Chapter 5 Part 2

Question 1

Know what a special jurisdiction agency is

Answer 1

These are units that have jurisdiction over a specific role, such as wildlife, college police, and juvenile

Question 2

What do police operational units typically include?

Answer 2

Traffic, Patrol, investigation, and in larger areas vice and juvenile as a specialized unit

Question 3

Where did the root of American policing start?

Answer 3

In the English legal tradition. England

Question 4

Is the US police force similar to that of continental Europe

Answer 4

They are similar but developed under different circumstances

Question 5

Does the community policing model make it easy to improve the percentage of crimes solved?

Answer 5

False

Question 6

What type of style did the elites of society expect in their law enforcement?

Answer 6

Service style

Question 7

Does the professional model of policing suggest that officers should use technology?

Answer 7

Yes

Question 8

Was it the US marshals that tried to bring and order into the western territories after the Civil War?

Answer 8

Yes

Question 9

Do advocates of the community policing approach believe in focusing only on the most serious crime?

Answer 9

No

Question 10

Does the British police force have unlimited authority?

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

Is one of the elements of police organization the chain of command?

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

Watchman style;

Answer 12

Style of policing that emphasizes order maintenance and tolerates minor violations of law as officers use discretion to handle small infractions informally but make arrests for major violations

Question 13

Legalistic style;

Answer 13

style of policing emphasizes strict enforcement of laws and reduces officers’ authority to handle matters informally.

Question 14

Service style,

Answer 14

style of policing in which officers cater to citizens’ desire for favorable treatment and sensitivity to individual situations by using discretion to handle minor matters in ways that seek to avoid embarrassment of punishment

Question 15

Order maintenance;

Answer 15

the police function of preventing behavior that disturbs or threatens to disturb the public peace or that involves face to face conflict among two or more people. In such situations, the police exercise discretion in deciding whether a law has been broken

Question 16

Law enforcement;

Answer 16

the police function of controlling crime by intervening in situations in which the law has clearly been violated and the police need to identify and apprehend the guilty person.

Question 17

Service;

Answer 17

The police function of providing assistance to the public, usually in matters unrelated to crime.

Question 18

Know what is meant by discretion

Answer 18

The authority to make decision without reference to specific rule or facts, using instead one’s own judgements; allows for individualization and informality in the administration of justice one

Question 19

Know who O. W. Wilson is, was he a leading advocate of professionalism

Answer 19

Yes

Question 20

Who ultimately is the person filing the criminal charge?

Answer 20

The Prosecutor

Question 21

Know the chain of command

Answer 21

Organizational structure based on a military model with clear definition of ranks to indicate authority over subordinates and obligations to obey orders from superiors

Question 22

Know the utility of command

Answer 22

Unity of command means that each officer reports to only one supervisor who has authority and responsibility for the actions of those below. It ensures that people are less likely to abuse their authority by needlessly interfering with the freedom and rights of citizens as police officers are accountable to their superiors

Question 23

Studies of police practices regarding police practices, violence that occurred before the women’s movement found that?

Answer 23

Police formerly believed that domestic violence was a family matter, after the women’s movement it was believed that making arrests in these situations was useful

Question 24

What style of policing is marked by professionalism by James Q. Wilson?

Answer 24

Legalistic

Question 25

Which person has the most discretion regarding how a law is applied or interpreted at the scene?

Answer 25

Patrol Officers(the officer on the scene)

Question 26

When was the period of policing as the political era(what dates)?

Answer 26

1840-1920

Question 27

Which era involved close ties between the police and local leaders?

Answer 27

Political era

Question 28

When was the professional era of policing?

Answer 28

1920-1970

Question 29

What is broken windows theory?

Answer 29

The term “Broken Windows” stresses the importance of disorder to causing and sustaining more serious crime. Disorder in this case is what causes increased fear and withdrawal from residents, and that withdrawal is what allows more serious crime to start as there is less informal social control. (community-policing era)

Question 30

What three assumptions are based on Broken Windows

Answer 30

neighborhood disorder creates fears, areas with street people, youth gangs, prostitution, and public drunkenness are high-crime areas, just as broken windows area signal that nobody cares and can lead to worse vandalism, untended disorderly behavior is a signal that the community does not care, leading to worse disorder and crime, and if the police are to deal with disorder and thus reduce fear and crime, they must rely on citizens for assistance.

Question 31

Domestic Violence; How do most police departments feel about domestic violence?

Answer 31

A “No win” situation as both disputes or one often challenges the officers, victims refuse to cooperate, and emotions are high in the situation.

Question 32

Which of the following is not a factor in police discretion; the relationship between the criminal and victim, the relationship between the police and the criminal, the relationship between the victim and police, the relationship between the officer and supervisor, and the nature of the crime?

Answer 32

The relationship between the officer and supervisor

Question 33

Which of the following is not an operational unit of police departments?

Answer 33

Operational units typically include patrol, investigation, traffic, and vice and Juvenile in larger units