Exam 11: Community Policing and Special Populations

As the number of risk factors increases for a juvenile, it increases the likelihood that he or she will become involved in delinquency or crime.Which of the following are risk factors?

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Question 21

Juvenile violent crime escalated as a result of the United States' increasing drug problem.

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Question 22

Minorities have numerous complaints regarding the police.Some of the complaints can be summarized as:

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Question 23

are gangs that evolve in a particular neighborhood.They seem to originate as a result of social needs.Their members band together as a result of their familiarity with one another and the need for self-protection.

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Question 24

Life-course theory states that the onset of many criminals is at an early age as a result of their being exposed to multiple interwoven social, economic, and educational problems.

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Question 25

Juveniles do not represent a special problem for community policing.

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Question 26

According to the text, the primary concerns of the immigrant community are:

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Question 27

The police should take a more active role in investigating drug and crime problems on school property.

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Question 28

According to the National Coalition of State Juvenile Justice Advisory Groups (1992), which of the following is a cause of violence among young people?

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Question 29

_____________ are increasingly becoming popular approaches to addressing youth crime.In these programs, community members focus on keeping offenders in the community rather than sending them to prison.

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Question 30

The states that much criminal behavior begins at an early age as a result of exposure to multiple interwoven social, economic, and educational problems.

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Question 31

Explain the three components of a successful school-based gang control strategy.

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Question 32

Homeless and mentally ill individuals overlap and both pose two significant problems that overlap.Describe how the two special populations overlap and explain the problems in detail.Use examples to support your statements.

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Question 33

Studies have shown that encounters between mentally ill individuals and the police often result in the use of force.Some reasons for this are:

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Question 34

Community policing's ability to involve the disenfranchised and to reach out to groups who are reluctant to contact the police offers everyone in the community grass-roots input into the police process.

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Question 35

The members of a(n) band together to form a criminal business enterprise.

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As the number of risk factors increases for a juvenile, it increases the likelihood that he or she will become involved in delinquency or crime.Which of the following are risk factors?

Juvenile violent crime escalated as a result of the United States' increasing drug problem.

Minorities have numerous complaints regarding the police.Some of the complaints can be summarized as:

are gangs that evolve in a particular neighborhood.They seem to originate as a result of social needs.Their members band together as a result of their familiarity with one another and the need for self-protection.

Life-course theory states that the onset of many criminals is at an early age as a result of their being exposed to multiple interwoven social, economic, and educational problems.

Juveniles do not represent a special problem for community policing.

According to the text, the primary concerns of the immigrant community are:

The police should take a more active role in investigating drug and crime problems on school property.

According to the National Coalition of State Juvenile Justice Advisory Groups (1992), which of the following is a cause of violence among young people?

_____________ are increasingly becoming popular approaches to addressing youth crime.In these programs, community members focus on keeping offenders in the community rather than sending them to prison.

The states that much criminal behavior begins at an early age as a result of exposure to multiple interwoven social, economic, and educational problems.

Explain the three components of a successful school-based gang control strategy.

Homeless and mentally ill individuals overlap and both pose two significant problems that overlap.Describe how the two special populations overlap and explain the problems in detail.Use examples to support your statements.

Studies have shown that encounters between mentally ill individuals and the police often result in the use of force.Some reasons for this are:

Community policing's ability to involve the disenfranchised and to reach out to groups who are reluctant to contact the police offers everyone in the community grass-roots input into the police process.

The members of a(n) band together to form a criminal business enterprise.

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A History of Communities and Policing

The Changing Meaning of Community

The Police and Community Perception

Managing and Implementing Community Policing

Community Policing and Crime

Community Policing and Fear of Crime

Problem Solving and Policing Problem Spaces

The Changing Meaning of Community

Community Policing and Drugs

Toward a New Breed of Police Officer Community

Community Policing at the Crossroads

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