Chapter 10

Question 1

Although drug education and drug prevention are important police objectives, the police should focus their primary attention on: (3)

Answer 1

1. specific problems
2. neighborhood or areas, and
3. people that constitute visible or identifiable problems

Question 2

It is impossible for the police to eliminate drugs, therefore the police should make this the criterion by which to guide drug enforcement planning and to evaluate enforcement programming.

Answer 2

Harm Reduction

Question 3

Six goals that are useful in quiding police decision making when implementing drug elimination strategies. They are: (6)

Answer 3

1. reduce gang violence associated with drug trafficing, and prevent the emergence of powerful organized criminal groups(law enforcement)
2. control the streets crimes committed by drug users(law enforcement)
3. improve the health and economic and social well-being of drug users(community partnerships and community building)
4. restore the quality of life in urban communities by ending street level dealing(community partnerships and community building)
5. help prevent children from experiencing with drugs(community partnership and community building)
6. protect the integrity of the criminal justice institutitions

Question 4

The most powerful but most expensive approach by Federal Law enforcment to combat drugs is:

Answer 4

Electronic Surveillance(wiretaps and less frequently bugs)

Question 5

This type of enforcement is designed to attack the drug problem at the top of the drug trafficking hierarchy.

Answer 5

High-Level

Question 6

Who has the primary responsibility of controlling street drug dealing?

Answer 6

Local Law-Enforcement

Question 7

This theory has driven drig enforcement policy in America for decades.

Answer 7

Economic Theory

Question 8

Large seizures of drugs serve as public relations tool—The real war on drugs, for any community, remains at this level.

Answer 8

Retail Level

Question 9

Retail level enforcement strategies attempt to reduce “discreet” and :indiscreet” drug dealing, with the latter more susceptible to control. Indiscreet drug dealing includes: (3)

Answer 9

1. open street dealing
2. crack houses
3. shooting galleries

Question 10

The police should make this their first priority. Attacking this will ultimately result in the greatest harm reduction in the community.

Answer 10

Indiscreet drug trafficking

Question 11

Most kids experiment with drugs because: (3)

Answer 11

1. inability to withstand peer pressure
2. problems with low self-esteem
3. lack of value clarification

Question 12

CP and the Drug Problem

A three-pronged approach, appears to hold the best promise of making a long-term difference, but it also implies a tug-of-war among the three perspectives for scarce resources. What are the three prongs?

Answer 12

1. law enforcement
2. drug education
3. drug treatment

Question 13

Three factors that generally contributed to citizen initiatives: (3)

Answer 13

1. They occur in less affluent, high crime neighborhood
2. Activism is strongly related to the neighborhoods capacity
3. The existence of a community leader to initiate and sustain activities

Question 14

Creative CPO’s and neighborhood residents working together can also employ a host of other tactics to make dealers nervous enough to dispose of their drugs and drive customers away, such as:(2)

Answer 14

1. visibly taking down license plate numbers of potential buyers
2. clicking camera (without film) at people making dope deals on the street

Question 15

Historically, much of the reluctance by many police departments to involve line officers in street-level anti-drug initiatives stems from:

Answer 15

The unwarranted fear that it would promote corruption and abuse

Question 16

The dynamic most likely to promote widespread corruption and abuse appears to be when an elite unit is put on the task (to combat drug dealing), especially this type of unit:

Answer 16

A unit cloaked in secrecy

Question 17

A system (of drug enforcement) that focuses on this as the sole primary measure of success can pressure police to cross the line into abuse, entrapment, and fraud.

Answer 17

The number of arrests

Question 18

Kids join gangs for these reasons: (3)

Answer 18

1. identity
2. the recreational activities they provide
3. for protection, including protection from the gangs themselves

Question 19

CPO’s should be encouraged to use their offices as _________ for information on preventing AIDS and other diseases such as Hepatitis-B caused by sharing infected drug needles.

Answer 19

Clearinghouses

Question 20

Goode advises that some drugs are more criminogenic. These drugs are linked to more criminality as compared to other drugs:

Answer 20

1. Alcohol,
2. Cocaine, and
3. Heroin

Question 21

According to DEA, 15% of teens abused prescription drugs regularly, due in part to:

Answer 21

The easy accessibility of drugs like Xanax and Oxycontin

NOTE: An amazing 70% of abusers admit using drugs that were meant for family and friends.

Question 22

Hig-level drug enforcement has two primary tactics:

Answer 22

1. Interdiction

2. Concentrating enforcement and apprehending leaders of drug cartels or organizations

Question 23

These are defined as abrupt escalations in law enforcement activities that are intended to increase the perceived or actual threat of apprehension for certain offenses occurring in certain situations or locations.

Answer 23

Crackdowns

NOTE: They are generally used in high crime and drug trafficking areas.

Question 24

What is the primary objective of a crackdown?

Answer 24

to reduce the supply of drugs in the targeted location

Question 25

Research indicates that crackdowns only have a short term impact on the drug problem location. Sherman has suggested that this short term effect can be increased by:

Answer 25

Conducting a series of random crackdowns at the target location, and additional crackdowns over time will have a more significant impact on the location.

NOTE: Regardless, for the crackdown to have a long-term impact, it must be followed by other tactics.

Question 26

These are specifically localized search and seizure type operations. They generally target residential and commercial properties that are sources of numerous drug, crime, and disorder problems.

Answer 26

Raids

Note: Raids can target retail or mid-level wholesale drug trafficking operations. Raids primary objective is to move drugs from the street.

Question 27

These consist of officers working undercover who attempt to buy drugs from street dealers in order tomake arrests in cases.

Answer 27

Undercover drug buys

Question 28

These are where officers pose as drug dealers and arrest people who attempt to buy drugs from them. Reverse stings are used to disminished drug dealers customer base.

Answer 28

Reverse Stings

NOTE: Reverse stings are used to disminished drug dealers customer base.

Question 29

Brownsberger and his colleaques examined the drug free school zone in three Massachusetts cities and found they did not push drug dealing away from the schools. There were two primary reasons:

Answer 29

1. Many drug dealers, sell drugs, close to home, and many schools are located in areas where drug dealers reside.
2. There were so many schools that discerning the boundaries for the drug free zones was difficult. It appears that drug-free zones do little to control drugs.

Question 30

This is a stretegy that is not used extensively, but it represents an effective tool in dealing with drug problem locations. It consists of civil remedies and third party policing

Answer 30

Drug nuisance abatement

Question 31

A special case for police concerned is Raves.
Raves are extremely large gatherings of juveniles and young adults, sometimes 1000 or more, where there is music, drugs, and alcohol.

There are two methods by which to control Raves:

Answer 31

1. Encourage governement officials to ban them entirely from the community. This eliminates the problem.
2. If they are not banned, the government should pass ordinances requiring a significant police presence, to be paid for by the Rave operators.