Contemporary Issues in Policing Textbook Exam Questions
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This course explores the complex and evolving challenges facing modern law enforcement agencies in both local and global contexts. Students examine issues such as police accountability, community relations, use of force, diversity and equity within police organizations, the impact of technology on policing, and responses to terrorism and transnational crime. Through analysis of case studies, current events, and policy debates, the course encourages critical thinking about strategies for reform and the ethical implications of police practices in contemporary society.
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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 tithing system was replaced by William the Conqueror with 55 military districts called
A)home rule.
B)home forts.
C)shires.
D)garrisons.
Answer: C
Q2) Peele's ____ principles became the basis for "modern" police forces.
A)7
B)8
C)9
D)10
Answer: C
Q3) __________ is known as the father of American police professionalism.
A)August Vollmer
B)Darrel Gates
C)William Parker
D)William Bratton
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Inside Police Agencies: Understanding Mission and Culture
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Q1) The _______________ is affected by individual backgrounds,the media,and citizens' personal experiences with the criminal justice system.
Answer: police image
Q2) All of the following are a downside of police discretion except:
A)The decisions not to invoke the criminal process are seldom subject to review.
B)It determines the outer limit of law enforcement.
C)The police have the power to decide whom they will arrest.
D)The officers are subject to immediate supervisory review.
Answer: D
Q3) Police integrity can be defined as "the normative inclination among police to resist temptations to abuse the rights and privileges of their occupation."
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Generally speaking,officers have broad discretion in deciding under what circumstances to enforce laws.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Understanding and Involving the Community
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Q1) According to the text,the "civic" generation born in the first third of the 20th century is being replaced by baby boomers and Generation X-ers who have been characterized as being much more civic-minded.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) According to the text,The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)is committed to promoting law enforcement - _________________ partnerships.
Answer: private security
Q3) Most communities have only a formal power structure.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) According to the text,public peace is established by
A)the U.S. Constitution and Bill.
B)federal and state statutes.
C)the social contract of rights.
D)All of the above
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Problem Solving: Proactive Policing
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Q1) 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
Q2) All of the following are suggested response strategies to drive-by shootings identified by the text except:
A)Targeting the activity, not the individual
B)Reducing weapons availability
C)Identifying situations in which violence may occur
D)Targeting the individuals
Q3) The causes of violence as described in the book include all of the following except:
A)Desensitization
B)Guns
C)Family cohesiveness
D)Drugs and alcohol
Q4) The emphasis in community policing is efficiency.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Implementing Community Policing
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Q1) The fear that COP will lead to civilian review boards is part of ________________ impediments.
Q2) The text lists what web-based resource as a way to correct the inaccurate image of police?
A)DiscoverPolicing.com
B)COPS.com
C)Twitter.com
D)Facebook.com
Q3) A ________________ assessment should include not only the department but also the community of which it is part.
Q4) One strategy suggested by the text includes assignment of officers to permanent beats and teaching them
A)patrol and crime control strategies.
B)foot and bike patrol tactics.
C)better report writing and communication skills.
D)community organizing and problem solving skills.
Q5) Decentralization goes hand-in-hand with empowerment. A)True
B)False
Q6) Discuss and analyze possible resistance to community policing.
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Chapter 6: Communicating With a Diverse Population
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Q1) When police use certain racial characteristics,such as skin color,as indicators of criminal activity,the practice is commonly referred to as _________________.
Q2) The officer's "body language" is very important when communicating with the public.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The amount of eye contact while speaking varies in the United States.According to the text,which ethnic group maintains the lowest eye contact while speaking?
A)Caucasian
B)African Americans
C)Hispanic
D)Asian
Q4) Feedback is sometimes involved in the communication process.
A)True
B)False
Q5) 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.
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Chapter 7: Building Partnerships: a Cornerstone of Community Policing
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Q1) Community courts are _________________ courts that offer an immediate visible response to quality-of-life offences.
A)restorative-focused
B)neighborhood-focused
C)offense-focused
D)proactivly focused
Q2) All of the following are benefits of partnerships with the community except:
A)A sense of accomplishment
B)Gaining recognition and trust
C)Meeting community members
D)Enhanced officer response to calls for service
Q3) Citizen police academies are shown to have significant benefits such as reduced levels of street crimes.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Prosecutors are one of the groups identified as key partners in Community Justice.
A)True
B)False
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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) A police-media relationship survey found that the one factor most affecting this relationship was
A)accessibility to police data and personnel.
B)accessibility to victims.
C)Both a and b
D)Neither a nor b
Q2) A reason for the conflict between the press and the police is
A)competing objectives.
B)incongruity between constitutional guarantees.
C)Both a and b
D)Neither a nor b
Q3) The ________________ was a common police practice,where suspects were paraded before the TV cameras.
Q4) Law enforcement agencies should be aware the media may sometimes distort information from the police for a political purpose.
