Quiz 1

Question 1

Eras of Policing

Answer 1

political era
progressive reform era
professional era
community relations era

Question 2

Political Era

Answer 2

Characterized as political, decentralized arms of the
local politicians

• Politicians dictated what laws were enforced, who was
  hired and who was promoted.
• Primary roles of police:
  – Order maintenance
  – Provision of services to community

Question 3

Professional/Reform Era

Answer 3

Shift from order maintenance and provision of services to law enforcement or crime fighting

• Police given sole responsibility for crime reduction
• Police used unethical means to meet public expectations
• Police and public became adversaries

Question 4

Community Policing Era

Answer 4

Responded to increased violence by deepening role as crime
fighters

• Emphasis placed on arrests, citations and restoring order
  through force
• Created isolation from community
• Police departments implemented public and community
  relations programs.

Question 5

Homeland Security/ Terrorism Focus

Answer 5

For a police agency to be successful at catching terrorists, it
must have positive relations with citizens and communities.

• Local police are working more closely with state and federal
  agencies to collect intelligence and coordinate responses to
  threats.
• Police departments are increasing their own intelligence
  operations.
• Police are focusing on critical infrastructure vital to
  government and business

Question 7

Packard’s Crime Control Model

Answer 7

Continuum of crime that can fluactuate depending on where we are in society (due process(trevon Martin) to crimw control (9/11)

Question 8

Crime Triangle

Answer 8

offender, location, victim
(take one of these out and crime won’t occur)

Question 9

Police Accountability

Answer 9

Administrative
Criminal
Civil

Question 10

Administrative

Answer 10

The general managing and organizing that occurs at the highest levels of an organization

• Establishes the department’s purposes/ mission,
• Develops ways of controlling the department so that
  personnel follow the guideposts

Question 11

Civil

Question 12

Criminal

Question 13

Rampart Scandal- Lessons Learned

Question 14

Fusion Centers

Answer 14

Combine intelligence from multiple agencies in one center where
it is disseminated and examined

Question 15

Soft Target vs Hard Target

Question 16

Critical Infrastructure

Answer 16

– Database allows department to comprehensively develop response plans

– Focuses attention on areas that may be of interest to possible
terrorists

• Develop response plans should there be a terrorist attack or incident

Question 17

Incident Command- Manage complex events

Answer 17

unity of command
span of control

Question 19

Span of control

Answer 19

The number of subordinates a superior supervises without regard to the effectiveness of that
supervision

Question 20

Unity of Command

Answer 20

• Placing one superior in command or in control of every situation and every employee
• Instituted to ensure that conflicting orders are not issued by several superior

Question 21

NYPD Video

Question 22

Open Model

Answer 22

Organizations exist in a complex environment they can’t shut out.

• Reacts to changes in the environment by balancing the
  actions of the organization

Question 23

Scientific Management

Answer 23

Workers exert the least amount of effort in accomplishing the greatest
amount of work

• Produce greater volume of product at a lower cost
• Focused efforts on the employee
• Management analyzed tasks and assumed more responsibility
• Goal was to provide an orderly manner to work

Question 24

Frederick Taylor

Answer 24

Scientific management
Ford Assembly line

Question 25

Ford Assembly Line

Question 26

Max Weber- Bureaucratic Model

Answer 26

Well-defined hierarchy of authority – Specialization – Formalization – Impersonality of management – Personnel decisions based on merit

Question 27

Classical Model

Answer 27

Most expedient way to effectively manage large numbers of employees * Theory has survived because it focuses on accountability * Straightforward and easily understood by employees Scientific Management – Frederick W. Taylor (1865–1915) * Principles of Management – Max Weber (1864–1920)

Question 28

Neo-classical Model / Humanistic

Answer 28

introduction of behavioral sciences in an integrated fashion into the theory of organization – People have an effect on management and their organization.

Question 29

Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs

Answer 29

–motivation found in otheer ways - Identified a hierarchy of five levels of employee needs – As one level of need is satisfied, it is no longer a motivator; managers must find other ways of motivating employees

Question 30

Closed Model

Answer 30

Organizations are insulated and closed off from their environments.

Question 31

Weaknesses of Neoclassical

Answer 31

Informal groups are uncommon as a natural occurrence in organizations. * The majority of workers do not belong to informal groups. * People cannot function without some level of structure. * Research found that a reward system required both monetary and social components.

Question 32

Homeland Security

Answer 32

protection of people and assets within our national borders * The response to a terrorist event by mitigating loss of life and damages

Question 33

Goals of homeland security

Answer 33

* Four basic goals: 1. Prevent and disrupt terrorist attacks. 2. Protect the American people, critical infrastructure, and key resources. 3. Respond to and recover from incidents that do occur. 4. Continue to strengthen the foundation to ensure long-term success.