Exam 16: What Research Tells Us and a Look to the Future

Criminologist Larry Sherman proposed a new model of law enforcement called

At the heart of ______________ is the random assignment of individuals to experimental and control conditions.

Which research foundation has created a center for survey research?

Predictive policing involves how many stages?

In the NIJ's Locally Initiated Research Partnerships in Policing,partners share responsibility throughout the entire project,jointly selecting an area of interest and collaborating on the research design,and implementation and interpretation of findings.

Predictive policing is driven by

According to the text,what do most experts believe will have the most profound impact on the collective ability of the federal,state,and local governments to protect the United States?

_________________ is an important way to measure crime in a community.

Illustrate and explain the Action Research Model,labeling each step.

According to the text,when reading case studies,one can have reasonable confidence about the kinds of steps taken by the police in a neighborhood to provide accessibility,improve responsiveness,and increase communication with residents.

When departments are involved in the creation of surveys,they are more likely to use the research.This is an example of

The COPS Office has increased the number of sworn officers per capita by 3% nationwide and has also had a significant effect on the adoption of new and effective police practices.

Experiments in criminal justice raise ______________issues as well as privacy issues.

A new model of law enforcement proposed in 1998 by Larry Sherman is called community-oriented policing.

____________ isomorphism occurs when an organization copies or imitates another.

According to the text,this research method involves the random assignment of individuals to experimental (treatment)and control (no treatment)conditions:

______________ isomorphism occurs when organizations adopt something due to pressure either from the state or other organizations.

One of the best models for police-researcher alliance is an action research approach.This approach was first used by Lewin in what decade?

At the heart of experimental design are the experimental and control conditions,which are

According to the text,which of these community policing tenets are of increased importance when facing budget cuts that reduce the number of officers on the street?