Page of This chapter has 70 questions Scroll down to see and select individual questions or narrow the list using the checkboxes below questions at random and keep in order Multiple Choice Questions - (49) Odd Numbered - (35) True/False Questions - (14) Even Numbered - (35) Essay Questions - (7) Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation - (63) Police regularly prevent crime, investigate crimes and apprehend criminals; maintain order and provide service These activities would define them as a community policing department → general service law enforcement agency law enforcement social service agency government regulatory agency Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation All police officers are peace officers, but all peace officers are not police officers The legal status of peace officers is defined by Congress communities → statute education Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation One of the most enduring myths about policing is the police → crime fighter image prevent crime Test Bank for The Police in America 8th Edition by Walker can address society's problems use force to at achieve their goals Full file https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-The-Police-in-America-8th-Edition-by-Walke Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation The belief that crime scene investigators play a major role in investigating and solving crimes is known as the crime fighter image community policing role indirect investigator → CSI Effect Multiple Choice Question One of the most important factors shaping the police role is preventing crime community policing → the authority to use force the ability to act as social control Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Multiple Choice Question Police contribute to social control through both information and informants prosecutor relationships community and political contacts → law enforcement and order maintenance Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Multiple Choice Question In order to carry out their responsibilities, police are heavily dependent upon → citizens social control mechanisms political control social welfare systems Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation The decision by a police officer to make an arrest initiates most criminal cases This factor makes police the of the criminal justice system social controllers → gate keepers peace keepers first accusers Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation One of the more popular approaches to policing, which alters the basic organizational philosophy is known as problem oriented policing → community policing team policing Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-The-Police-in-America-8th-Edition-by-Walke Page of CAPS Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 10 The policing approach that concentrates on relatively minor quality of life issues and is said to contribute to a significant reduction in serious crime is known as problem oriented policing anti terrorist policing → zero tolerance policing repeat offender policing Multiple Choice Question 11 Policing is extremely complex, involving difficult questions about police role and treating citizens fairly police organizations recruitment, training, and supervision of police officers → all of these Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 12 Only about of police officers' activities are devoted to criminal enforcement one-fourth one-half → one-third two-thirds Test Bank for The Police in America 8th Edition by Walker Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 13 The emphasis on crime fighting also creates unrealistic public expectations about the ability of the police to Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-The-Police-in-America-8th-Edition-by-Walke → catch criminals and prevent crime provide successful community policing correct family problems and prevent domestic violence reduce gang violence in major cities Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 14 Movies and television shows strengthen the impression that all police are highly successful in solving crimes, when in fact only _ percent of all reported index crimes are solved 15 → 20 25 30 Multiple Choice Question 15 The reality of policing is that the police play an extremely civil role in society community oriented role in working with juveniles → complex role by dealing with social issues of crime aggressive role in dealing with gangs and drugs Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 16 One of the most important aspects of policing is that officers exercise enormous amounts of in handling various situations → discretion caution patience authority Multiple Choice Question 17 People call the police because they want an officer to → settle problems, restore calm, arrest or remove someone from the home listen to their complaints settle family issues after recent deaths or provide legal advice provide after hours service for emergencies Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Multiple Choice Question 18 The police are part of the system of social values → social control social norms social mores Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-The-Police-in-America-8th-Edition-by-Walke Page of 19 The police task is to → preserve the norms by deterring crime provide social services to the community guarantee all constitutional rights maintain the free flow of traffic while maintaining order Multiple Choice Question 20 Police depend upon the public to report crimes to the police provide information about suspects cooperate in investigations → all of these Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 21 Before we had the modern police, citizens were the primary agents of social control How was behavior regulated? → comments, warnings, and rebukes making arrests by taking the person to a judge spending time in jail all of these Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 22 What is the community policing movement attempting to accomplish? to reduce the overall crime rate to improve conditions Test Bankneighborhood for The Police in America 8th Edition by Walker → to restore and develop the citizen role as co-producers of police services file satisfaction at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-The-Police-in-America-8th-Edition-by-Walke toFull improve with police services by reducing response time to calls for service Multiple Choice Question 23 What police action initiates most criminal cases? referral to a social service agency the decision to make an arrest → filing a written report mediation in domestic disputes Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Multiple Choice Question 24 What does our political system ensure where the police are concerned? policing power and authority → public control and accountability of the police fair allocation of monetary resources prosecution of arrests made by police Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Multiple Choice Question 25 Attitudes toward the police are influenced by people's attitudes toward the → political system social welfare system social reform movement community policing movement Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Multiple Choice Question 26 Police are the _ of the criminal justice system innovators → gatekeepers regulators CEO's Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Multiple Choice Question 27 Herman Goldstein developed P.O.P This stands for police operations procedure pals of police problems of policing → problem-oriented policing Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 28 P.O.P represents a proactive approach, which is very different from the approach non-active knee-jerk → reactive contra-active Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-The-Police-in-America-8th-Edition-by-Walke Page of Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 29 P.O.P in Newport News represented a whole new role for the police Officers functioned as community government → community organizers community policemen community leaders Multiple Choice Question 30 Police departments around the world practice → problem-oriented policing police operations procedure zero tolerance procedure reactive policing Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 31 Jerome Skolnick asked the question "Why was Rodney King beaten in that manner?" "Why we kill people who kill people to prove that killing people is wrong?" "Ask not what your country can for you, but what you can for your country." → "For which social purpose police exist?" Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 32 A General Service Law Enforcement Agency would be Test Bank for The Police in America 8th Edition by Walker the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) local police department → the Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-The-Police-in-America-8th-Edition-by-Walke the Bureau of Investigation of the State Police the Department of Corrections of your state Multiple Choice Question 33 A police officer is also known as a correctional officer magistrate citizen patrol FBI Agent → peace officer Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 34 The idea that the police are a "thin blue line" fighting a war on crime adds to their image as supporting order maintenance federal officers → crime fighters professional officers educated officers Multiple Choice Question 35 Typical police officers fire their weapon times during their career → to 3-5 6-8 over eight times Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Multiple Choice Question 36 What percentage of all index crimes are cleared or solved? → 20 percent 30 percent 40 percent 60 percent 70 percent Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 37 In the Police Service Study (PSS), the researchers found that percent of the total calls for police services involved a violent crime 20 15 10 → Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-The-Police-in-America-8th-Edition-by-Walke Page of Multiple Choice Question 38 Who is the author of the book Police for the Future? Herman Goldstein → David H Bayley James Q Wilson Jerome Skolnick Frank Schmalleger Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Multiple Choice Question 39 Herman Goldstein developed the concept of community policing team policing → problem-oriented policing police-community relations the Robo Cop Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Multiple Choice Question 40 Newport News, Virginia is noted for being one of the first experiments in community policing team policing → problem-oriented policing police-community relations the Robo Cop Test Bank for The Police in America 8th Edition by Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Walker Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-The-Police-in-America-8th-Edition-by-Walke 41 Problem-oriented policing represents a(n) _ approach reactive → proactive tactical intellectual academic Multiple Choice Question 42 The Chicago Alternative Police Strategy is a type of → community policing team policing problem-oriented policing police-community relations SWAT team Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 43 The Specialized Multi-Agency Response Team (SMART) of Oakland, California, is an example of → community policing team policing problem-oriented policing police-community relations SWAT team Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 44 George Kelling and Catherine Coles argue that more SWAT teams are needed because of the threat of terrorism in large American cities penalties for crimes must be reduced penalties for criminal behavior must be increased → tough enforcement on minor crimes directly contributes to a significant reduction is serious crime Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 45 A model of policing that stresses a two-way working relationship between the community and the police—in which the police become more integrated into the local community and citizens assume an active role in crime control and prevention—is called team policing problem-oriented policing → community policing police-community relations professional policing Multiple Choice Question 46 Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-The-Police-in-America-8th-Edition-by-Walke Page of The reorganization of conventional patrol strategies by restructuring police operations along neighborhood lines and decentralizing decision-making authority is called → team policing problem-oriented policing community policing police community policing professional policing Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 47 This policy calls for the police to focus primarily on disorder, minor crime, and the appearance of crime through interventions that vigorously enforce criminal and civil laws and are conducted for the purpose of restoring order to communities team policing problem-oriented policing community policing → zero-tolerance professional policing Multiple Choice Question 48 Which of the following groups create the myth of the crime fighter police officer? the movies televisions shows about cops the news media → all of these Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Test Bank for The Police in America 8th Edition by Walker Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-The-Police-in-America-8th-Edition-by-Walke 49 Egon Bittner argues that the capacity to use _ is the defining feature of policing the media → coercive force persuasion in times of stress guns Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 50 The term "police officer" is often used interchangeably with the term "peace officer." → True False True / False Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 51 The fact of the matter is, police officers today spend most of their time on order maintenance → True False True / False Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 52 The majority of the time, police officers are involved in criminal law enforcement, not order maintenance True → False True / False Question 53 The typical police officer never fires his or her weapon during their career → True False Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation True / False Question 54 Most police work can be described as order maintenance or peacekeeping → True False Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation True / False Question 55 The majority of all index crimes are not solved with an arrest → True False Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation True / False Question 56 Preserving constitutional rights is not the responsibility of the police function True → False Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation True / False Question 57 In the colonial era (1600-1840s), citizens were the primary agents of social control → True False Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-The-Police-in-America-8th-Edition-by-Walke Page of True / False Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 58 At the root of community policing is the idea that special units should be created to implement community policing True → False True / False Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 59 A model of policing that stresses a two-way working relationship between the community and the police, in which the police become more integrated into the local community and citizens assume an active role in crime control and prevention, is called team policing True → False True / False Question 60 The workload for the criminal justice system is determined by the police → True False Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation True / False Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 61 Zero tolerance policing concentrates only on the major crime issues that affect the community True → False True / False Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 62 Police are unable to contribute to social control because of their primary law enforcement and order maintenance responsibilities True Test Bank for The Police in America 8th Edition by Walker → False Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-The-Police-in-America-8th-Edition-by-Walke True / False Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 63 One of the central problems in American policing is the tension between freedom and constraint in society → True False True / False Question 64 What is the CSI Effect? Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Explanation: Answers will vary Essay Question 65 What are the three ways in which the police role is extremely complex, according to the ABA? Explanation: Answers will vary Essay Question 66 What does Herman Goldstein mean when he says that "the police, by the very nature of their function, are an anomaly in a free society." Explanation: Answers will vary Essay Question 67 The Youngstown Accord established seven principles to guide police in their work What are those seven principles? Explanation: Answers will vary Essay Question 68 Describe in detail the three different types of social control Explanation: Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-The-Police-in-America-8th-Edition-by-Walke Page of Answers will vary Essay Question 69 How is the police part of the social control system? Explanation: Answers will vary Essay Question 70 Write a general essay on the concept of problem-oriented policing, making sure to mention its author and its basic principles and functions Explanation: Answers will vary Essay Question Test Bank for The Police in America 8th Edition by Walker Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-The-Police-in-America-8th-Edition-by-Walke Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-The-Police-in-America-8th-Edition-by-Walke