Responding to Crime: Part 1- Policing

Question 1

deterrence theory

Answer 1

the theory that criminal penalties do not just punish violators, but also discourage other people from committing similar offenses.

Question 2

• Law-and-order remedies to crime do not

Answer 2

reduce or prevent crime

Question 3

Policing (4 types)

Answer 3

1. Federal (RCMP)
2. Provincial
3. Municipal
4. First Nations

Question 4

• Social incivilities, if left unattended, will

Answer 4

cause serious anti-social behavior, even violence.

Question 5

• accompanied zero-tolerance policing – which then turned in to stop and frisk has a primary goal of

Answer 5

the maintenance of order

Question 6

U.S. research on Broken Windows Model

Answer 6

limited support for the broken windows and the zero-tolerance models.

Question 7

Racial profiling

Answer 7

Members of the police force systematically targeted members of racial groups on the basis of a perceived criminal proclivity of the whole group.