Community and Problem-Oriented Policing Final
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Course Introduction
Community and Problem-Oriented Policing examines modern strategies and philosophies that emphasize collaborative partnerships between police agencies and the communities they serve. The course explores how law enforcement can move beyond traditional reactive approaches to embrace proactive problem-solving methods, addressing the underlying factors contributing to crime and disorder. Students will learn about the history and evolution of community policing, key components of problem-oriented policing, and the practical application of these models in diverse communities. Through case studies and real-world examples, the course highlights effective communication, partnership building, and the use of data-driven strategies to enhance public safety and trust.
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Community Policing Partnerships for Problem Solving 8th Edition by Linda
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Chapter 1: The Evolution of Community Policing
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Q1) August Vollmer
A)helped spearhead the reform movement in policing.
B)helped institute the patronage system.
C)helped institute the spoils system.
D)Both a and b
Answer: A
Q2) The image of the "Keystone Cops" during the Political Era depicted police as
A)upright citizens.
B)clumsy bunglers.
C)corrupt potiticians.
D)astute detectives.
Answer: B
Q3) The Anglo-Saxons grouped their farms around small,self-governing villages that policed themselves.This informal arrangement became more structured under which ruler?
A)King Edward
B)Queen Victoria
C)King Alfred
D)Queen Elizabeth
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Inside Police Agencies: Understanding Mission and Culture
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Q1) Which of the following best describes an ethics-check question?
A)Is it balanced?
B)Will anybody find out?
C)Is it cost-effective?
D)All of the above
Answer: A
Q2) The lowest-ranking and newest patrol officers typically have
A)no discretion.
B)the least amount of discretion.
C)the greatest amount of discretion.
D)the same amount of discretion as civilian personnel.
Answer: C
Q3) The media have little effect on public opinion.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Police brutality is considered a problem by only a small segment of the public. A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Understanding and Involving the Community
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Q1) The _________________ provides that for everyone to receive justice,each person must relinquish some freedom.
Answer: social contract
Q2) When prosecutors charge a defendant with a lesser charge in exchange for a guilty plea,it is called _________________.
Answer: plea bargaining
Q3) Some citizen review boards require police officials to sit on them as members,which may result in the perception of impartiality.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Increases in incivilities may increase the fear of crime and reduce citizens' sense of safety.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q5) NIMBY stands for _________________.
Answer: "not in my backyard"
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Chapter 4: Problem Solving: Proactive Policing
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Q1) Using the SARA model,the final step in problem solving is
A)assessment.
B)analysis.
C)arbitration.
D)assistance.
Q2) In some cases,problem solving and crime-specific planning are not better options,and problems should always be solved with mediation.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Characteristics common to workplace violence and school violence include all of the following except:
A)Profiles of the perpetrators
B)Mediation strategies
C)Warnings
D)Means and pathways to violence
Q4) "Safe storage" laws are also called CAP laws; CAP stands for ________________.
Q5) Several theories exist about the concentration of crime and disorder and are used to explain different types of crime phenomena that occur at different geographic levels.List and describe the various crime hot spot theories.
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Chapter 5: Implementing Community Policing
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Q1) Decentralization goes hand-in-hand with empowerment.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Flat organizations have
A)fewer staff departments.
B)fewer sergeants.
C)fewer patrol officers.
D)All of the above
Q3) The most important consideration in selecting strategies to implement community policing is
A)the financial impact the strategies will have on the department and community.
B)the willingness of officers to accept the assignments associated with the strategies.
C)the potential for such strategies to lead to positive publicity.
D)how well the strategies fit the unique needs of the community.
Q4) The Community Policing Consortium recommends that the entire workforce be directly involved in the visioning and planning processes.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss and analyze possible resistance to community policing.
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Chapter 6: Communicating With a Diverse Population
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Q1) Providing help to victims originated as a grassroots effort in the 1990s to help battered women.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Many of the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease are identical to those of intoxication.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The disabilities that police officers encounter the most frequently are
A)touch impairment.
B)kinesics impairment.
C)mobility impairment.
D)taste impairment.
Q4) In their traditional role of crime fighter,the police seldom interact with those from the ___________ socioeconomic class.
A)lower
B)middle
C)upper-middle
D)upper
Q5) Describe and give examples of the results of being victimized.
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Chapter 7: Building Partnerships: a Cornerstone of Community Policing
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Q1) According to the text,concerns about using volunteers in police departments include
A)possible access to confidential material.
B)older people's well-known disrespect for the law.
C)their tendency to try to take over enforcement duties.
D)All of the above
Q2) Restorative justice holds that stakeholders share responsibility for achieving justice through
A)accountability.
B)reciprocity.
C)objectivity.
D)partnerships.
Q3) Traditional shift and beat rotation work to build partnerships with the community.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In addition to call management,many departments are finding they can improve citizens' participation in community policing and build trust through
Q5) Discuss the concept of community courts and how it has affected communities.
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Chapter 8: Forming Partnerships With the Media
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Q1) Police and media are mutually dependent upon each other.This is referred to as a _______________ relationship.
A)codependent
B)symbiotic
C)parasitic
D)commensality
Q2) The First Amendment guarantee of freedom of the press is often incompatible with the _______________ Amendment guarantee of the right to a fair trial and protection of the defendant's rights.
A)First
B)Second
C)Fourth
D)Sixth
Q3) A soundbite
A)must contain good solid information.
B)should speculate.
C)should last at least 15 minutes.
D)should save the most important information for last.
