Chapter 8 Deck 1

Question 1

According to Organizational Change Chapter eight, Policymaking happens through a formal legislative process that starts with ______________________________________?

Answer 1

a legislative introduction and then moves toward adoption and passing of a bill

Question 2

According to Organizational Change Chapter eight why do governments use policy ?

Answer 2

to set a standard, regulate behavior, impose taxes, and support law and order

Question 3

According to Organizational Change Chapter eight, implementation research concerns __________________________?

Answer 3

the development of systematic knowledge regarding what merges or is induced as actors deal with a policy problem

Question 4

According to Organizational Change Chapter eight, Community policing was part of a reform movement that began in the 1980’s as a way to address perceived failures of _______________&____________?

Answer 4

policing & law enforcement

Question 5

According to Organizational Change Chapter eight, there have been__________? general eras of policing in the United States.

Answer 5

four
the crime prevention & deterring crime era 
the reform era
the political era
the policy era

Question 6

According to Organizational Change Chapter eight, when was an increased attention at the federal level towards policing

Answer 6

in the mid to late 1960’s

Question 7

According to Organizational Change Chapter eight, in what year did the presidential commission on law enforcement and administration of justice launch?

Answer 7

in 1967

Question 8

According to Organizational Change Chapter eight, what was the goal of the presidential commission on law enforcement ?

Answer 8

to dive deep into the criminal justice system and policing to shift the heavy law enforcement focus of local policing.

Question 9

According to Organizational Change Chapter eight, the Clinton administration pushed the public safety partnership and community policing Act of 1994, title 1 of the violent crime control and law enforcement act (VCCLEA) which provide____________? to advance the practice of community policing. this was part of Clinton’s pledge to put 100,000 more police on the street.

Answer 9

8.8 billion

Question 10

According to Organizational Change Chapter eight, what is the function of the police executive research forum (PERF) ?

Answer 10

It’s a non-profit organization created to improve policing, policing policies, research and leadership.

Question 11

According to Organizational Change Chapter eight, explain the resources dependency theory :

Answer 11

it suggests that organizations are motivated to innovate and change when there are external resources available to support that change.

Question 12

According to Organizational Change Chapter eight, Contingency theory :

Answer 12

offers one way of thinking about the interactions between organizations and their environment.