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Criminal Justice A Brief Introduction -- Chapter 4, 5, and 6 Exam Questions and Answers
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Criminal Justice: A Brief Introduction -- Chapter 4, 5, and 6 Exam Questions and AnswersCrime prevention - Answer -The anticipation, recognition, and appraisal of a crime risk and the initiation of action to eliminate or reduce it.
CompStat - Answer -A crime-analysis and police-management process built on crime mapping that was developed by the New York City Police Department in the mid- 1990's.
Quality-of-life offense - Answer -a minor violation of the law (sometimes called a petty crime ) that demoralizes community residents and business people . Quality-of life offenses involve acts that create physical disorder (for example excessive noise or vandalism) or that reflect social decay (for example panhandling and prostitution).
Broken window - Answer -A model of policing based on the notion that physical decay, such as litter and abandoned buildings, can breed disorder in a community and can lead
to crime by signaling that laws are not being enforced. The broken windows thesis suggests that by encouraging the repair of rundown buildings and controlling disorderly behavior in public spaces, police agencies can create an environment in which serious crime cannot easily flourish.
Sworn officer - Answer -A law enforcement officer who is trained and empowered to perform full police duties, such as making arrests, conduction investigations, and carrying firearms.
Municipal police department - Answer -A city- or town- based law enforcement agency.
Sheriff - Answer -The elected chief officer of a county law enforcement agency. The sheriff is usually responsible for law enforcement in unincorporated areas and for the operation of the county jail.
Fusion Center - Answer -A multiagency law enforcement facility designed to enhance cooperative efforts through a coordinated process for collecting, sharing, and analyzing information in order to develop actionable intelligence. Private protective services - Answer -an independent or proprietary commercial organization that provides protective services to employers on a contractual basis.
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) - Answer -An international law enforcement support organization that began operations in 1946 and today has 182 members.
European Police Office (Europol) - Answer -the integrated police intelligence-gathering and information-dissemination arm of the member nations of the European union.
Police management - Answer -The administrative activities of controlling, directing, and coordinating police personnel, resources, and activities in the service of crime prevention, the apprehension of criminals, the recovery of stolen property, and the performance of variety of regulatory and helping services.
Line operations - Answer -In police organizations, the field activities or supervisory activities directly related to day-to-day police work.
Staff operations - Answer -In police organizations, activities (such as administration and training) that provide support for line operations.
Chain of command - Answer -The unbroken line of authority that extends through all levels of an organization, from the highest to the lowest.
Span of control - Answer -The number of police personnel or the number of units supervised by a particular officer.
Watchman style - Answer -A style of policing marked by a concern for order maintenance. It is a characteristic of lower-class communities where police intervene informally into the lives of residents to keep the peace.
Legalistic style - Answer -A style of policing marked by a strict concern with enforcing the precise letter of the law. Legalistic departments may take a hands-off approach to disruptive or problematic behavior that does not violate the criminal law.
Service style - Answer -A style of policing marked by a concern with helping rather than strict enforcement. Service-oriented police agencies are more likely to use community resources to supplement traditional law enforcement activities than are other types of agencies.
Police-community relations (PCR) - Answer -An area of police activity that recognizes the need for the community and the police to work together effectively. PCR is based on
the notion that the police derive their legitimacy from the community they serve. Many police agencies began to explore PCR in the 1960s and 1970s.
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