain the various methods as to how they will reduce violence.

Question 34

Research has disputed the traditional model of investigation.Explain the arguments against traditional investigation as to why it is not effective.