CH 2

Question 1

_________________ rotated the responsibility for keeping watch over the town or area, particularly at night.

• preventive patrol
• assize of arms
• lex talionis
• watch and ward
• none of the above

Answer 1

watch and ward

Question 2

The Statutes of Winchester outlined all but which of the following?

• assize of arms
• constable
• watch and ward
• hue and cry
• all of the above were outlined

Answer 2

all of the above were outlined

Question 3

Voluntary bounty hunters under the Highwayman Act were known as:

• thief-takers
• assize of arms
• constables
• merchant police
• none of the above

Answer 3

thief-takers

Question 4

Which of the following was NOT an example of an early crime prevention program?

• the Chicago Area Project
• the juvenile court
• the vigilante movement
• watch and ward
• all are examples

Answer 4

all are examples

Question 5

_______ The Death and Life of Great American Cities focused on urban decay and the natural and social environments, and their impact on crime and deviance.

• Newman’s
• Jeffery’s
• Jacobs’
• Wood’s
• Shaw’s

Answer 5

Jacobs’

Question 6

___________ called on architects to change the physical environment in such a way as to maximize territoriality and natural surveillance by residents and create an image of an area as cared for and protected.

• Jacobs
• Jeffery
• Newman
• Wood
• none of the above

Answer 6

Newman

Question 7

___________ refocused attention from broad social/community change to target, time and place specific efforts that would remove the opportunities for crime.

• architectural design
• the Justice Department
• Newman’s structural studies
• situational crime prevention
• none of the above

Answer 7

situational crime prevention

Question 8

Any action designed to reduce the actual level of crime and/or the perceived fear of crime defines:

• crime control
• crime prevention
• environmental design
• urban defense
• none of the above

Answer 8

crime prevention

Question 9

__________ “identifies conditions of the physical and social environment that provide opportunities for or precipitate criminal acts.”

• primary prevention
• secondary prevention
• tertiary prevention
• micro prevention
• none of the above

Answer 9

primary prevention

Question 10

Examples of primary prevention include all but which of the following?

• neighborhood watch
• situational prevention
• environmental design
• general deterrence
• surveillance

Answer 10

situational prevention

Question 11

Tertiary prevention deals primarily with:

• prediction
• recidivism
• surveillance
• general deterrence
• none of the above

Answer 11

recidivism

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT one of Tonry and Farrington’s crime prevention categories?

• developmental
• community
• situational
• criminal justice
• all of the above are categories

Answer 12

all of the above are categories

Question 13

The Code of Hammurabi proposed that victims turn to the criminal justice system as the accepted response to injurious behavior (tf)

Answer 13

FALSE

Question 14

The Highwayman Act in England outlined the payment of bounty for the capture of thieves and the recovery of property (TF)

Answer 14

true

Question 15

A key to the Metropolitan Police organization was the idea of crime prevention (TF)

Answer 15

true

Question 16

The Chicago Area Project sought to tear down old buildings and erect newer crime resistant structures (TF)

Answer 16

false

Question 17

Jacobs argued that the modern urban environment, as well as many programs to change urban life, were anathema to a vibrant community that protects itself and residents who look out for one another (TF)

Answer 17

true

Question 18

Jeffery’s “Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design” argued that crime prevention requires a focus on social engineering (TF)

Answer 18

false

Question 19

Tertiary prevention “engages in early identification of potential offenders and seeks to intervene.” (TF)

Answer 19

false

Question 20

The key to secondary prevention is identifying and predicting problems and problem people (TF)

Answer 20

true

Question 21

The van Dijk and de Waard model adds a victim-oriented/community-neighborhood-oriented/offender-oriented dimension to the public health prevention model (TF)

Answer 21

true

Question 22

Hunter’s meso-level crime prevention targets individuals, small groups, small areas, or small businesses for intervention (TF)

Answer 22

false