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PTI Test 1Identify basic categories of a neighborhood/community profile - correct answer ✔✔Community
Resources, quality of life indicators, employment opportunities, environmental conditions, and
community services,
Describe a positional community leader - correct answer ✔✔Individuals holding a position of authority
or power. These people use the position to influence others.
Describe an informal community leader - correct answer ✔✔Individuals who work with others and use
shared values/goals, negotiation, and communication to influence others. These leaders are more
effective.
Describe the problem-solving steps prior to implementation of an action plan to solve a community-
based issue - correct answer ✔✔
Describe the problem-solving steps after the implementation of an action plan to solve a community-
based issue - correct answer ✔✔
Describe two ways in which the criminal justice system has changed throughout the history of the U.S. -
correct answer ✔✔Structure and training. CJ System has changed after the civil rights movement, U.S.
Supreme Court rulings, population and culture shifts, and technological advancements.
Outline the process of a misdemeanor case through the criminal justice system - correct answer
✔✔Crime is committed, arrest, charges filed, initial appearance, prelim, bail
Outline the process of a felony case through the criminal justice system. - correct answer ✔✔Crime,
investigation, arrest, charges filed, court - released without prosecution, initial appearance, charges
dropped, prelim hearing, charges dropped, bail, grand jury, arraignment
Arraignment - correct answer ✔✔a hearing in which a suspect is charged and pleads guilty or not guilty
, Filing of Charges - correct answer ✔✔Filing of criminal charges initiates the judicial proceedings
initial appearance - correct answer ✔✔before a judge to review charges and determine if PC exists for
the arrest and continued detention.
Pretrial-Release - correct answer ✔✔Determination to release the accused prior to trial or to continue
detention awaiting resolution or trial.
Preliminary Hearing - correct answer ✔✔Determination of whether there is PC to believe the accuses
committed the offence
Grand Jury - correct answer ✔✔Panel of citizens that hears evidence and decides if there is PC that an
offense has been committed.
Describe how the juvenile system and the adult system differ - correct answer ✔✔-Referral to juvenile
court
-Behavior or conduct (like truancy)
-Juvenile courts usually turn into alternative programs
-Juveniles courts determine to retain jurisdiction and adjudicate the case
- Juvenile courts may retain jurisdiction and formally process the case
-Don't have jury trials
- Juvenile is subject to a disposition
- Aftercare
Describe the role of police in the Reentry and Reintegration processes - correct answer ✔✔To help
offenders gain employment, discourage criminal activity, build family connections, help reduce
recidivism, help increase successful reentry.
Explain the importance of the police-community relationship as it relates to officer safety - correct
answer ✔✔
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