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Chapter 6 Flashcards

1
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Two ways to measure policing effectiveness

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Clearance rates and crime rates

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Clearance rates

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The number of incidents that are reported that result in the identification of a suspect in preportion to reported incidents

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Crime rates

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The amount of crimes reported

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4
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Crime displacement

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When criminals move from one area to another due to crime prevention tactics

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A model of policing that is reactive and focuses on deterring crime through fear

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Professional model

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6
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Three R’s of professional model

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rapid response, random patrol and reactive investigation

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Problem with the professional model

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Doesn’t address the reason for crime and not everyone feels safer with increased police presense

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A model of policing where police officers are part of the community and work together to solve problems that lead to crime.

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Community policing

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3 p’s of community policing

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problem solving, partnership, and prevention

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Problems with community policing

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Each program depends on the community and some communities are unwilling to participate

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A model of policing that engages the community while still creating the fear of committing a crime.

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Community Strategic

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12
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Technology that finds trends in crime and gathers intelligence

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crime analytics

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13
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Deployment of police relies on information found in crime maps

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Intelligence-led policing

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14
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Increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of police by having supervisiors be accountable for intelligence

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Compstat (computer statistics)

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15
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The use of statistical analysis to predict future crimes

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Predictive policing

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16
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Programs that identify opportunities for crimes and alter the conditions to deter crime

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Primary crime prevention

17
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Programs that focus on helping communities from being victims of crime and from becoming criminals

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Secondary crime prevention

18
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Programs that help people from reoffending or falling back into negative circumstances

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Tertiary crime prevention

19
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Indigenous communities programs

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These programs should be tailored to the specific community and made in collaboration, but sometimes due to previous history, communities refuse to engage.

20
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Issues with crime prevention programs

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  1. community is not aware of the programs
  2. people who participate are in low risk areas
21
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The response strategy relies on being hard on minor crimes so they don’t develop into more severe crimes.

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Broken windows

22
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The response strategy of being aggressive about order maintenance will reduce the likelyhood of more serious crimes

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Zero tolerance

23
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Broken window issues

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Over reacting to minor crimes and increasing public fear.

24
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Zero tolerance issue

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Increase of random stops causing racial profiling

25
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The policing strategy of addressing reoccurring problems that lead to crime.

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Problem-Oriented policing

26
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Issue with problem-oriented policing

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Takes a lot of time to find problem and address it.

27
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Having a large police presense in an area that is considered high crime.

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Tactical-Directed patrol

28
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Police patroling targeting people who are likely to be offenders, but this can cause racial profiling

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Targeting high-risk offenders

29
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Response to mental health calls

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Treated the same as a robbery, arrests, many police to one call

30
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History of mental health calls

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Due to decriminalization of mental health issues, funding was moved away from mental health and there are less services to provide support

31
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Unfounded cases

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Many police reports by women about sexual assault or the missing and murdered indigenous women are often unsolved or not investigated

32
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Excessive force, abusive searchers, and degradation often occurs when police interact with …

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women

33
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Unconscious stereotypes

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implicit bias

Crim 131 midterm (5 decks)

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