Community Relations in Criminal Justice Final Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Community Relations in Criminal Justice examines the dynamic interactions between law enforcement agencies, the justice system, and the communities they serve. The course explores the historical context, challenges, and strategies for fostering trust, cooperation, and effective communication between criminal justice professionals and diverse community groups. Topics include community policing, public perceptions of justice, conflict resolution, partnership development, and the impact of cultural, social, and economic factors on community relations. Through case studies and practical assessments, students develop skills to identify barriers, propose solutions, and promote ethical practices that enhance public safety and community well-being.
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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 Kansas City Preventive Patrol Study found that increased patrol reduced crime and had a significant effect on public awareness about police presence.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) During the reform era,the police sought to reestablish a close relationship with the community.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Community policing is an organizational strategy that emerged in the 1980s and 1990s for dramatically improving the delivery of police services.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Modern policing began in 1829 with the formation of the London Metropolitan Police,founded by______________.
Answer: Sir Robert Peel
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Chapter 2: Inside Police Agencies: Understanding Mission and Culture
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Q1) The informal values,beliefs,and expectations of officers are known collectively as
Answer: police culture
Q2) Selective enforcement is
A)the opposite of discretion.
B)the use of police discretion.
C)necessary because people expect all laws to be enforced.
D)the principle involved in random sobriety checks.
Answer: B
Q3) Ethics involves integrity,honesty,values,standards,courage,and
Answer: civility
Q4) The transformation of good people into evil people is called
A)the Noble Cause effect.
B)the integrity lapse effect.
C)the Lucifer effect.
D)the Halloween effect.
Answer: C
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Q5) Unpleasant interactions between the police and the public are known as
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Chapter 3: Understanding and Involving the Community
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Q1) The face of America is changing rapidly; in the next few years,
A)the elderly population will decrease.
B)white dominance will end, and minorities will increase.
C)the number of immigrants will decrease.
D)All of the above
Answer: B
Q2) Displacement
A)often occurs in a community "soft" on crime.
B)applies to criminal activity that has moved to a new location due to increased police presence.
C)is linked to factors such as availability of jobs and level of education.
D)All of the above
Answer: B
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) Incivilities and social disorder occur when _________________ have eroded.
Answer: social control mechanisms
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Chapter 4: Problem Solving: Proactive Policing
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Q1) Most general policies on "workplace violence" also specifically address domestic violence and its impact in the workplace.
A)True
B)False
Q2) First Strike: The Violence Connection campaign was created in 1997 to raise public and professional awareness about the connection between animal cruelty and human violence.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The mission of the Problem-Oriented Policing Center is to advance the concept and practice of
A)the SARA model.
B)community-oriented policing.
C)problem-oriented policing.
D)traditional policing.
Q4) Technology has become an indispensable tool for law enforcement.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the key elements of problem-oriented policing.
Q6) The originator of the problem-oriented policing concept is _____________.
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Chapter 5: Implementing Community Policing
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Q1) In the context of community policing efforts,a critical mass is
A)the minimum number of officers needed to effectively implement the community policing philosophy.
B)that segment of the community that believes community policing is "soft on crime" and, consequently, ineffective.
C)a group of individuals with high levels of social engagement and, thus, who are more effective in solving a community's problems.
D)the faction within a police department itself that resists community policing, considering it to be "soft on crime."
Q2) Communication,problem-solving,and ______________ skills are considered to be the most important areas to include in training.
Q3) When implementing a department's vision statement,those who have been antagonistic to the change process should simply be ignored.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The text states that the ________________ are opinion leaders,or the ones to whom others come for advice.
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Chapter 6: Communicating With a Diverse Population
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Q1) A dilemma facing law enforcement and the immigration issue is whether police can build _______________ with immigrant communities if they are also to gather intelligence and enforce immigration law.
Q2) Roughly 55 million people in this country,20 percent of the U.S.population,speak a language other than English at home.
A)True
B)False
Q3) As stated in the text,which of the following statements is true regarding the overall socioeconomic structure of the U.S.population?
A)The lower class is shrinking.
B)The middle class is shrinking.
C)The upper class is shrinking.
D)The gap between the lower and upper classes is shrinking.
Q4) The "veil-of-darkness" method has been proposed as an approach to test for racial profiling in a department's traffic stop practices.
A)True
B)False
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) Effective community policing depends on optimizing positive contact between patrol officers and community members.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Discuss the concept of community courts and how it has affected communities.
Q3) When forming partnerships,conflicts within communities are not as important to recognize as the commonalities.
A)True
B)False
Q4) When police departments use volunteers,________________ make excellent volunteers.
A)individuals wishing to become law enforcement officers
B)persons who are retired from law enforcement
C)young persons
D)older persons
Q5) Partnerships are made up of ______________,those people who have an interest in what happens in a particular situation.
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Q6) According to the text,a recent alternative to the traditional courtroom is
Chapter 8: Forming Partnerships With the Media
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Q1) A major theme among media participants at a police-media workshop was their need to get information from
A)the victims of crime.
B)law enforcement.
C)the witnesses.
D)the suspects.
Q2) According to the text,hundreds of departments across the country now maintain a presence on ________________.
Q3) An exception to the Freedom of Information Act that allows police to restrict the free flow of information is when the integrity of an investigation and/or subsequent prosecution could be jeopardized.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to the text,a healthy conflict between the press and the police is necessary and beneficial.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Courts have begun ruling that ___________________ violate a suspect's right to privacy.
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Chapter 9: Early Experiments in Crime Prevention and the
Evolution of Community Policing Strategies
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Q1) Many of the community-oriented programs focus on specific social problems of ______________ residents,problems that were "identified as correlates with,if not causes of,inner-city crime,such as emotional or family instability,lack of education,absence of vocational skills,unemployment,drug and alcohol abuse,juvenile gangs,and sexual abuse and exploitation".
