final exam public and community
relations questions and answers
As political appointees, nineteenth century police officers' salaries were determined by: -
Answers -Local political factors
A pioneer of police-community relations movement in the 1950's was: - Answers -Louis
Radelet
The movement to initiate policing in America began in: - Answers -New York City
Vollmer advocated the police functioning as: - Answers -Social workers
In summary, the nineteenth century policer officer was essentially a: - Answers -Political
operative
What is NOT one of Vollmer's suggestions that would be considered problem-oriented
policing? - Answers -The police should relate to citizens in neutral and distant terms.
Vollmer's suggestions for P.O.P. DID include: - Answers -- The police should become
advocates of additional reform proposals
- The police should play an active part in political life of the community
- The police should work closely with existing social welfare agencies
Problems with the professional model of policing, which began to arise in the late
1960's. What is NOT a problem with the model of policing? - Answers -Many powerful
politicians were wrestling for control of the FBI
(T/F) The terrorist acts of the early twenty-first century changed the nature of policing
efforts in the area of homeland security in the United States. - Answers -True
What did Newark's evaluation of foot patrol NOT include? - Answers -Crime rates
greatly decreased.
Newark's evaluation did include: - Answers -- A significant reduction of perceived crime
problem s
- Increased satisfaction with police service
- Increase in perceived level of safety of the neighborhood.
, Problems with the professional model of policing, which began to arise during the late
1960's included: - Answers -- the antiwar and civil rights movements challenged the
police
- research indicated that conventional police methods could not deal with rising crime
- fear of crime rose
The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 created the _______ to
add 100,000 more COPPS officers and to promote COPPS' implementation - Answers -
Office of Community Policing Services (COPS)
(T/F) A fundamental aspect of community policing is that the public must engage in the
fight against crime and disorder - Answers -True
A close police citizen partnership would be a key factor in new police efforts - Answers -
True
What is the ability of neighborhood residents to work together to decide what is the best
for the community and to transform these decisions into action and desired outcome? -
Answers -community cohesions
what is the philosophy and practice that permeates the entire police agency with
employees cooperatively with individuals, groups and both public and private
organizations to identify and resolve issues of crime and disorder - Answers -community
policing
(T/F) community policing simply means implementing foot beats, bicycle patrols and
neighborhood stations - Answers -False
what involves the elements of repairing harms, reducing risk and building community? -
Answers -restorative justice
what describes having a community who are bonded together looking out for one
another and willing to engage in collective action when threatened? - Answers -social
capital
(T/F) success and community prosecutions is defined solely by the rate of criminal
convictions - Answers -False
What involves participation in national conversation about professional policing? -
Answers -national coherence
Which of the following is NOT one of the beliefs or goals of the International Association
of Chiefs of Police (IACP) regarding policing minority relations.
- data must be collected and analyzed in an impartial and methodologically sound
fashion
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