CCJ1020 Chapter 6 Flashcards
1
Q
- Most police agencies are organized in a(n) ____ manner.
A
hierachical
2
Q
- The most common reason for the U.S. population over 16 years of age to come into contact with the police is as a:
A
driver in a motor vehicle stop.
3
Q
- On average, police officers make about ____ arrests per year.
A
14
4
Q
- _____ are considered the backbone of a police department.
A
Uniformed police officers
5
Q
- Each patrol area is covered 24 hours a day by different:
A
shifts.
6
Q
- The ability to identify criminals and target crime efficiently is associated with:
A
the use of technlogy
7
Q
- In the ____ model, police assume the role of maintainers of community order and safety.
A
broken windows
8
Q
- Which is not a key point in the broken windows model of policing?
A
Bringing to Justice violent criminals is key to neighborhood health
9
Q
- The assumption that criminals can be caught if the police can simply get to the scene of a crime quickly is an aspect of:
A
rapid response
10
Q
- _____ sees the role of police as maintainers of community order and safety.
A
Broken windows policing
11
Q
- The ____ model of policing believes that police need to aggressively target low-level quality-of life offenses.
A
broken windows policng
12
Q
- Aggressive patrol in in New York City during the 1990s to address vandalism, panhandling, and graffiti has been credited with a reduction in:
A
violent crime.
13
Q
- Done at the onset of an investigation, visits to the crime scene, interviews with witnesses, and collecting of evidence is known as:
A
specific focus
14
Q
- Which is not a form undercover work can take?
A
a police officer may pose as a prostitute
15
Q
- Interviewing a crime vicim’s friends and neighbors, visiting the victim’s employer and talking with the victim’s boss and co-workers is known as:
A
general coverage.
16
Q
- _____ integrates information from different jurisdictions into a single database that detectives can access when working investigations.
A
Coplink
17
Q
- Which statement is false regarding beliefs underlying community policing?
A
Patrol by car is an essential tool of community policing.
18
Q
- Community-oriented policing links police effectiveness to:
A
productive interaction with the community being served.
19
Q
- The first experiments in community-oriented policing involved:
A
foot patrol
20
Q
- Which is not one of the challenged faced by community policing?
A
assigning roles