A)True
B)False
Q5) According to the text,the media has had an impact on the criminal justice system.Discuss the impacts on law enforcement.
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Chapter 9: Early Experiments in Crime Prevention and the
Evolution of Community Policing Strategies
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Q1) Relieving the courts of matters not requiring the formalities of judicial intervention is an example of
A)the Deferred Prosecution/First Offenders Unit.
B)Community Dispute Resolution Centers.
C)Volunteers in Parole.
D)positive interaction.
Q2) The Citywide Crime Prevention Program of Seattle focused on residential burglary.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In the context of law enforcement a PSA is a __________________.
Q4) Reserve officers,auxiliary patrol members,and community service officers (CSOs)always wear special uniforms and badges and must be armed.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Referrals to dispute resolution centers can come from individuals wishing to refer themselves.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Safe Neighborhoods and Communities: From Traffic Problems to Crime
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Q1) Discuss the importance of place and the crime prevention methods used to prevent crime.
Q2) 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
Q3) The Community Policing Consortium is
A)an online "chat room" for law enforcement officers involved in community policing.
B)an evaluation board of retired law enforcement administrators who assess the effectiveness of various community policing efforts throughout the nation.
C)a partnership of five police organizations that provides training in community policing to agencies throughout the United States.
D)an internship program that partners police academy cadets with active-duty community policing officers.
Q4) List and briefly describe the five principles underlying CPTED.
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Chapter 11: Community Policing and Drugs
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Q1) The use of drug sting operations is one of the strategies police have used in order to reduce the demand for drugs.These operations have sometimes been criticized because A)they focus on the user, not the dealer. B)they are ineffective.
C)they may be considered entrapment.
D)they are too dangerous.
Q2) The Drug-Free Communities Support Program is a collaborative partnership directed by the White House.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The correlation between drugs and crime is well established.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The most commonly used illicit drug is
A)heroin.
B)cocaine.
C)methamphetamine.
D)marijuana.
Q5) Teens are turning away from street drugs and using ________________ to get high.
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Chapter 12: Bringing Youths Into Community Policing
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Q1) A school should be viewed as a _________________,not as an institution.
Q2) _________________ is a program endorsed by the IACP that brings together children and officers to have fun rather than to deliver antidrug or anticrime speeches.
Q3) The FBI's four-pronged assessment evaluates four major areas making up the "totality of the circumstances." Which of the following is not one of these factors?
A)Personality of the student
B)Family dynamics
C)School dynamics
D)Societal dynamics
Q4) Forman contends that community policing has not reached its full potential because a critical group has largely been left out of the new policing model.Who is this critical group?
A)Young adults
B)Youths
C)Both a and b
D)None of the above
Q5) An SRO is a _________________.
Q6) 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) Gangs have a strong appeal for many children who live in communities where gangs thrive.
A)True
B)False
Q2) As defined in the text,_______________ are criminal organizations that originated within the penal system and operate within correctional facilities in the United States.
Q3) As the text discusses,explain how police departments gather intelligence on gangs,what technologies are available,and why this task is important.
Q4) 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.
Q5) Pulling levers refers to a multiagency law enforcement team imposing all available sanctions on gang members who violate standards of behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q6) A nick Remember given to a gang member is called a _______________.
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Chapter 14: Understanding and Preventing Violence
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Q1) The United States has a much lower violent crime rate than many other countries.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The majority of hate crimes are against property,such as vandalism,arson,and burglary.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Most general policies on "workplace violence" also specifically address domestic violence and its impact in the workplace.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Straw purchasers are purchasers fronting for people linked to A)illegal gun trafficking.
B)drug kingpins.
C)car theft rings.
D)counterfeiting operations.
Q5) Explain how gun violence may be considered a three-phase continuum and how effective gun control strategies can focus on each point of intervention.
Q6) Workplace violence shares may characteristics with _______________.
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Chapter 15: Understanding and Preventing Terrorism
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Q1) As stated by the authors,terrorism is by nature ________________ because it involves acquiring and using power to force others to submit to terrorist demands.
A)economic
B)philosophical
C)social
D)political
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) According to the text,trafficking in illicit goods and commodities,such as cigarettes,by terrorists and their supporters is a critical element in generating funds.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The ________________ is where the coverage of terrorism inspires more terrorism.
Q5) 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) Globalization and the trend toward a decreasingly networked world economy will become more pronounced within the next five years.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Experiments in criminal justice raise what kind of issues?
A)Ethical and privacy issues
B)Crime rate and reduction
C)Ethical and cultural
D)Privacy and exploitation
Q3) Experiments in criminal justice raise ______________issues as well as privacy issues.
Q4) Predictive policing can be location based or _______ based.
A)time
B)crime
C)day of the week
D)person
Q5) ______________ research emphasizes full participation by everyone directly affected by the process and results.
Q6) What role should research play in community policing?
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