Q2) Qualitative evaluations are __________ than quantitative evaluations.
A)less descriptive and less statistical
B)more descriptive and less statistical
C)less descriptive and more statistical
D)more descriptive and more statistical
Q3) Community-based corrections is also called __________________.
Q4) Although crime newsletters make readers more aware of crime,they also generally increase citizens' fear of crime.
A)True
B)False
Q5) __________________ are more descriptive and less statistical than quantitative ones.
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Q6) In the second experiment conducted in Newark,they did not show a reduction in fear of crime according to the __________________.
Chapter 10: Safe Neighborhoods and Communities: From Traffic Problems to Crime
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Q1) The Community Policing Consortium is funded and administered by the IACP.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The ________________ seeks to Remember,arrest and prosecute offenders while simultaneously working with citizens to improve quality of life.
Q3) ________________ is changes to make crime more difficult,risky,less regarding or less excusable and is one of the oldest forms of crime prevention.
Q4) 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.
Q5) An effective strategy to prevent witness intimidation usually requires __________.
Q6) List and briefly describe the five principles underlying CPTED.
Q7) Those who participate in the CAT program waive their rights against search and seizure protection.
A)True
B)False
Q8) Discuss the importance of place and the crime prevention methods used to prevent crime.
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Chapter 11: Community Policing and Drugs
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Q1) The function of ________________ policy is to recapture the streets from criminals to make them safe for the rest of us.
Q2) Which of the following statements does not apply to the Safety First drug education program?
A)Teenagers can make responsible decisions if given an honest, science-based drug education.
B)By following the gateway theory, a drug education mainstay, teenagers can avoid drug use.
C)Total drug abstinence may not be a realistic alternative for teenagers.
D)Use of mind-altering substances does not necessarily constitute abuse.
Q3) As stated in the text,empirical evidence supports the argument that substance abuse treatment is a sound public investment.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Marijuana use is significantly more prevalent among teen drivers than A)oxycontin.
B)alcohol.
C)methamphetamine.
D)cocaine.
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Chapter 12: Bringing Youths Into Community Policing
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Q1) Discuss the various types of "threats" listed in the text and how a school could prepare to meet these threats.What is the most common threat seen today?
Q2) School Resource Officers roles include safety expert and law enforcer,problem solver and liaison,and ______________.
A)mentor
B)coach
C)educator
D)advisor
Q3) To prevent bullying,Dr.Olweus recommends
A)clear and positive communication between parents and school officials. B)assistance to bullying victims that helps them assert themselves.
C)clear and swift reaction to persistent physical or verbal bullying.
D)All of the above
Q4) A school should be viewed as a _________________,not as an institution.
Q5) According to the text,bullying is more accurately termed A)peer child abuse.
B)psychopathic peer pressure.
C)pulling levers.
D)zero tolerance.
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Chapter 13: The Challenge of Gangs: Controlling Their
Destructive Force
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Q1) Describe the gang subculture and discuss the importance of a value system.
Q2) Gangs use children because
A)their youthful appearance often does not arouse suspicion.
B)if caught, the system is more lenient than with adults.
C)Both a and b
D)Neither a nor b
Q3) The National Youth Gang Center has developed a protocol for assessing a gang problem and a planning guide to assist communities in addressing a gang problem.
A)True
B)False
Q4) An estimated 756,000 gang members are active in roughly _______________ gangs nationwide.
A)15,000
B)25,000
C)29,000
D)35,000
Q5) Efforts to prevent gang memberships should target children as young as 10.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Understanding and Preventing Violence
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Q1) According to the text,the most effective response to sexual assaults employs a collaborative team approach that includes a police officer,victim advocate,and a medical practitioner/nurse,who conducts the sexual assault exam and collects evidence from the victim's body.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The acronym used by the Department of Justice's S*T*O*P Violence against Women Grant Program stands for
A)strategies, techniques, organizations, and programs.
B)students, teachers, officers, and parents.
C)safety, tolerance, objectivity, and patience.
D)services, training, officers, and prosecution.
Q3) ________________ is a law enforcement-led strategy whereby local police direct intensive patrols to specific geographic areas with high rates of gun-related incidents of violence.
Q4) Straw purchasers are purchasers fronting for people linked to A)illegal gun trafficking.
B)drug kingpins.
C)car theft rings.
D)counterfeiting operations.
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Chapter 15: Understanding and Preventing Terrorism
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Q1) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)was established by Executive Order on October 8,2001 and integrated ________________ different federal departments and -agencies.
A)31
B)22
C)12
D)18
Q2) The Pew Research Center conducted a poll in 2011 that showed Muslim Americans were not concerned about Islamic extremism.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe the process of ideological development.
Q4) According to the FBI,________________ involves violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that violate the criminal laws of the United States or any state or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or any state.
Q5) Describe the types of methods of launching attacks used by terrorists.Identify their most common and dangerous methods.
Q6) Describe the USA PATRIOT Act and its purpose.
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Chapter 16: What Research Tells Us and a Look to the Future
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Q1) A fundamental premise of predictive policing is
A)crime occurs sporadically.
B)crime is based on personality traits.
C)crime is not randomly distributed.
D)crime is completely predictable.
Q2) ______________ isomorphism occurs when organizations adopt something as a result of pressure either from the state or other organizations.
Q3) ______________ isomorphism occurs when an organization copies or imitates another.
A)Normative
B)Coercive
C)Refractive
D)Mimetic
Q4) Much of what is known about community policing derives from case studies of community policing practices in cities throughout the country.
A)True
B)False
Q5) To validate an evaluation conducted by survey,____% of distributed surveys must be returned
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