Flashcards in Policing Deck (38)
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Patrol in community Era
Reduce the fear of crime by a close relationship with the community
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Crime analysis is the
qualitative and quantitative study of crime and police related information in combination w/ sociological and demographic and spatial factors to apprehend criminals, prevent crime, reduce disorder & evaluate organizational procedures
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the GOAL of crime analysis is to provide
info that is fast, reliable & accurate
-Improve administrative reports whre needed
-Improve strategic analysis efforts for better decision making
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August Vollmer, Berkley chief of police revolutionized police thinking
vehicle patrol, radio comm, fingerprinting
-formation of patrol districts based on crime volume
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Orlando Winfield wilson-volmmer's protegee wrote the book
crime analysis
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administrative crime analysis is the presentation of interesting findings of crime research and
analysis based on legal, political, and practical concerns to inform audiences w/in police admin.
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Objectives of administrative crime analysis include:
assist general reporting
improve UCR coding processes by renewing coded reports for accuracy
suggest improvements to the management system
produce CAR reports & data in timely manner
provide general hot spot & crime dist maps & reports on an ad-hoc basis
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administrative crime analysis
long term
general in nature
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strategic crime analysis is the study of crime and police info
integrated w/ socio-demo & spatial factros to deterine long term "pattern" of activity to assist in problem solving, as well as to research and evaluate responses and procedures
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Strategic CA obectives include
creates hot spot maps by diff geographical areas & bounderies that are informative & useful
create easy to read reports that explain date, time, day of wk, distance of crime in specific areas
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Intelligence analysis is the study of "organize" criminal activity, whether or not it is,
reported to the police, to assist investigative personnel in linking together ppl, events, property
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Criminal Investigative analysis is the study of serial criminals,
victims, and/or crime scenes and physical, socio demographic, psychological, & geographic characteristics to develop patterns that assist in linking tohether and solving current serial criminal activity
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what is the focus on crime theory?
suspect search patterns for targets
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what is the philosophy of community policing?
how we should fix it
get the community to solve it together and bring in answers
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SARA is the component of the
four process problem-solving process
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SARA stands for
scanning, analysis, response, and assessment
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Situational crime prevention uses the concepts of
environmental criminology about why crime occurs in specific settings and seeks solutions that reflect the nature of those things
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Situational crime prevention was pioneered in
England in the 1980's by Ron Clarke
-focuses on the criminal even itself
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Situational crime prevention focuses on 3 opportunity components:
Conditions:
1. those that induce an individual to commit an offense
2. The availability of a suitable crime target
3. The degree of risk to exposure
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CPTED
crime prevention through environmental design
-hiking trails need lighting
-dark places
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Compstat focuses on
providing initial stats-police managers, etc
and relentless follow up
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Benefits of crime analysis
more data is available
data problem can be identified
-collect, collate, analyze, disseminate, evaluate
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Discretion is defined as:
free to make choices among possible course of action or inaction
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eustress
stress that is normal and good, even providing on-the job motivation
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distress
stress that is outside of the normal range and very harmful over time
-external/internal factors
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What percentage of cases get solved?
2%
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Why is clearance rate not reliable?
only 36% or crimes are reported
-data is manipulated
data is audited
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Wickersham commission
Social awareness of problems between police and minority communities
-establish a complaint system
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Kerner Commission
better recruitment and training standards
-accountability to the community
-establish mechanisms for registering complaints
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Knapp commission
-reorganize internal affairs dept
-civilian oversight of the police
-create post of state special prosecutor
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christopher commission
implement structural changes in recruitment, selection, training and eval
-establish a new system for andling complaints and improve civilian oversight
-implement a community based policing model
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mollen commission
improve screening, recruitment and training
-increase and improve supervision
-reform internal/external oversight
-enhance sanctions for brutality and corruption
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Models of oversight
internal affairs bureaus, democratic accountability, hierarchical accountability, procedural justice.
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Kansas city response time study suggests that
citizens take longer to report crimes to the police than it takes the police to respond
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Preliminary investigation
done by the first officer that arrives at scene by making the scene safe
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crime scene is the are from which the
majority of the physical evidence associated with the crime is obtained
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the locard exchange principle recognizes that
it is impossible for anyone to enter a location without changing it in some way either bringing something in or taking something from it
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