Chapter 6

Question 1

Two ways to measure policing effectiveness

Answer 1

Clearance rates and crime rates

Question 2

Clearance rates

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Crime rates

Answer 3

The amount of crimes reported

Question 4

Crime displacement

Answer 4

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

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Professional model

Question 6

Three R’s of professional model

Answer 6

rapid response, random patrol and reactive investigation

Question 7

Problem with the professional model

Answer 7

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

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Community policing

Question 9

3 p’s of community policing

Answer 9

problem solving, partnership, and prevention

Question 10

Problems with community policing

Answer 10

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

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Community Strategic

Question 12

Technology that finds trends in crime and gathers intelligence

Answer 12

crime analytics

Question 13

Deployment of police relies on information found in crime maps

Answer 13

Intelligence-led policing

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Compstat (computer statistics)

Question 15

The use of statistical analysis to predict future crimes

Answer 15

Predictive policing

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Primary crime prevention

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Secondary crime prevention

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Tertiary crime prevention

Question 19

Indigenous communities programs

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Issues with crime prevention programs

Answer 20

1. community is not aware of the programs
2. people who participate are in low risk areas

Question 21

The response strategy relies on being hard on minor crimes so they don’t develop into more severe crimes.

Answer 21

Broken windows

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Zero tolerance

Question 23

Broken window issues

Answer 23

Over reacting to minor crimes and increasing public fear.

Question 24

Zero tolerance issue

Answer 24

Increase of random stops causing racial profiling

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Problem-Oriented policing

Question 26

Issue with problem-oriented policing

Answer 26

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

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Tactical-Directed patrol

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Targeting high-risk offenders

Question 29

Response to mental health calls

Answer 29

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

Question 30

History of mental health calls

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Unfounded cases

Answer 31

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

Question 32

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

Answer 32

women

Question 33

Unconscious stereotypes

Answer 33

implicit bias