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Question 1

broken windows

Answer 1

if unchecked, a neighborhood in decline will continue to decline and the number of disorder and crime problems will increase

Question 2

community oriented policing

Answer 2

evolved from work done at Michigan state. found that fear of crime was more problematic than crime itself.

Question 3

decentralization

Answer 3

dispersion or distribution of political or police functions and Friends; delegation of power from a central authority to regional and local authorities.

Question 4

fear of crime

Answer 4

emotional reaction characterized by a sense of danger and anxiety.

Question 5

geographic focus

Answer 5

police administrators must ensure that line officers and units have a geographic focus

Question 6

order maintenance role

Answer 6

one of four primary roles for which the police are responsible; includes forcing a panhandler or drunk to vacate an area, etc.

Question 7

prevention

Answer 7

ferreting out the problems and conditions that cause

crime.

Question 8

problem solvers

Answer 8

officers who are more sympathetic to peoples needs

Question 9

problem oriented policing

Answer 9

addresses symptoms of crime rather than crime itself to help reduce the potential for crime to be committed.

Question 10

professional model of policing

Answer 10

institutionalized in early 1900s. it dictated that police officers remain aloof and detached from the people they served.

Question 11

strategic planning

Answer 11

the identification of goals and objectives and a determination of how they will be achieved.