Chapter 5

Question 1

Reactive

Answer 1

Occurring in response, such as police activity in response to notification that a crime has been committed

Question 2

Proactive

Answer 2

Acting in anticipation, such as an active search for potential offenders that is initiated by the police without waiting for a crime to be reported

Question 3

Differential Response

Answer 3

A patrol strategy that assigns priorities to calls for service and chooses the appropriate response.

Question 4

incident-driven polciing

Answer 4

Policing in which calls for service are the primary instigators of action.

Question 5

clearance rate

Answer 5

the percentage of crimes known to the police that they believe they have solved through an arrest . A statistic used to measure a police departments productivity.