Police and Society Exam Review - 1041 Verified Questions
Police and Society Exam Review
Course Introduction
This course explores the complex relationship between the police and the society they serve. Students will examine the historical development, social functions, and cultural perceptions of policing, as well as the role of law enforcement in maintaining public order, social control, and justice. The course also investigates issues such as police discretion, accountability, use of force, community policing, and the impact of social inequalities on policing practices. Emphasis is placed on current debates and challenges in policing, including reform movements, technology, and the evolving expectations of both police institutions and the public.
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Community Policing Partnerships for Problem Solving 7th Edition by Linda S. Miller
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Q1) Describe another way to view community policing.The text describes community -policing as a organization-wide philosophy and management approach.How would you describe community policing in your community?
Answer: In my community, community policing is seen as a collaborative effort between law enforcement and the community to address and prevent crime and disorder. This approach emphasizes building positive relationships between police officers and community members, as well as working together to identify and solve local issues. Community policing in my area also involves regular communication and engagement with residents, community organizations, and local businesses to better understand their needs and concerns. Additionally, there is a focus on proactive problem-solving and implementing strategies that are tailored to the specific needs of different neighborhoods within the community. Overall, community policing in my area is about fostering trust, cooperation, and mutual respect between law enforcement and the community to create a safer and more inclusive environment for everyone.
Q2) One of the four general principles that define community policing is community engagement.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Inside Police Agencies: Understanding Mission and Culture
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Q1) 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
Q2) Ethical behavior by individual officers and by the department as a whole is indispensable to effective police-community partnerships.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Unpleasant interactions between the police and the public are known as _______________.
Answer: negative contacts
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) The _________________ provides that for everyone to receive justice, each person must relinquish some freedom.
Answer: social contract
Q2) 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
Q3) A group of signs, causes, and symptoms that occur together to foster specific crimes is called the NIMBY syndrome.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) According to the text, _________________ along with the police plays a major role in -safeguarding Americans and their property.
Answer: private security
Q5) NIMBY stands for _________________.
Answer: "not in my backyard"
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Chapter 4: Problem Solving: Proactive Policing
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Q1) Crime mapping focuses on:
A)the criminal.
B)the location of crimes.
C)the victim.
D)the police response
Q2) A problem-solving approach to policing was developed partially in response to concerns for:
A)efficiency and effectiveness.
B)effectiveness and synergy.
C)efficiency and completeness.
D)control and function.
Q3) Using the SARA model, the step that involves learning the problem's causes, scope, and -effects is _______________.
Q4) Which of the following is not a basic element in a problem-solving approach?
A)grouping incidents as problems
B)adopting a reactive stance
C)seeking the ultimate goal of effectiveness
D)focusing on substantive problems as the heart of policing
Q5) ______________ calculates probabilities of a suspect's residence based on the locations of past crimes.
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Chapter 5: Implementing Community Policing
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Q1) Managers should anticipate and prepare for resistance to the community policing philosophy and the changes that accompany the trANSition.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to the text, direct interaction with citizens is required for police to develop a -comprehensive picture of their community.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A ________________ assessment should include not only the department but also the -community of which it is part.
Q4) Those individuals who embrace uncertainty and change are called:
A)early adopters.
B)late adopters.
C)innovators.
D)late majority.
Q5) In ________________, each individual has a voice in decisions, but top management still has the ultimate decision-making authority.
Q6) Discuss and explain possible resistance to community policing.
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Chapter 6: Communicating With a Diverse Population
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Q1) Discrimination and prejudice are different but related.Some examples of discrimination include:
A)giving warnings to females who violate traffic laws and issuing tickets to males for the same violation.
B)arresting a black man for driving while intoxicated.
C)both a and b
D)neither a nor b
Q2) Deinstitutionalization refers to:
A)an inmate's release from prison.
B)providing support services for the retarded or mentally ill in the community rather than in institutions.
C)renaming establishments to eliminate "institution" from the name.
D)making institutions more homelike for residents.
Q3) Learning disabilities affect 5-10 million children in the United States.Some of the most common characteristics are:
A)poor memory and difficulty following directions.
B)eye-hand coordination problems.
C)poor reading ability leading to the label of "underachiever."
D)all of the above
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Chapter 7: Building Partnerships: A Cornerstone of Community Policing
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Q1) Citizen police academies:
A)have decreased in popularity.
B)educate the public about the nature of police work.
C)have not been shown to change community attitudes.
D)are having a major impact on police-community relationships.
Q2) Who are considered the key collaborators in the successful development of community policing?
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) In addition to call management, many departments are finding they can improve citizens' participation in community policing and build trust through
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Chapter 8: Forming Partnerships With the Media
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Q1) A good way to improve the law enforcement and media relations is to have members of the media ride along with officers.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to the text, PIOs are officers trained in public relations who:
A)control leaks of confidential or inaccurate details.
B)manage controversial or negative situations to the department's benefit.
C)try to consistently provide accurate information to the media.
