Part 2: Essentials of Criminal Justice Ch. 5 – Flashcards
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most police agencies are organized in this manner
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hierarchical manner
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this is the way in which most police agencies determine promotion:
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time-in-rank system
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the time in rank system discourages this:
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favoritism
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who is the person who has control over the police department
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Police Chief
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the UCR data suggests that the average police officer makes less than 1 felony arrests every BLANK months
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major purpose of police patrol
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deter crime; peacekeeping; quick response; apprehend criminals; aid/serve community
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the greatest number of Americans have had contact with patrol officers for what reasons?
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traffic related matters
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the majority of police patrols are devoted to this:
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peacekeeping
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the principle finding of the Kansas City Study
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directed patrolling
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what is a department policy that emphasis stopping crime before it happens
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Proactive Policing
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what is the prevailing wisdom on preventative patrols?
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they are highly successful
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the Kansas city gun experiment is an example of:
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directed patrol
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what are the methods for improving patrol
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proactive/directed patrol, make arrests, rapid response
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morality crimes are a specialty of this:
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the vice squad
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what was a result of the Kansas city gun experiments
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downturn in violent crime
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organized groups of detectives who deceive criminals into committing crimes
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Sting Operations
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what model exemplifies community policing?
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law enforcer to community organizer
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what is the fundamental assumption of the broken window model?
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police are maintainers of order and safety
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what is the focus of community policing?
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to bring police & the public together
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what is the effectiveness of community policing linked to?
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reducing disorder & impacting the crime rate
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what have evaluations of NY and NJ foot patrols shown?
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residents felt safer
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the concept of hot spot crime is associated with what model of policing?
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directive patrolling
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name of police support unit that investigates police activity
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internal affairs
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what are the admin problems of community policing?
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defining community, roles, changing attitudes, values, training, recruitment
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what are requirements for most promotions
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time in rank
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designated police patrol ares are called
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beats
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term for the order main't function of police
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Peacekeeping
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the aggressive patrol program that was directed at carrying of guns in high risk crime areas
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Kansas City Gun Experiment
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aggressive law enforcement style that emphasizes attacking crimes head on
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Proactive policing
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groups of police officers who enforce morality based laws
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vice-squad
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operation designed to encourage/observe criminal behavior to make an arrest
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Sting Operation
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the trend of changing police role to problem solver
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community policing
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police/detectives have improved because of advances in this:
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technology
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policing strategy that require police to ID particular long term community issues
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problem-oriented
