Chapter 13

Question 0

Crime Prevention Strategies For Robbery of Taxi Drivers include:

Answer 0

1) provide physical barriers to separate drivers from passengers
2) record activity with security cameras in the cab
3) use of and on to call for help
4) keep track of vehicle locations with automatic vehicle locations(AVI)
5) pull trunk latches on the inside of vehicle trunks as well as near drivers
6) eliminate cash payments
7) drop money off
8) keep money locked up or out of sight
9) control who gets in
10) find out the destination before moving
11) share destination information with others
12) limiting where the cab will make a drop off
13) limit injury when a robbery occurs

Question 1

Three styles of robberies:

Answer 1

1) the ambush
2) the selective raid
3) the planned operation

Question 2

Businesses that remain open between 11pm and 5am should use at least one of the following crime reduction measures:

Answer 2

1) two or more employees
2) bullet-resistant safety enclosures
3) a security guard
4) a pass-through window to conduct business

Question 3

Specific Actions That Can Be taken by Retailers to Reduce Convenience Store Robberies include:

Answer 3

1) maximize natural surveillance
2) have multiple employees on duty during high risks times
3) control access
4) establish territoriality: discourage loitering as well as maximizing existing lighting and design of their parking area
5) train employees
6) use cash-control procedures
7) install cameras and alarms

Question 4

Police Robbery Prevention Recommendations For Convenience Stores include:

Answer 4

1) provide robbery prevention and awareness training
2) inspect convenience stores for compliance with robbery prevention measures
3) enforce prohibitions on loitering outside convenience stores
4) conduct a robbery takeouts
5) increased police patrols

Question 5

Visible Street Robberies:

In what percent of the cases is the victim alone and typically on the way to or from a leisure activity within 5 miles of his or her home?

Answer 5

93%

Question 6

Explanation for the increase in carjacking: (2)

Answer 6

1) the result of too success in the anti-theft devices

2) widespread supply of potential victims, no skill is required, no inside information is needed, planning is minimal

Question 7

Carjackers tend to operate in small groups of:

Answer 7

Two to five perpetrators

Question 8

The primary tactical objectives of officers responding to a robbery call are: (3)

Answer 8

1) public safety
2) officer protection
3) tactical control of the scene

Question 9

Robbery:

This occurs when the officer’s expectations are so set to see one thing, which closes their minds to other eventualities.

Answer 9

Action stereotyping

Question 10

This is an officer’s expectations that the robber will look a particular type.

Answer 10

Physical stereotyping

Question 11

With this stereotyping, the officer’s previous experience with, and knowledge of, a particular location increases their vulnerability.

Answer 11

Situational

Question 12

If a police department does not normally have investigators respond to the scenes of all robberies, then certain criteria must be set forth to determine when they should respond: The book list 9 criteria:

Answer 12

1) Requested by a uniform supervisor
2) A victim or witness has been seriously injured
3) Suspect has been apprehended
4) Suspects has been identified
5) Victim(s) have been tied up or incapacitated for an extended period of time
6) Large sums of money or property taken
7) Occurs inside a residence
8) Carjacking
9) Leads with high solvability factor are present and will be lost by a delayed response.