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Police & Community Relations FinalExam with complete solutions
Community Policing - Answers -Promotes interaction between officers and citizens.
Two Basic Themes to Community Policing - Answers -1. Police and Community
Partnerships
2. Proactive, problem solving approach to the Police function.
Mission Statement - Answers -Written Decleration of Purpose
Affirmative Action - Answers -Bring more Minorities and Females into the workforce.
More today then before.
The Police Officer Today - Answers -Higher education, less military experience. Helping
People V. Fighting Crime
Police Action - Answers -Nothing to do with Criminal Law Enforcement, involves more
Service to Community.
Code of Silence - Answers -Solidarity and Secrecy within a Police Dept. Negative
impact on Police Image
Police Image - Answers -Affected by;
-Individual Backgrounds
-Media
-Citizens' personal experiences with the criminal justice system. Good/Bad
Negative Contacts - Answers -Unpleasant interactions between the police and the
public.
Discretion - Answers -Freedom to make choices among possible courses of action or
inaction, for example, to arrest or not arrest
Ethic Check Questions - Answers -1. Is it Legal?
2. Is it balanced?
3. How will it make me feel about myself?
Ethics - Answers -A form of self accountability. Inner voice that guides us.
, Community - Answers -Specific geographic area served by a Police Dept. Feeling of
belonging, and sense of integration.
Bowling Alone - Answers -Metaphor, referring to a striking decline in Social Capital and
Civic Engagement in the United States.
Broken Windows - Answers -Wilson and Kellings theory that a neighborhood in disrepair
signals that criminal activity is tolerated in the area. Thus, by cracking down on
"QUALITY OF LIFE" crimes, police can reclaim the neighborhood and encourage law-
abiding citizens to live and work there.
Demographics - Answers --Population size
-Distribution
-Growth
-Density
-Employment rate
-Ethnic makeup, Average Age, Eduction, and Income.
Formal Power Structure - Answers -Includes divisions of society with wealth and
political influence such as federal, state, and local agencies and governments,
commissions, and regulatory agencies
Restorative Justice - Answers -Punishment intended to repair the damages done by the
offender, against the victim and community.
Retribution - Answers -A repayment; a deserved punishment
Crime Prevention Programs - Answers -Involving residents to serve as the "eyes and
ears" of the police. Neighborhood Watch, Civilian Review boards, Citizen Patrols, street
lighting projects, ect.
S.A.R.A - Answers -Scanning, Analysis, Respond, Assessment + Evaluation
Efficiency V. Effectiveness - Answers -Minimizing waste, expense, or unnecessary effort
V. Producing the desired Goal - Doing things Right.
Crime Mapping - Answers -Charts trends in Criminal Activity. The Hot Spots where
crimes occur.
Problem Solving Policing - Answers -Identify long-term community problems and
develop strategy to eliminate them.
Change Management - Answers -The development of an overall strategy to examine
the present state of an organization, envision the future, and devise a means of moving
from one to the other. -What Does V. Does not Work.
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