Community Policing Midterm

the safe streets act was passed in:

a. 1968

b. 1975

c. 1980

d. 1990

a. 1968

community policing is intended to be?:

a. a short-term solution

b. reactive

c. proactive

d. none of the above

c. proactive

a departments mission statement is a:

a. statement related to goals

b. statement related to policy

c. statement related to personal expectations

d. written declaration of purpose

d. written declaration of purpose

studies have shown that police represent ___________ values.

a. lower-class

b. middle-class

c. upper-class

d. none of the above

b. middle-class

the most significant impact on law enforcement officers has been:

a. education

b. more money

c. better training

d. none of the above

c. better training

the image of the police is reflected in:

a. the police uniform

b. media accounts

c. encounters with the police

d. all of the above

d. all of the above

police have wide discretionary powers to:

a. arrest

b. detain

c. question

d. all of the above

d. all of the above

"fleeing felon doctrine" permitting police to fire on a felon who refuses to stop when ordered by a police officer:

a. is still permitted

b. is followed by some departments

c. is no longer permitted unless it meets state and federal mandates

d. none of the above

c. is no longer permitted unless it meets state and federal mandates

accepting a free cup of coffee at a restaurant is:

a. gratuity and a form of corruption

b. only a corrupt practice if favors are returned

c. open to interpretation but not necessarily corruption

d. none of the above

a. gratuity and a form of corruption

in most states, the operation of emergency vehicles is regulated by:

a. department policy

b. state statute

c. training

d. there are no laws governing the use of emergency vehicles

b. state statute

the most accurate statement regarding police corruption is:

a. it is a serious problem nationwide

b. there is little corruption in modern police agencies

c. policy and law has eliminated police corruption

d. none of the above

a. it is a serious problem nationwide

in transitory neighborhoods, residents:

a. share similar values

b. live in a neighborhood that shows pride

c. move often

d. all of the above

c. move often

perhaps the most important thing that brings a community together is:

a. shared values

b. speak the same language

c. race

d. none of the above

a. shared values

high-crime neighborhoods typically have:

a. high levels of social capital

b. little social capital

c. shared values

d. none of the above

b. little social capital

the term broken windows is used by criminologists to describe:

a. neighborhoods where almost all of the windows are broken

b. older neighborhoods

c. neighborhoods that are fallen into decay

d. none of the above

c. neighborhoods that are fallen into decay

the factors that help a community change include:

a. type of housing and density

b. availability of jobs

c. poverty level

d. all of the above

d. all of the above

a community demographic makeup includes:

a. ethnic makeup

b. income level

c. average age

d. all of the above

d. all of the above

what seperates community policing from traditional policing is:

a. solving problems

b. the use of computers

c. better trained personnel

d. none of the above

a. solving problems

among the ethical questions raised by community policing:

a. what are the short-term effects of my actions?

b. what are the long-term effects of my actions?

c. what will happen if i do nothing?

d. all of the above

d. all of the above

crime mapping helps the police:

a. measure the size of the community

b. determine population growth

c. identify crime "hot spots"

d. none of the above

c. identify crime "hot spots"

the primary concern with police "ride along" program is:

a. police officers don't like them

b. liability

c. citizens may get the wrong impression

d. none of the above

b. liability

gentrification is a term that describes what happens when:

a. citizens leave the inner city and move to the suburbs

b. inner-city neighborhoods are allowed to decay

c. when inner-city neighborhoods are re-claimed and improved

d. none of the above

c. when inner-city neighborhoods are re-claimed and improved

"white flight" refers tp after world war 2 when whites:

a. moved from the inner-cities to suburban neighborhoods

b. formed their own cities

c. built new schools

d. none of the above

a. moved from inner-cities to suburban neighborhoods

"incivilities in a neighborhood" refer to:

a. the way people talk to one another

b. abandoned buildings, litter, and broken windows

c. gang behavior

d. all of the above

b. abandoned buildings, littler, and broken windows

police are permitted to use deadly force to:

a. protect themselves

b. protect the lives others

c. to stop a violent crime in progress

d. all of the above

d. all of the above

like private citizens, police can use only that force needed:

