Exam 6: Community Policing and Crime

In Minneapolis, it was found that arrest was not the answer.To reduce domestic violence, it was better to counsel the couple and have them separate for a cooling off period of eight hours.

The __________ is conducted by the U.S.Census Bureau for the Bureau of Justice Statistics.Approximately 40,000 households and 73,000 individuals are interviewed about their crime victimization.

The violent crimes focused on by the UCR are murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault

From 1972 to 2002, the United States has increased its incarceration rate by:

How can community policing target domestic violence and reduce the number of homicides? Explain the various methods as to how they will reduce violence.

Explain the methodology of the Kansas City Preventive Patrol Study as well as the results of that study.What was the significance of the results? Explain.

The number of ____________ now far exceeds the number of ____________.

The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Study demonstrated that:

As police agencies matured, four generally accepted accounting practices became enshrined as the key measures to evaluate police performance.Which of the following is one of the practices?

Proponents of the deterrence theory propose that there are only three times that police can affect crime.One of these times is:

Since the police reform movement of the 1930s, the primary job of the police has narrowed to:

Regarding traditional policy, which of the following statements is true?

Under traditional policing, quick responses to a crime will result in officers finding and preserving evidence as well as witnesses.

In the RAND study, it was found that police failure to document a case investigation thoroughly does not contribute to a higher case dismissal rate or a weakening of the prosecutor's plea bargaining position.