Crime Prevention Solved Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Crime Prevention explores the strategies, theories, and practices aimed at reducing and deterring criminal activity before it occurs. The course examines both situational and social approaches to prevention, including environmental design, community engagement, policy initiatives, and the role of law enforcement and other agencies. Students will analyze case studies, assess the effectiveness of various crime prevention programs, and consider ethical and practical challenges in implementing preventive measures across diverse communities. Emphasis is placed on evidence-based practices and the importance of collaborative efforts in creating safer societies.
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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) Which of the following is considered the father of modern policing?
A)Robert Peel
B)August Vollmer
C)Robert Palmer
D)William Parker
Answer: A
Q2) 2300 BCE is the date of the earliest record of an ancient society's rules to control human behavior when ___________ rulers codified their concept of offenses against society.
Answer: Sumerian
Q3) During the reform era,the police sought to reestablish a close relationship with the community.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) According to the text,team policing,community resource officers,and school liaison officers are part of public relations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Inside Police Agencies: Understanding Mission and Culture
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Q1) 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
Q2) According to the text,the law enforcement community is perhaps the best and quickest at culling these types of individuals:
A)Supervisors
B)Consistent
C)managers
D)Bad people
Answer: D
Q3) Unpleasant interactions between the police and the public are known as _______________.
Answer: negative contacts
Q4) A _______________ is a written declaration of purpose.
Answer: mission statement
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Q5) Ethics involves integrity,honesty,values,standards,courage,and
Answer: civility
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Chapter 3: Understanding and Involving the Community
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Q1) Networks that link individuals to various levels of government,including the police,would be considered local social capital.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) 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
Q3) _________________ is a system that removes juvenile status offenders and delinquents from the jurisdiction of the courts.
Answer: Diversion
Q4) The widening of the gap between those with wealth (the "haves")and those living in poverty (the "have-nots"),with a shrinking middle class,is known as a
Answer: bifurcated society
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Chapter 4: Problem Solving: Proactive Policing
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Q1) As defined in the text,qualitative data examines the amount of change as the result of the response.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ________________ 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.
Q3) Geographic profiling uses crime-mapping in an attempt to identify an anchor point around which a serial suspect operates.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss and give examples of how technology has become an indispensable tool for law enforcement.
Q5) Targeting gun traffickers,teaching conflict resolution skills,and implementing gun buyback programs are all examples of
A)limited-effectiveness response to gun violence.
B)specific responses to gun violence.
C)useful strategies for law enforcement.
D)proven successes in reducing gun violence.
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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) ________________ is long-term,large-scale,future-oriented planning.
Q3) The Community Policing Consortium recommends that the entire workforce be directly involved in the visioning and planning processes.
A)True
B)False
Q4) How do the management styles of a department affect the implementation and success of community policing?
Q5) _______________ require fewer lieutenants and captains,fewer staff departments,fewer staff assistants,more sergeants,and more patrol officers.
Q6) 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.
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Chapter 6: Communicating With a Diverse Population
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Q1) The very language used to refer to others can interfere with ___________________.
Q2) Police officers who learn to "read" the nonverbal messages and body language of suspects,victims,and witnesses
A)are said to have developed a sixth sense.
B)often say they have a "gut feeling."
C)sometimes describe it as a nagging suspicion.
D)All of the above
Q3) Many police officers,in addition to understanding nonverbal messages,also develop an ability to interpret body language,also called A)body mapping.
B)nonverbal reads.
C)seventh sense. D)kinesics.
Q4) The symptoms of Alzheimer's disease tend to mimic A)depression.
B)anxiety.
C)bi-polar disease. D)intoxication.
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Chapter 7: Building Partnerships: a Cornerstone of Community Policing
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Q1) Private security companies should be avoided when forming partnerships in Community Justice.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Who are considered the key collaborators in the successful development of community policing?
Q3) Crime and disorder were viewed as police matters best left to professionals.That meant that most citizen-police interactions were negative contacts.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Restorative justice holds that stakeholders share responsibility for achieving justice through
A)accountability.
B)reciprocity.
C)objectivity.
D)partnerships.
Q5) According to the text,a recent alternative to the traditional courtroom is _______________.
Q6) Partnerships are often referred to as _______________.
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Chapter 8: Forming Partnerships With the Media
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Q1) A good rapport with the media can also help the police department accomplish its mission because improved media relations lead to improved community relations.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In a law enforcement context,a PIO is a
A)police informant operator.
B)public information officer.
C)press insight operator.
D)protocol and intelligence officer.
Q3) Surveys have found that the factor most affecting the relationship between police and the media was accessibility to police data and personnel.
A)True
B)False
Q4) During media interviews,if you do not know an answer or are restricted from giving one,it is best to use "no comment" and avoid further explanation.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The ____________ Amendment guarantees freedom of the press.
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Chapter 9: Early Experiments in Crime Prevention and the
Evolution of Community Policing Strategies
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Q1) Studies of CCTV usage found that more than two thirds of the interviewees were aware that they were in a CCTV area.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Property identification projects are aimed at
A)deterring burglary.
