Unleash the Cops! Flashcards
What are the two basic strategies for increasing the crime fighting effectiveness of the police?
a) more intensive policing patrol (putting more police officers on the street, engaging in an intensive crackdown on crime, or having them focus their efforts toward specific places or crimes)
b) giving the police more powers (removing constitutional constraints on searches)
Adding police officers, in combination with community policing programs, may produce modest reductions in crime but is not _________________.
Adding police officers, in combination with community policing programs, may produce modest reductions in crime but is not cost-effective.
What idea has been a core principle of modern policing?
Visible police presence
What three groups of patrol beats did the Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment (1972-1973) divide?
1) Proactive
2) Reactive
3) Control
What did Proactive Beats do?
They received two or three times the normal level of patrol
What did Reactive Beats do?
They received no routine patrol.
What did Control Beats do?
They received the same level of patrol.
What did the Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment examine?
a) the effect of different levels of patrol on criminal activity
b) citizen perceptions of police protection
What did the Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment find?
The level of patrol had no effect on either crime or citizen perceptions and fear of crime.
In order for deterrence to be successful, what does the audience need?
a) to perceive the threat
b) calculate the increased risk
c) understand the consequences are unpleasant
d) make a rational decision not to commit a crime
Why doesn’t policing work as deterrence?
1) policing is spread thin
2) many don’t see police as a threat/won’t get caught
3) many crimes are not suppressible by patrol
Why do people like the idea of using closed circuit television as a means of monitoring neighborhoods?
1) many people think cameras will deter crime
2) video recordings provide evidence that will lead to arrests
Where are closed circuit television monitors most effective?
Parking lots (property crimes)
What is a crackdown?
A short burst of intensive law enforcement, involving many arrests, directed toward a particular area or particular crime
Why are crackdowns not favored?
They do not have evidence-based strategy for targeting particular offenders and are police-only efforts.
