Chp 11 Flashcards
Community policing broadens the police mission, sending community police officers into the community as _____________ so that they can learn about community problems and provide a measure of service to a wide variety of constituent populations.
Outreach specialist
In the past, the police relied on the political process to help guide policy decisions; that is, people would contact the governmental officials, such as city council persons, who then would discuss problems with the police. Unfortunately, many groups such as: (4)
- Poor
- Elderly
- Minorities
- Youth
Were neglected as a result of the process because they have little or no clout or access to government
Children are ______ as likely as adults to be victims of seriously violent crime and _____ as likely to be assaulted
twice
Of those children who end up homeless, _______ % report being the victim of sexual abuse at home.
80%
Fisk 1996 found that child abuse often results in __________ later in life.
mental disorders
The cycle of violence implies that the police can prevent a substantial amount of crime, delinquency, and abuse by effectively dealing with_________
child abuse
The police must come to see themselves as the first line of defense and protecting the nations children. The police can deploy three general strategies to accomplish this objective (3)
- The police must become more active in attempting to identify abused and exploited children
- Police need to Cooperate with social agencies
- CPOs can link families to public and private agencies who can help
Juveniles commit approximately 1/4 of all property offenses, with __________ being the most common crime committed by juveniles
larceny/theft
Criminologist have long study juvenile crime and developed a number of theories explaining it. However, the most useful theory is __________
life course theory
___________ states that much criminal behavior begins at an early age as a result of exposure to multiple interwoven social, economic, and educational problems
Life course theory
Howell 2004 has identified the risk factors that can result in criminality. They include:(5)
- Community
- Family
- School
- Peers
- Individual factors
Prevention is most effective when multiple _________ for a given juvenile are addressed.
Risk factors
Acting in a daring, courageous, and especially crazy fashion in the face of adversity is __________
Locura
The causes of violence have direct implications for community policing. First, and perhaps most importantly, it seems that violence ________.
begets violence
When developing juvenile crime prevention programs, CPO should first concentrate on those areas where the problem is concentrated. The first step when addressing these hotspots is to___________
attack neighborhood disorganization
CPO‘s can work with neighborhood leaders to develop cohesiveness in the neighborhood. Citizens are more likely to report problems to the police and take proactive action themselves. There are a number of activities the police can facilitate including: (4)
- Neighborhood rallies
- Block watches
- Citizen patrols
- Increased police presence
Rubbers and her colleagues 2010 report that ____% of public schools report having gangs
20%
While almost all homeless people are poor, many are employed. _____________ and ______________ seem to be the only binding thread that unites the people we call homeless.
Poverty and a lack of adequate shelter
Snyder and Hombs 1986 attributed the growing numbers of homeless to several problems:
- A shortage of affordable housing
- De-population of the nations mental hospitals
- Effects of cuts to a variety of federal programs
- Unemployment and under employment are historically high
- Minimum wage
- Breakdown of traditional family
- Returning veterans from recent wars suffering from mental illness, substance-abuse and alcoholism
For the most part, homeless crimes are minor and generally relate to the acquisition of: (4)
- Food
- Shelters
- Drugs
- Alcohol
When dealing with the homelessness, CPO’s must realize that there are different types of homelessness. For example, the police in Kansas City have devise a typology consisting of four groups:
- Social economic homeless
- Mentally ill homeless
- Homeless lifestyle
- Immigrants
Perhaps the most important component of a police response to the homeless is deciding upon the department _______ and ________regarding the problem
goals and policy
Many police departments do not have specific written policies to guide police officers when dealing with the homeless. These departments depend on ordinances such as: (4)
- Public intoxication
- Loitering
- Emergency mental health commitments
- Public disorder ordinances
Here, Officers pick up homeless people, mentally ill people, prostitutes, and other problem persons and dump them in another political jurisdiction. This method by which Police Department have dealt with this homeless issue is called
Trans-jurisdictional transport of troubled persons or dumping
Stuart 2014, 2016 argues that many homeless intervention programs by the police can be categorized. In these interventions, officers use the threat of arrest to try to compel individuals to avail themselves of various social services that might alleviate their poverty and/or reduce their dependence on controlled substances. These methods are categorized as
coercion benevolence or therapeutic Policing
Community police and dictates that police combine enforcement with the _________ as the best approach to the homeless problem.
delivery of services
It is estimated that between ________ % of all law-enforcement contacts involve people with mental illness.
7 -10%
A study has show that 20% of people with severe mental disorders who are hospitalized have been picked up by the police at sometime in the __________ before the hospitalization
four months
Studies show that police Encounters with persons who are mentally ill are more likely to involve ________ as compared to dealings with individuals who are not impaired
police use of force
Essentially, police officers serve as the __________ for our mental health establishment
gatekeepers
Ruiz and Miller 2004 have identified five reasons why people with mental disorders are likely to be combative when confronted by police officers. They are:
- Fearful because often put under the control of people they do not know
- Tend to not cooperate with police officers
3. Fearful of police officers uniform/attitude - Officers do not understand the mentally ill
- Many officers fear persons with mental illness, tends to escalate situation.
The current arrangement present a number of problems for police officers when dealing with the mentally ill
- Departments should have policies that prescribed how to deal with mentally ill. Important part of policy local services available to person.
- Training
- Develop relations with social service agencies
Wichita‘s homeless outreach team (HOT) A team of three helps direct homeless individuals to services and reconnect with families outside of Wichita. The chronically homeless population has been reduced by approximately 900 individuals or astonishing
72%
