Criminal Justice A Brief Introduction 12th edition by Frank Schmalleger Chapter 4,5, and 6 Exam
mapping sequences - Answer -reveal time & place of crime patterns, identify hot spots of ongoing criminal activity, show # of officers active in an area, ongoing investigations, and arrests made.
CompStat Process - Answer -has created openness among interdependent personnel and LE agencies, and has reduced the incidents of crime w/ in cities and increased the # of arrests
beat officer - Answer -an officer in charge of a specific area in the community
Quality-of-life offenses - Answer -are minor law violations, sometimes called petty crimes that demoralize residents and businesspeople by creating disorder
broken window model of policing - Answer -the idea that physical decay in a community can breed disorder and that fixing it up will prevent disorder
FBI - Answer -federal bureau of investigation that began in 1908 and was led for 20 years by J. Edgar Hoover
Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) - Answer -computerized DNA database of serious convicted offenders
centralized model - Answer -tasks related to major criminal investigations are combined with patrol of state highways
decentralized model - Answer -a model in which one division deals with traffic enforcement and the other deals with criminal investigations
Fusion centers - Answer -facilities for info sharing among agencies that can be used to assess local terror threats and aid in the apprehension of more traditional criminal suspects.
line operations - Answer -the field/supervisory activities directly related to day to day police work Staff operations - Answer -provide support for line operations through budgets, training, evidence evaluation, shift assignments, and personnel management
chain of command - Answer -unbroken line of authority that extends through all levels of
a police organization from highest to lowest
unity of command principle - Answer -every individual has only one supervisor to whom he answers to, and from whom under normal circumstances, he takes orders
span of control - Answer -refers to number of police personnel or # of units that are supervised by a particular commanding officer
Political Era of Policing - Answer -1840s-1930, era of policing characterized by close ties between the police and the public in which the politicians appointed the police
Reform Era of Policing - Answer -1930-1970s era of policing characterized by pride in professional crime fighting with an emphasis on advanced education of police
Community Policing Era - Answer -1970-present era of policing that stresses the police serving the community (their partnership) and the broken windows principle
The New Era of policing - Answer -the era of policing that emphasizes securing the homeland and fighting terrorism
policing styles - Answer -watchman, legalistic, and service
Watchman style of policing - Answer -policing style with concern for order maintenance, common w/ "lower class", informal police intervention into lives of residents
Legalistic style of policing - Answer -policing style with strict concern with enforcing precise letter of the law
Service style of policing - Answer -policing style that is concerned with helping rather than strict enforcement, and taking advantage of community resources
PCR - Answer -Police-community relations
team policing - Answer -1960s-1970s policing where officers were assigned to particular
areas and were expected to become familiar with residents, concerns, and problems
strategic policing - Answer -policing that retains traditional police goal of professional crime fighting
problem solving policing - Answer -policing that assumes that crimes can be controlled by uncovering and effectively addressing underlying social problems
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