a. according to the officer's ability

b. until help arrives

c. to subdue the suspect

d. none of the above

c. subdue the suspect

among the things that can be done to deter shoplifting are:

a. training programs that emphasize greeting customers

b. video surveillance cameras

c. check-in of employee packages and purchases

d. all of the above

 d. all of the above

statistically, atm robberies are:

a. very common

b. more frequent than convenience store robberies

c. not very common occurrences

d. none of the above

 c. not very common occurrences

among the reasons why street prostitution should be deterred include:

a. public health concerns

b. the prostitutes don't pay taxes

c. the johns are usually family men

d. none of the above

a. public health concerns

three-fourths of all prison inmates are:

a. shoplifters

b. drug users

c. burglars

d. murderers

b. drug users

in 1914, the _________ act made buying, selling or using certain drugs illegal:

a. carson

b. smith

c. truman

d. harrison

d. harrison

nearly _____ % of all high school seniors admit to using alcohol:
a. 50%

b. 75%

c. 45%

d. 25%

a. 50%

the grass-roots organization formed to stop drunk driving is:

a. dare

b. mcgruff

c. madd

d. none of the above

 c. madd

the expression "war on drugs" was first used by:

a. president kennedy

b. president nixon

c. president reagan

d. president clinton

b. president nixon

the most serious preventable public health problem in the u.s. is:

a. cancer

b. heart disease

c. liver disease

d. substance abuse

d. substance abuse

the primary determinant of the amount of shoplifting that will occur at a retail store is:

a. the type of merchandise it sells

b. whether it has store security

c. the quality of the employees

d. the policies and procedures developed by management

d. the policies and procedures developed by management

CPTED refers to:

a. crime prevention through eduction and development

b. crime prevention through effective department policy

c. crime prevention through environment design

d. none of the above

 c. crime prevention through environment design

target hardening includes:

a. better locks on doors and windows

b. alarm systems

c. surveillance cameras

d. all of the above

d. all of the above

the mcgruff anti-crime campaign has been in existence nearly ____ years:

a. 40

b. 30

c. 20

d. 10

a. 40

community diversion programs are designed to:

a. keep juvenile offenders in the community

b. help school drop-outs

c. teach juvenile offenders a trade

d. none of the above

a. keep juvenile offenders in the community

the corrections system can help with community policing efforts by:

a. providing more community-based alternatives to incarceration

b. housing more young offenders

c. providing more job training programs

d. none of the above

a. providing more community-based alternatives to incarceration

the burglary reduction program is seattle provided:

a. property identification

b. home security

c. neighborhood block watch programs

d. all of the above

 d. all of the above

a local non-profit crime prevention program involving citizens, the media and the police is known as:

a. dare

b. mcgruff

c. crime stoppers

d. none of the above

c. crime stoppers

the national night out program encourages people to:

a. get more exercise

b. turn on their porch lights and get to know their neighborhoods

c. help the police by patrolling their neighborhoods

d. go to a movie

b. turn on their porch lights and get to know their neighborhoods

what does COPPS stand for?:

a. crime oriented policing policy and standards

b. community on policing problem and safety

c. community oriented policing problem and solving

d. community oriented policy policing safety

c. community oriented policing problem and solving

what does MADD stand for?:

a. mothers against drunk driving

b. mothers and drunk drivers

c. mothers against drunk drivers

d. mothers against defensive drivers

c. mothers against drunk drivers

_____ is evidence based on statistical data:

a. theoretical

b. binomial

c. empirical

d. paradigm

c. empirical

what is a hypothesis?:

a. new way of thinking

b. an educated guess

c. an answer bases on empirical statistics

d. conclusions based on observed data

b. an educated guess

what does DARE stand for?:

a. drug abuse resistance education

b. drug addicts resisting education

c. drug abuses related education

d. drug abuse reasoning education

a. drug abuse resistance education

the ______ restructured the neighborhoods physical environment, changed the way patrol officers were assigned and organized the neighborhood in an effort to reduce crime and fear of crime:

a. cpted

b. hartford experiment

c. target hardening

d. cocoon watch

b. hartford experiment