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Criminal Justice: A Brief Introduction -- Chapter 4, 5, and 6 well answered to pass
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Criminal Justice: A Brief Introduction --Chapter 4, 5, and 6
Crime prevention - correct answer ✔✔The anticipation, recognition, and appraisal of a crime risk and
the initiation of action to eliminate or reduce it.
CompStat - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct answer ✔✔A city- or town- based law enforcement agency.
Sheriff - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct answer ✔✔an independent or proprietary commercial organization
that provides protective services to employers on a contractual basis.
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) - correct answer ✔✔An international law
enforcement support organization that began operations in 1946 and today has 182 members.
European Police Office (Europol) - correct answer ✔✔the integrated police intelligence-gathering and
information-dissemination arm of the member nations of the European union.
Police management - correct 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 - correct answer ✔✔In police organizations, the field activities or supervisory activities
directly related to day-to-day police work.
Staff operations - correct answer ✔✔In police organizations, activities (such as administration and
training) that provide support for line operations.
Chain of command - correct answer ✔✔The unbroken line of authority that extends through all levels of
an organization, from the highest to the lowest.
Span of control - correct answer ✔✔The number of police personnel or the number of units supervised
by a particular officer.
Watchman style - correct 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 - correct 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.
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