Test 3 220 CH 5 & 6

Question 1

Which of the following was NOT identified in the text as a benefit of higher education in police work?

Answer 1

it leads to a more complex value system

Question 2

Some leaders believe that _____ _____ courses provide the best background for police officers in a multicultural society

Answer 2

liberal arts

Question 3

The _____ is an international association established in 1963 to foster professional and scholarly activities in the field of criminal justice

Answer 3

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

Question 4

Which of the following statements is NOT true about officers with the best performance evaluations?

Answer 4

They are more authoritarian

Question 5

During the _____ _____, officers are considered to be “at will” employees

Answer 5

probationary period

Question 6

Which major national event became a model for police departments to follow in times of crisis in keeping the public informed directly via social media without the intervention of media outlets?

Answer 6

The Boston Marathon Bombing in April 2013

Question 7

_______ ______ describes the police maintaining the status quo by using interventions with short-term effects to keep society stable and functioning by acceptable rules

Answer 7

order maintenance

Question 8

_____ policing is associated with production as measured in arrests and tickets written

Answer 8

legalistic

Question 9

Which of the following statements is true about the relationship between DNA technology and television shows such as CSI?

Answer 9

the advent of television shows such as CSI could be attributed to the increased use of crime lab analysis of evidence from crime scenes

Question 10

the _____ style of policing involves the principal function of order maintenance rather than law enforcement in cases that do not involve serious crime

Answer 10

watchman

Question 11

what has police training historically focused on?

Answer 11

physical assets

Question 12

training

Answer 12

the provision of basic skills necessary to perform essential job functionse

Question 13

education

Answer 13

the provision of familiarity with the theoretical concepts and principles underlying the training

Question 14

educated officers tend to be more _______

Answer 14

humanitarian

Question 15

who should lead the way on training?

Answer 15

chiefs

Question 16

communication

Answer 16

there needs to be work on written and verbal communation

Question 17

three types of training

Answer 17

recruit, field, and inservice(CPE)

Question 18

who is more likely to report corruption?

Answer 18

college-educated officers

Question 19

basic police functions

Answer 19

crime prevention, order maintenance, and law enforcement

Question 20

order maintenance

Answer 20

describes the police maintaining the status quo by using interventions with short term effects to keep society stable

Question 21

what is there a blurred line between

Answer 21

law enforcement and order maintenance

Question 22

broken windows theory

Answer 22

contends that neighborhood social disorder causes a decline of overall conditions and leads to more violent criminal activity

Question 23

zero tolerance

Answer 23

order maintenance implies that officers exercise little discretion when enforcing minor offences and stick to the law

Question 24

program that allows police to better assist the mentally ill

Answer 24

CIT(crisis intervention team)

Question 25

goal of investigation

Answer 25

to identify, locate, and arrest suspect

Question 26

what percent of officers get assigned to investigations?

Answer 26

15%

Question 27

CSI effect

Answer 27

increasing public awareness of advances in DNA testing and other forensic exams and the growing expectation of jurors to see forensic evidence at criminal trials

Question 28

agencies that require college degrees may help create a culture of _______

Answer 28

responsibility

Question 29

what does the ACJS do?

Answer 29

promotes criminal justice education, research, and policy analysis for both educators and practitioners

Question 30

purposes of training

Answer 30

reduces agency liability for poor performance

Question 31

1/7 recruits are female, 1/3 is a minority

Answer 31

60 percent of officers are assigned to patrol

Question 32

service style

Answer 32

requires officers to intervene frequently but not formally, take all requests for service seriously, and find alternatives to arrest and other formal sanctions authority is less centralized, and community relations and public education are valued

Question 33

legalistic style

Answer 33

officers handle commonplace situations as if they were matters of law enforcement officers with high school education are preferred; supervisors and officers do not question orders

Question 34

intuitive approach

Answer 34

- an increase in crime leads to an increase in hiring of officers - differences in crime rates should not be attributed to variations in patrol numbers - based on previous reports or experiences

Question 35

comparative approach

Answer 35

- uses ratio of police personnel to population or area to be polices - to simple to be workable

Question 36

workload analysis

Answer 36

elaborate information system, uses police performance to compute number of appropriate police personnel

Question 37

allocation model for patrol

Answer 37

model that involves several variables for estimating number of required personnel(projections)

Question 38

operational analysis

Answer 38

using computer models and geographic information systems (GIS) to help track when and where crime may occur

Question 39

deployment models

Answer 39

police are assigned calls by dispatch based on their district/zone

Question 40

foot patrol

Answer 40

reduces fear of crime, increases public satisfaction

Question 41

bicycle patrol

Answer 41

additional training and special equipment, and it is low cost with more coverage

Question 42

air patrol

Answer 42

has greater surveillance capacity and observation ability

Question 43

mounted patrols

Answer 43

crime prevention, community interaction, and crowd control

Question 44

report of Kansas City experiment

Answer 44

60% of a patrol officer's time was non-committed, they were just waiting on calls

Question 45

hard measure(performance)

Answer 45

quantitative and expressed numerically

Question 46

soft measure(performance)

Answer 46

degree of excellence, desirability, attitude, etc. Citizen satisfaction with the police

Question 47

What do PIOs do?

Answer 47

they assist with the role of giving transparency to the media