CJ101 chapter 6

The __ of policing is to

• enforce the laws

*Investigate crimes and apprehend offenders

• prevent crime

*keep the peace

*provide the community with enforcement-related services

*enforcing and supporting teh law

purpose

only about ____ to ____% if all calls to the police require a law enforcement response

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is the anticipation, recognition, and assessment of a a crime risk, and the initiation of action to eliminate or reduce crime

Crime preventention

Crime prevention is characterized by being

proactive

is taking steps to prevent problems before they arise

proactive policing

Is responding to problems when they arise

Reactive policing

A crime analysis and police management process built on "Crime mapping" that was developed by the NYPD in the mid-1990s

CompStat

A minor violation of the law "(petty crime)" that demoralizes community residents and businesses

Quality of life offense

Which are examples of offenses that demoralize community residents and businesses

panhandling, prostitution, and vandalism

support or _ services such as dispatch, training, personnel, propert and evidence room and record-keeping are supportive to every agency

Ancillary

What is considered to be the backbone of police work

patrolling

tends to dominate media attention but actually constitutes a relatively small portion of police work

Criminal investigations

The administrative activities of controlling, directing, and coordinating police personnel, resources, and activities

police management

The new era of policing, characterized by a "game changer event, was the?

9/11 terrorist attack

*closes ties between police and public officials

*The police tended to maintain order, serve the interests of the powerful politicians

*1840s-1930s

The following time in policing was known as the

the political era

*pride in professional crime, led by August Volmer

• Focused most resources on solving "traditional crimes."

*1930s-1970s

The Reform Era

*common in policing today

*stresses police service role and a partnership between police and communities, quality of life offense

*1970s- today

The community policing Era

• Build on relationships with the community to gather actionable intelligence to fight terrorism

*agencies share information, joint efforts

*2001-today

The homeland security era

Which policing style is characterized by the following:

• police are committed to enforcing the letter of the law

• Police have the "laissez-faire" approach to behaviors that may be bothersome or disruptive but do not violate the law

legalistic style

Which policing style is characterized by the following:

*Concerned with helping rather than strictly enforcing the laws

*More likely to supplement law enforcement activities with community

*Most popular today in America

service style

Which policing style is characterized by the following:

*Maintaining order: with informal police intervention/ Discretion

*controlling illegal and disruptive behavior

*"Roughing up" disruptive people at times

*Considerable use of discretion

Watchman Style

Where is the watchman's style of policing more common?

high crime area

The Watchman style was typified by the LAPD prior to the _ _incident in 1991

Rodney King

The following answers which question:

*It is considered by some to be "too abstract a concept, meaning not concrete into what it actually means

*It is hard to measure success

*it can be difficult to measure "citizen satisfaction" with police departments

*It is not always accepted by all police officers or police managers

The potential problems with community policing?

the 9/11 attack changed the rile of police departemnts, while maiting the core mission, police department are now devote more resources to preparing for a possible _ attack and intelligence gathering

terrorist

Local police departments play an especially important role in responding to the challenges of terrorism because they will be the __ officers on the scene

1st

pool and analyze information from law enforcement agencies at all levels, looking for meaningful patterns and actionable intelligence

Fusion centers

There are more than fusion centers in ___ states. Information sharing is the central purpose.

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