Q4) Discuss why it is not a good idea to lie to the media and when it might be necessary to do so.
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Chapter 9: Early Experiments in Crime Prevention and the
Evolution of Community Policing Strategies
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Q1) The Portland antiburglary program succeeded in reducing the burglary rate for those who participated.
A)True
B)False
Q2) One of the impediments to community oriented policing is
A)strong leadership.
B)community involvement.
C)lack of educated officers.
D)the powerful pull of tradition.
Q3) The way courts address the accused has a direct impact on the crime problem and on community policing efforts.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In the fear-reduction strategy experiments in Newark and Houston,coordinated community policing was also known as the __________________ project.
Q5) Community-based __________________ gained popularity in the 1990s but are still resisted by many neighborhoods.
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Q6) List and briefly describe the types of special crime watches that have been used.
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Chapter 10: Safe Neighborhoods and Communities: From Traffic Problems to Crime
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Q1) Community policing and crime prevention are the same program.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Those who participate in the CAT program waive their rights against search and seizure protection.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What percentage of the nation's population is served by law enforcement agencies practicing community policing?
A)56%
B)72%
C)91%
D)81%
Q4) The Governors Highway Safety Association,in a 2012 report Speeding and Aggressive Driving, makes recommendations that include
A)aggressive driving enforcement.
B)targeted enforcement.
C)promote best practices in automated enforcement strategies.
D)All of the above
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Chapter 11: Community Policing and Drugs
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Q1) The phrase "war on drugs" was coined by
A)Franklin D. Roosevelt.
B)Richard Nixon.
C)Bill Clinton
D)George H.W. Bush
Q2) Drug courts are even more effective when partnered with law enforcement.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The ONDCP has requested __________ in budget for FY 2017.
A)$1.5 million
B)$1.5 billion
C)$ 15 billion
D)$15 million
Q4) Many believe that marijuana is a _______________ drug.
A)harmless
B)troublesome
C)gateway
D)None of the above
Q5) A ________________ drinking is described as having five or more drinks in a row within the past two weeks.
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Chapter 12: Bringing Youths Into Community Policing
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Q1) According to the text,one of the responses to prevent school vandalism that has been successful is controlling the sale of vandalism tools.
A)True
B)False
Q2) California's Butte County Safe Schools program is an example of using what to prevent problems?
A)Teams
B)Strict enforcement
C)Monthly directed response
D)Community surveys
Q3) The Kops 'n' Kids program,endorsed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP),brings together children and officers to A)counteract negative perceptions of police.
B)have lunch.
C)participate in ride-along programs.
D)have fun rather than to deliver antidrug or anticrime speeches.
Q4) As defined in the text,_________________ is something done to get someone in trouble,but _________________ is done to keep someone safe.
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Chapter 13: The Challenge of Gangs: Controlling Their
Destructive Force
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Q1) As defined in the text,_______________ are criminal organizations that originated within the penal system and operate within correctional facilities in the United States.
Q2) According to the text,the condition that makes the school environment most ripe for gang activity is denial because public officials are more focused on image concerns for their organizations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Gangs use females to carry weapons and tools for committing crimes because A)officers are hesitant to search females.
B)females attract less attention than males.
C)male gang members would receive a stiffer sentence if caught with these objects.
D)females are less likely to get caught than males.
Q4) According to the text,_______________ distribute wholesale quantities of drugs.
A)local street gangs
B)sophisticated criminal networks
C)organized street gangs
D)prison gangs
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Q5) Gangs can fulfill the need to _____________ or the need for ________________.
Chapter 14: Understanding and Preventing Violence
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Q1) Thirty percent of women in the United States say they've been victims of domestic violence or stalking by a husband,partner,or date at some point in their lives.
A)True
B)False
Q2) S*T*O*P Violence against Women stands for services,training,officers,and
Q3) In 1990,the Federal Hate Crime Statistics Act was passed,mandating that the Justice Department secure data on crimes related to religion,race,sexual orientation,or ethnicity.Although the laws vary considerably,the most common elements include all of the following except:
A)Enhanced penalties for common law crimes against persons based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or sexual orientation
B)Criminal penalties for vandalism of religious institutions
C)Expanded criminal investigation strategies
D)Collection of data on bias crimes
Q4) ________________ uses flowcharts to visually depict how information,materials,and activities flow in an organization and how work is handed off from one department to another.
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Chapter 15: Understanding and Preventing Terrorism
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Q1) The current color-coded security advisory system has been replaced by a ________________ National Terrorism Advisory System.
A)three-level
B)four-level
C)two-level
D)six-level
Q2) The ________________ program supports federal,state,and local law enforcement efforts to combat criminal activity,including terrorism.
A)NIMS
B)RISS
C)NCISP
D)SIMS
Q3) Terrorism can survive without publicity,and the media generates much of this publicity.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The September 11th attacks undoubtedly shifted the priorities of policing.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: What Research Tells Us and a Look to the Future
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Q1) This organization was created in 1979 to enhance law enforcement as a profession and to improve law enforcement:
A)IACP
B)NOBLE
C)CALEA
D)PERF
Q2) According to the text,what do most experts believe will have the most profound impact on the collective ability of the federal,state,and local governments to protect the United States?
A)Asymmetric threats
B)Technological innovations
C)Domestic terrorism
D)Global terrorism
Q3) Globalization and the trend toward a decreasingly networked world economy will become more pronounced within the next five years.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The effectiveness of community policing is often measured using ______________ for a given jurisdiction.
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