Policing

Question 1

What is hot spot policing?

Answer 1

Focuses resources on small, high-crime areas. Based on the idea that addressing crime at specific locations can reduce overall crime.

Question 2

What is the deterrence theory?

Answer 2

Crime occurs when the perceived risk of committing a crime is lower than the perceived reward from it. Criminal penalties do not just punish violators, but also discourage other people from committing similar offenses.

Question 3

What are opportunity theories?

Answer 3

Crime is influence by place characteristics, routine activities, and offender perceptions.

Question 4

What are the tactics tested in the article about hot spot policing? And what do they do?

Answer 4

• Foot Patrol: visible police presence in localized areas to deter crime.
• Problem-Oriented Policing: identifies and addresses recurring issues using proactive non-law-enforcement strategies.
• Offender-Focused Policing: Targets the most prolific offenders to reduce overall crime.

Question 5

What is community policing?

Answer 5

It aims to build trust and improve collaboration between police and citizens through active community engagement.

Question 6

What are four models of policing?

Answer 6

• Traditional policing: focuses on reactive strategies, where police respond to specific incidents of crime after they occur.
• Community policing
• Hot spot policing
• Problem-oriented policing

Question 7

What is the SARA model? And where does SARA stand for?

Answer 7

It is a problem-solving effort.
- Scanning –> identify and prioritize the problem.
- Analysis –> what are the causes of the problem?
- Response –> identify and select interventions; implement an action plan
- Assessment –> evaluate the effectiveness of the response