Community Policing
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Course Introduction
Community Policing explores the philosophies, strategies, and practical methods used to build trust and collaboration between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve. The course examines the historical evolution of community policing, the role of problem-solving, partnerships, and organizational transformation, and how these concepts address crime prevention, social disorder, and quality of life issues. Students will analyze successful models, barriers to implementation, and the impact of diversity, ethics, and communication skills on fostering police-community relationships. Critical thinking and real-world case studies equip students with the tools necessary to understand and participate in effective, contemporary policing practices.
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Community Policing Partnerships for Problem Solving 8th Edition by Linda S. Miller
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Chapter 1: The Evolution of Community Policing
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Q1) 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
Q2) The first strategic era of policing was known as the ________________ era.
A)community
B)progressive
C)reform
D)political
Answer: D
Q3) Peele's ____ principles became the basis for "modern" police forces.
A)7
B)8
C)9
D)10
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Inside Police Agencies: Understanding Mission and Culture
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Q1) Law enforcement agencies rarely,if ever,seek input from the community when developing mission statements.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) According to the text,police departments today place a greater emphasis on what mindset when approaching how to police?
A)Warrior
B)Coddling
C)Guardian
D)Authoritative
Answer: C
Q3) Controversy on the use of force by police is almost always discussed in terms of
Answer: police brutality
Q4) The Lucifer effect is limited to individuals,not organizations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Understanding and Involving the Community
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Q1) The _________ includes divisions of society with wealth and political influence such as federal,state,and local agencies and governments; commissions; and regulatory agencies.
A)criminal justice system
B)informal power structure
C)formal power structure
D)None of the above
Answer: C
Q2) Incivilities and social disorder occur when _________________ have eroded.
Answer: social control mechanisms
Q3) The broken windows phenomenon signifies
A)that people don't care about the neighborhood.
B)an impending crime wave.
C)an ineffective police force.
D)All of the above
Answer: A
Q4) _________________ is a system that removes juvenile status offenders and delinquents from the jurisdiction of the courts.
Answer: Diversion
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Chapter 4: Problem Solving: Proactive Policing
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Q1) Discuss and give examples of how technology has become an indispensable tool for law enforcement.
Q2) The first step in problem-oriented policing is to move beyond just handling incidents.It calls for recognizing that incidents are often merely overt symptoms of problems.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The magnet phenomenon occurs when a phone number or address is associated with a crime simply because it was a convenient number or address to use.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The text suggests the police department must increase police officers' freedom to make or participate in important decisions.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Animal abuse is a predictor of other violence and abusive behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Discuss the key elements of problem-oriented policing.
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Chapter 5: Implementing Community Policing
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Q1) The text states that the ________________ are opinion leaders,or the ones to whom others come for advice.
Q2) Resistance to community-oriented policing from middle management,line officers,and unions is called _____________________.
Q3) According to the text,an organization with fewer lieutenants and captains,fewer staff departments,fewer staff assistants,more sergeants,and more patrol officers is an example of an organization that is
A)well rounded.
B)flat.
C)top-heavy.
D)decentralized.
Q4) Community policing brings police closer to the people,building relationships between police and community and among community members themselves.
A)True
B)False
Q5) ________________ is the development of an overall strategy that will review the present state of the organization,envision the future state of the organization,and devise a means of moving from one to the other.
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Chapter 6: Communicating With a Diverse Population
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Q1) Under the ADA,all government brochures and printed material must be available in Braille or on audiotape if requested.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ____________________ is a belief that a human population having a distinct genetically transmitted characteristic is inferior.
Q3) According to the text,the U.S.Census Bureau predicts that by the year 2030 nearly one in five people will be age 30 or younger.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to the text,important individual characteristics in communication include all of the following except:
A)Age
B)Self-esteem
C)Language skills
D)Morals
Q5) Racism flows in _________directions between the police and the citizens within the communities they serve.
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Chapter 7: Building Partnerships: a Cornerstone of Community Policing
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Q1) According to the text,________________ is a process performed by a computer-aided dispatch system in which nonemergency or lower priority calls are ranked.
Q2) Criticisms of the partnerships in community policing usually center on time and money.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Community courts
A)address the same kinds of problems as other courts.
B)are designed to address the most serious crimes.
C)usually address a wide range of offenses involving quality of life.
D)are an historical alternative to the traditional courtroom.
Q4) Discuss in detail call management and call stacking and give examples of each.
Q5) _____________________advocates a balanced approach to justice that involves offenders,victims,local communities,and government to alleviate and repair the harm caused by crime and violence and to maintain peaceful communities.
Q6) Discuss the concept of community courts and how it has affected communities.
Q7) Community justice has its roots in restorative justice.
A)True
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Chapter 8: Forming Partnerships With the Media
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Q1) The ______________ Amendment guides police in their dealing with the press in relation to investigations.
Q2) Some departments discourage individual officers from talking to reporters and instead designate a ________________ to disseminate all information to the media.
Q3) When media coverage of high profile cases impacts the rest of the judicial process in other cases regardless of the actual impact of the offense,it is called A)disparity.
B)news media amplification.
C)news media echo effect.
D)news cycle effect.
Q4) The ____________ Amendment guarantees freedom of the press.
Q5) Research referred to in the text shows that police departments are clearly missing an opportunity to promote community policing in the news.
A)True
B)False
Q6) A healthy conflict between the media and the police is _____________ and
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Chapter 9: Early Experiments in Crime Prevention and the
Evolution of Community Policing Strategies
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Q1) In the Flint experiment,motorized patrol was rated superior in preventing crime and encouraging citizen self-protection.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The __________________ Foot Patrol Experiment has garnered attention lately for its focus on place-based policing.