D)all of the above
Q3) Law enforcement agencies should be aware the media may sometimes distort information from the police for a political purpose
A)True
B)False
Q4) "Live Coverage Agreements" urge the media to air live pictures of officers at a major crime scene.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain the news media echo effect.
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Chapter 9: Early Experiments in Crime Prevention and the
Evolution of Community Policing Strategies
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Q1) According to the text, which is not considered a commonly used crime prevention program by law enforcement?
A)street light project
B)citizen patrol
C)road blocks
D)property marking
Q2) According to the text, the goals of most police-school liaison programs include all except:
A)improving police-youth relations.
B)preventing juvenile delinquency.
C)enforcing school regulations.
D)monitoring relations among police, school administrators, and teachers.
Q3) DARE refers to:
A)a game police use to teach preschool children the danger of strangers.
B)an elementary education program to teach children to avoid drug use.
C)a theft prevention program geared toward teens.
D)an adventure survival course offered to at-risk teens to build their self-esteem.
Q4) In the context of law enforcement a PSA is a __________________.
Q5) CPTED stands for __________________.
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Chapter 10: Safe Neighborhoods and Communities: From Traffic Problems to Crime
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Q1) As the text states, ________________ of prevention benefits occurs when criminals believe that the opportunity blocking of one type of criminal activity is also aimed at other types of criminal activity.
Q2) Explain how partnerships and problem solving can address the prevention of retail -shoplifting.
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) ________________ is one of the most common violent crime on American college -campuses.
Q5) ________________ are variables that predict an increased probability of a person later -committing an offense.
Q6) The ________________ seeks to identify, arrest and prosecute offenders while simultaneously working with citizens to improve quality of life.
Q7) List and briefly describe the five principles underlying CPTED.
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Chapter 11: Community Policing and Drugs
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Q1) In addition to individual counseling program approaches, environmental changes can also reduce the alcohol-related death toll.These include:
A)making it illegal to drive after any drinking if one is under 21.
B)increasing the number of liquor outlets near colleges so students won't have to drive.
C)voluntary screening of persons convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol.
D)lowering the legal blood-alcohol limit to .02.
Q2) In 1914, the Harrison Act made ________________ certain drugs illegal.
A)buying
B)selling
C)using
D)all of the above
Q3) One of the most reliable sources of information on the drug problem listed in the text is _______________, a national survey of adolescent drug use.
A)Cities with Drugs
B)Monitoring the Future
C)Kids on Drugs
D)Gateway Drugs
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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) According to the text, _________________ has been a common behavior in school since they first opened their doors.
Q3) Which one of the three types of activities, as identified by Finn, do School Resource Officers not engage in?
A)law enforcement
B)mentoring
C)friendship
D)teaching
Q4) In response to a specific problem or rash of incidents, School Watch has produced short-term reductions in vandalism.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the seven-pronged approach to effective school security.What partnerships, -strategies, and programs are vital to achieving safe schools?
Q6) A/an _________________ threat tends to be vague, unclear and ambiguous.
Q7) 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, _______________ distribute wholesale quantities of drugs. A)local street gangs
B)sophisticated criminal networks
C)organized street gangs
D)prison gangs
Q2) 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.
Q3) Gangs have a strong appeal for many children who live in communities where gangs thrive.
A)True
B)False
Q4) _______________ is one of the main approaches that Los Angeles is using in fighting gangs.
Q5) According to an OJJDP survey, the strategy most frequently used by law enforcement to address the gang problem is _______________.
Q6) Describe the gang subculture and discuss the importance of a value system.
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Chapter 14: Understanding and Preventing Violence
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Q1) The Spouse Assault Replication Program, a study cosponsored by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, analyzed more than 4,000 incidents, from six jurisdictions, in which males had assaulted their female intimate partners.What were the results?
A)Arresting batterers infrequently reduced subsequent aggression against female intimate partners, although not all comparisons met the statistical significance level.
B)Arresting batterers infrequently reduced subsequent aggression against female intimate partners, with all comparisons meeting the statistical significance level.
C)Arresting batterers was consistently related to reduced subsequent aggression against female intimate partners, although not all comparisons met the statistical significance level.
D)Arresting batterers was consistently related to reduced subsequent aggression against female intimate partners, with all comparisons meeting the statistical significance level.
Q2) Sexual assault on campuses in not a common violent crime.
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) On February 23, 1998, ________________ declared jihad, a holy war on the United States, calling on "every Muslim who believes in God and wishes to be rewarded to comply with God's order to kill Americans and plunder their money wherever and whenever they find it."
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) According to the text, the most common threats include ________________ agents, ________________ agents, and ________________ exposure.
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) 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.
Q2) ______________ isomorphism results from professionalism, with influences coming from such organizations as the Police Executive Research Forum.
A)Normative
B)Coercive
C)Refractive
D)Mimetic
Q3) According to the text, this research method emphasizes full participation in the research by everyone directly affected by the process and results:
A)partnership research.
B)random assignment.
C)action research.
D)experimental design.
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