B)returning property that is stolen when deterrence fails.
C)Both a and b
D)Neither a nor b
Q3) The Flint,Michigan,Neighborhood Foot Patrol Program appeared to do all the following except:
A)Decrease crime
B)Decrease citizen satisfaction with the foot patrol program
C)Reduce citizens' fear of crime
D)Create a positive perception of foot patrol officers
Q4) Membership in MADD is open to anyone.
A)True
B)False
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Q5) Community-based __________________ gained popularity in the 1990s but are still resisted by many neighborhoods.
Chapter 10: Safe Neighborhoods and Communities: From Traffic Problems to Crime
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Q1) Some of the unintended consequences of video surveillance are A)displacement.
B)increased suspicion.
C)increased reported crime.
D)All of the above
Q2) Target hardening refers to making potential objectives of criminals more difficult to obtain.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is an effective program to deter thefts of or from vehicles?
A)Improving surveillance at lot entrances/exits
B)Warning offenders
C)Conducting lock-your-car campaigns
D)Using "bolt on" security devices
Q4) The Community Crime Patrol puts two-person,radio-equipped teams of observers into the neighborhoods near the campus during potential high-crime hours.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Community Policing and Drugs
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Q1) In a/an ________________,dealers sell to all potential customers.
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) The program called _______________,as stated in the text,believes that the use of mind-altering substances does not necessarily constitute abuse.
A)Random Student Drug Testing
B)Life Skills Training
C)DARE
D)Safety First
Q4) The correlation between drugs and crime is well established.
A)True
B)False
Q5) According to the text,______________ is draped in the metaphor of war.
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Chapter 12: Bringing Youths Into Community Policing
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Q1) Discuss and describe the various approaches to combat bullying.Which one do you feel is most effective and why?
Q2) Discuss the Federal Bureau of Investigation's four-pronged assessment of school shooters.What do you believe to be the most important and why?
Q3) Discuss the problems that are associated with school vandalism and break-ins.
Q4) The _________________ program,focusing on high-risk youth,is a family counseling -service in Livermore,California that operates out of the local police department.
Q5) Who was the founder of the America's Promise Alliance in 1997?
A)Madeline Albright
B)Colin Powell
C)Donald Rumsfeld
D)George H.W. Bush
Q6) In 40 cases of school violence in the past 20 years,the Secret Service's National Threat Assessment found that teenagers often told someone before they did the deed.
A)True
B)False
Q7) An SRO is a _________________.
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Chapter 13: The Challenge of Gangs: Controlling Their
Destructive Force
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Q1) The Beaverton Police Department graffiti removal program
A)was not cost-effective.
B)called for the prompt removal of graffiti anywhere it appeared.
C)targeted taggers because tagger graffiti is the majority of what they experienced.
D)offered rewards for information about graffiti vandals.
Q2) Typically,police chiefs in cities where gangs have recently arrived are quick to recognize the threat gangs pose to the community.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to an OJJDP survey,the strategy most frequently used by law enforcement to address the gang problem is _______________.
Q4) Within a school,gangs can thrive on anonymity,_______________ and lack of awareness by school personnel.
Q5) According to the text about three out of every five gang members are what?
A)Juveniles
B)Adults
C)Male
D)Female
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Chapter 14: Understanding and Preventing Violence
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Q1) Sexual assault on campuses in not a common violent crime.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Hate crimes are
A)offenses committed against a person, property, or society that is motivated by an offender's bias against an individual's or group's race, religion, ethnic/national origin, gender, or sexual orientation.
B)not actually crimes because people can't help their prejudices.
C)justifiable under the First Amendment (freedom of expression).
D)Both b and c
Q3) A primary goal of Child Access Prevention laws is
A)to keep felons from purchasing firearms.
B)to keep guns out of the reach of children.
C)to make it illegal to store firearms in a residence.
D)to encourage parents to take their children to the firing range for target practice.
Q4) In 2005,the law Violence Against Women Act law was renewed for another five years.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Understanding and Preventing Terrorism
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Q1) 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
Q2) 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
Q3) Who was the Unabomber?
A)Ramzi Ahmed Yousef
B)Timothy McVeigh
C)Lucas Helder
D)Theodore Kaczynski
Q4) Describe the process of ideological development.
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Q1) In reality,______________ is more a philosophy than a model to use when confronted with an issue or problem.
Q2) One of the best models for police-researcher alliance is an action research approach.This approach was first used by Lewin in what decade?
A)1970s
B)1960s
C)1950s
D)1940s
Q3) The NIJ's Locally Initiated Research Partnerships in Policing usually involves partnerships between the local police department or other law enforcement agency and A)elementary schools throughout the state.
B)a local university.
C)local community corrections.
D)national crime prevention organizations such as MADD.
Q4) What role should research play in community policing?
Q5) Hundreds of agencies across the United States and Canada have become ______________ ,and more are going through the process every year.
Q6) _________________ is an important way to measure crime in a community.
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