Chapter Two.1

Question 1

The philosophy of community policing is based on two perspectives ?

Answer 1

Proactive

Information-based police response

Question 2

The four-step , problem-solving methodology referred to as SARA stands for ?

Answer 2

Scanning
Analysis
Responce
Assessment

Question 3

The following are key features of the Chicago. Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS)
Thorough evaluation , strategic planning ,and organizational change. The CAPS program is being evaluated by a consortium of four major Chicago-area university as well as a variety of internal evaluations focusing on police service attitude , moral and community.
Structured responses to calls for police service frees officers from continuous demand for 911 calls for service.
Combined community and city resources for crime prevention and control. CAPS assumes that police alone cannot solve the crime problem and that they depend on the community and the city agencies to achieve success……..what is NOT !!! a key feature

Answer 3

Use of random moving patrol cars to deter crime Officers assigned to different beats and watches so that they can better address crime problems for a lager geographic responsibly

Question 4

The purpose of crime analysis is to ?

Answer 4

Organize massive quantities of raw information about criminal acts and then forecast future events from statistical manipulation of this data

Question 5

The theory of crime that argues the crime increases in neighborhoods where visible signs of social decay are presents and not cleaned up is ?

Answer 5

Brocken window

Question 6

The person most often associated with problem-oriented policing is ?

Answer 6

Herman goldstein

Question 7

In a police department committed to community policing , police effectiveness is measured by ?

Answer 7

Greater Community involvement

Question 8

The following are associated with CompStat:

Answer 8

Accurate and timely intelligence and statistical crime information.
Rapid deployment of resources
Effective tactics of information that focus on visible street crime or quality -of -life
Relentless follow-ups and assessment

Question 9

CompStat relies heavily on ?

Answer 9

Accurate statistical crime data

Question 10

You are a police officer whose department emphasizes that few crime incidents are isolated, but rather they may be part of a wider set of urban phenomena. you are probably working in a department whose philosophy is driven what approach to policing ?

Answer 10

Problem oriented