Policing

Question 1

Patrol in community Era

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Reduce the fear of crime by a close relationship with the community

Question 2

Crime analysis is the

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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

Question 3

the GOAL of crime analysis is to provide

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info that is fast, reliable & accurate

• Improve administrative reports whre needed
• Improve strategic analysis efforts for better decision making

Question 4

August Vollmer, Berkley chief of police revolutionized police thinking

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vehicle patrol, radio comm, fingerprinting

-formation of patrol districts based on crime volume

Question 5

Orlando Winfield wilson-volmmer’s protegee wrote the book

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crime analysis

Question 6

administrative crime analysis is the presentation of interesting findings of crime research and

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analysis based on legal, political, and practical concerns to inform audiences w/in police admin.

Question 7

Objectives of administrative crime analysis include:

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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

Question 8

administrative crime analysis

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long term

general in nature

Question 9

strategic crime analysis is the study of crime and police info

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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

Question 10

Strategic CA obectives include

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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

Question 11

Intelligence analysis is the study of “organize” criminal activity, whether or not it is,

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reported to the police, to assist investigative personnel in linking together ppl, events, property

Question 12

Criminal Investigative analysis is the study of serial criminals,

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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

Question 13

what is the focus on crime theory?

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suspect search patterns for targets

Question 14

what is the philosophy of community policing?

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how we should fix it

get the community to solve it together and bring in answers

Question 15

SARA is the component of the

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four process problem-solving process

Question 16

SARA stands for

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scanning, analysis, response, and assessment

Question 17

Situational crime prevention uses the concepts of

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environmental criminology about why crime occurs in specific settings and seeks solutions that reflect the nature of those things

Question 18

Situational crime prevention was pioneered in

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England in the 1980’s by Ron Clarke

-focuses on the criminal even itself

Question 19

Situational crime prevention focuses on 3 opportunity components:

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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

Question 20

CPTED

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crime prevention through environmental design

• hiking trails need lighting
• dark places

Question 21

Compstat focuses on

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providing initial stats-police managers, etc

and relentless follow up

Question 22

Benefits of crime analysis

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more data is available
data problem can be identified
-collect, collate, analyze, disseminate, evaluate

Question 23

Discretion is defined as:

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free to make choices among possible course of action or inaction

Question 24

eustress

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stress that is normal and good, even providing on-the job motivation

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distress

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stress that is outside of the normal range and very harmful over time -external/internal factors

Question 26

What percentage of cases get solved?

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2%

Question 27

Why is clearance rate not reliable?

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only 36% or crimes are reported -data is manipulated data is audited

Question 28

Wickersham commission

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Social awareness of problems between police and minority communities -establish a complaint system

Question 29

Kerner Commission

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better recruitment and training standards - accountability to the community - establish mechanisms for registering complaints

Question 30

Knapp commission

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- reorganize internal affairs dept - civilian oversight of the police - create post of state special prosecutor

Question 31

christopher commission

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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

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improve screening, recruitment and training - increase and improve supervision - reform internal/external oversight - enhance sanctions for brutality and corruption

Question 33

Models of oversight

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internal affairs bureaus, democratic accountability, hierarchical accountability, procedural justice.

Question 34

Kansas city response time study suggests that

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citizens take longer to report crimes to the police than it takes the police to respond

Question 35

Preliminary investigation

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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

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majority of the physical evidence associated with the crime is obtained

Question 37

the locard exchange principle recognizes that

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it is impossible for anyone to enter a location without changing it in some way either bringing something in or taking something from it

Question 38

MO or modus operandi refers to

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how the crime is committed