Improving Policing deck two

Question 1

According to Herman Goldstein, improving policing, the most significant effort to use a problem orientation for improving police responses was embodied in the crime-specific concept initiated by who?

Answer 1

California 1971

and later promoted with the LEAA throughout the country

Question 2

According to Herman Goldstein, improving policing, the crime specific concept was made an integral part of the anticrime program launched in eight cities in January 1972. aimed at bringing about reduction in five crime categories which are?

Answer 2

1. murder
2. rape
3. assault
4. robbery
5. burglary

Question 3

According to Herman Goldstein, improving policing, in analysis of a given problem, one may find, for example, that the concern of the citizen is primarily fear of attack, but fear is not warranted given the pattern of actual offenses. Where this situation becomes apparent, the police have two quite different problems which are?

Answer 3

1. to deal more effectively with the actual incidents where they occur.
2. or respond to the groundless fears

Question 4

According to Herman Goldstein, improving policing, how does one discover the nature of the current police response?

Answer 4

Be consistent with legal requirements and meet the formal expectations of both the public and other agencies that might have a responsibility relating to the problem

Question 5

According to Herman Goldstein, improving policing, many of the difficulties in implementing recent changes in statutes relating to sexual assault, public drunkenness, drunk driving and child abuse could have been avoided if?

Answer 5

had police expertise been tapped

Question 6

According to Herman Goldstein, improving policing, after information is assembled about a specific problem is analyzed, a fresh uninhibited search should be made for ?

Answer 6

Alternative responses

Question 7

According to Herman Goldstein, improving policing, what can lead to further frustration and problems becoming compounded resulting in bitterness about the government in urban areas?

Answer 7

expectations that are raised but not fulfilled

Question 8

According to Herman Goldstein, improving policing, what do many people simply want when they turn to police ?

Answer 8

reliable information

Question 9

According to Herman Goldstein, improving policing, in a recent study of how police spend their time, it was reported that of the 18,012 calls made by 24,000 people in a four-month period 59.98% were calls for?

Answer 9

information by telephone

Question 10

According to Herman Goldstein, improving policing, the greatest potential for improvement in the handling of some problems is providing police officers with ____________?

Answer 10

new forms of specialized training

Question 11

According to Herman Goldstein, improving policing, much policing involves resolving disputes between those who have competing interests in the use made of a given sidewalk, street, park, or neighborhood. bigger and more basic conflicts in land were resolved by?

Answer 11

zoning

Question 12

According to Herman Goldstein, improving policing, traditional programs to improve the police labeled as efforts to change upgrade or reform the police or to achieve minimum standards require that police officers to openly acknowledge their?

Answer 12

own deficiencies