Q3) Good examples of special crime watch programs are
A)electronic surveillance companies.
B)storefront police precincts.
C)realtor and carrier watch programs.
D)All of the above
Q4) Since ancient times,lighting has been one means to deter and detect crime.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Traditionally,the most common forms of crime prevention were
A)foot patrols.
B)newsletters.
C)community organizing.
D)All of the above
Q6) CPTED stands for __________________. Page 12
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Chapter 10: Safe Neighborhoods and Communities: From Traffic Problems to Crime
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Q1) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that speeding was a contributing factor in what percentage of fatal crashes?
A)10
B)15
C)27
D)32
Q2) The Combat Auto Theft (CAT)program allows the police to stop any car marked with a special decal
A)between 8 P.M. and midnight.
B)between 1 A.M. and 5 A.M.
C)between 7 P.M. and 7 A.M. on the weekends.
D)anytime, any day of the week.
Q3) List and briefly describe the five traffic enforcement and safety concerns described in this chapter.Include a plan or strategy for dealing with each concern.
Q4) ________________ is an organization that provides training materials that emphasize community policing from a local perspective,community partnerships,problem solving,strategic planning,and assessment.
Q5) Most ATM robberies are committed by __________________ using a weapon.
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Chapter 11: Community Policing and Drugs
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Q1) Understand and discuss the various strategies used to disrupt the drug market and the entities involved in such collaborative efforts.
Q2) In apartment complexes,closed drug markets pose a greater threat than open drug markets.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Most undercover assignments are used to obtain information and evidence about illegal activity when it cannot be obtained in any other way._______________ cover involves deception,but the officer usually goes home at the end of the shift.
A)Light
B)Medium
C)Deep
D)None of the above
Q4) When was the first national drug control strategy published?
A)1973
B)1980
C)1989
D)1991
Q5) ________________ emphasizes correctional policies and broader social reforms.
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Chapter 12: Bringing Youths Into Community Policing
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Q1) In the 1980s,a nonprofit youth development agency in Oakland,California,established this program to address increasing numbers of youth homicides as a result of heightened gang activity:
A)Peer Educators Symposium
B)Youth Advisory Council
C)National Youth Strategy
D)Teens on Target
Q2) School vandalism and break-ins pose a serious problem to school administrators and communities.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to the text,crisis planning is the final prong in A)effective leadership.
B)effective mentoring.
C)effective management.
D)effective security.
Q4) Police _________________ schools involve youth in police agencies,develop bonds between youth and police officers,and encourage youth to view law enforcement as a rewarding career path.
Q5) Discuss the problems that are associated with school vandalism and break-ins.
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Chapter 13: The Challenge of Gangs: Controlling Their
Destructive Force
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Q1) According to the text,gangs are identified by all of the below except:
A)Name
B)Turf concerns
C)Symbols, colors, or special dress
D)Age
Q2) A nick Remember given to a gang member is called a _______________.
Q3) Female gang members
A)are decreasing in number nationwide.
B)are often drug dependent and physically abused.
C)generally hold positions of power within the gang.
D)comprise nearly 40% of gang membership.
Q4) In the 1950s and 1960s,law enforcement used _______________ toward gangs.
A)a social services approach
B)a suppression approach
C)the same approach they used throughout the 20th century
D)a clearly superior approach to that being used today
Q5) There is no single solution or "magic bullet" that will prevent youths from joining gangs.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Understanding and Preventing Violence
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Q1) What crime has been documented to be linked to domestic violence?
A)Murder
B)Animal abuse
C)Child abuse
D)Rape
Q2) Initiated in 1994,the Boston Gun Project includes gun trafficking interdiction as one component in their broad strategy to stop gun violence.Partners in the project include the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms,and Explosives (ATF); the Boston Police Department (BPD); the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office; and
A)the Kennedy school.
B)the FBI.
C)the U.S. Attorney's Office.
D)the Massachusetts Attorney General.
Q3) Explain how gun violence may be considered a three-phase continuum and how effective gun control strategies can focus on each point of intervention.
Q4) The United States has a much lower violent crime rate than many other countries.
A)True
B)False
Q5) "Safe storage" laws are also called CAP laws; CAP stands for ________________.
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Chapter 15: Understanding and Preventing Terrorism
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Q1) A barrier to improved relations between police and Arab Americans found in a survey of policing Arab American communities was persistent mutual distrust.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The idea that coverage of terrorism will lead to more terrorism is called what?
A)The echo effect
B)The copy-cat effect
C)The contagion effect
D)The proliferation effect
Q3) The September 11th attacks undoubtedly shifted the priorities of policing.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Department of Homeland Security has established a ________________-level,color-coded threat system used to communicate with public safety officials and the public at large.
A)five
B)four
C)three
D)seven
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Chapter 16: What Research Tells Us and a Look to the Future
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Q1) Mimetic isomorphism occurs when an organization copies or imitates another organization.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ______________ isomorphism results from professionalism,with influences coming from such organizations as PERF and IACP.
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) ______________ isomorphism occurs when organizations adopt something as a result of pressure either from the state or other organizations.
Q5) Most research on community policing strategies shows ______________ effects on crime rates,drug abuse and trafficking,and fear of crime.
A)overwhelmingly positive
B)fairly positive and statistically significant
C)only modest and statistically insignificant
D)absolutely no
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