Exam 1

Question 1

An organization characterized by many departments and divisions operating through a complicated structure system of rules and regulations.

Answer 1

Bureaucracy

Question 2

An organization characterized by many departments and divisions operating through a complicated structure system of rules and regulations.

Answer 2

Chain of Command

Question 3

A unit responsible for investigating citizen complaints against officers and internally generated complaints among police department members.

Answer 3

Internal affairs unit

Question 4

A company or agency that does not have competitors.

Answer 4

Monopoly

Question 5

A focus on certain responsibilities in order to develop expertise and efficiency in those tasks.

Answer 5

Specialization

Question 6

A public agency that serves primarily low-income clients and whose workers have substantial discretion in processing those clients.

Answer 6

Street-level bureaucracy

Question 7

A police unit that handles high-risk criminal situations, such as hostage situations and the execution of certain arrests and search warrants.

Answer 7

Tactical enforcement unit

Question 8

Making someone decide not to do something.

Answer 8

Deterrence

Question 9

The role the police play in determining who comes into the criminal justice system and who stays out.

Answer 9

Gate keepers

Question 10

Making it impossible for people to commit crimes.

Answer 10

Incapacitation

Question 11

Tasks performed by the police that involve conducting investigations and making arrests.

Answer 11

Law enforcement

Question 12

Policing style in which enforcing the law is the top priority.

Answer 12

Legalistic style of policing

Question 13

Activities of the police that involve keeping the peace without resorting to citations or arrests.

Answer 13

Order Maintenance

Question 14

Policing style that maintains citizen satisfaction is the top priority.

Answer 14

Service-oriented style of policing

Question 15

Policing style that focuses on order maintenance.

Answer 15

Watchman style of policing

Question 16

What are the five principles of police agencies of bureaucracy?

Answer 16

1. Have division of labor.
2. Have hierarchy of authority
3. Follow rules critical to its functioning
4. Impersonal relationships
5. Selection and promotion based on competence

Question 17

What are some drawbacks of police agencies based on bureaucracy

Answer 17

1. lack of flexibility
2. persistence to change
3. inefficiency
4. insensitivity to the needs of workers

Question 18

what defines the police acting/fashioned after the military?

Answer 18

Qasi-Military

Question 19

How are the police like the military?

Answer 19

training, patrol, uniform, weapons and some officers come from the military

Question 20

How are police agencies like monopolies?

Answer 20

1. does not have competitors
2. Has jurisdiction over a community
3. Citizens can demonstrate dissatisfaction with police.
4. Police still accountable to citizens through the political process.