Chapter 6 Multiple/Fill In

Which of the following statements best describes police involvement in enforcing the law?

The police are expected to support the law

___ is a proactive approach to the problem of crime

Crime prevention

___ is a crime-analysis and police-management process built on crime napping that was developed by the New York City Police Department

CompStat

___ offenses involve acts that create physical disorder or that reflect social decay

Quality of life

The broken windows model of policing focuses on which element of the police mission?

Preserving the peace

___ is one of the core operational strategies of policing

Preserving the peace

What is the dominant operational policing strategy and is based on the ideas of Sir Robert Peel and the early London Metropolitan Police

Preventive patrol

___ is information about a crime that forms the basis for determining the identity of the perpetrator

The solvability factor

CAPRA and SARA are examples of the methodology of

police problem solving

What is the order of authority within a police department

Chain of command

Sarah is a police sergeant who is responsible for supervising six patrol officers. This number represents Sarah’s ___

span of control

The political era of American policing was characterized by ___

police serving the interests of politicians

Which of the following was most characteristic of the reform era of policing

A focus on professional crime fighting and solving traditional crimes

What era of policing was characterized by and increasing focus on quality-of-life offenses and the broken windows model of policing

Community

Which of the following is true of the new era of policing?

It is still evolving and involves efforts to deal with threats to the homeland

Which policing style was in use when the Rodney King beating occurred in Los Angeles

Watchman

A police chief instructs officers to write tickets for any motorists who are going at least one mile per hour above the speed limit. This department is most likely operating under the ___ style of policing

legalistic

Which of the following is most characteristic of the legalistic style of policing?

Enforcing the letter of the law

Police--community relations (PCR) ___

recognizes that the police derive their legitimacy from the community they serve

Which police strategy emphasizes an increased capacity to deal with crimes that are not well controlled by traditional methods?

Strategic policing

A neighborhood resource officer asks community residents to clean up trash, remove graffiti, and install better lighting in a local park that is known for extensive drug dealing. This request is characteristic of what type of policing?

Problem-solving

What are the characteristic of traditional policing?

The role of the police is the solve crimes

Intelligence-led policing ___

is a technique used by police in the fight against terrorism

Information that is compiled in an effort to anticipate, prevent, or monitor criminal activity is known as ___

criminal intelligence

What are the characteristic of a fusion center?

Fusion centers deal exclusively with issues related to terrorism