Police Strategies Test Bank Answers Ch10

CHAPTER 10: POLICE STRATEGIES

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. “Citizen patrols” is an example of which category of crime prevention programs?

a. primary crime prevention program

b. secondary crime prevention program

c. tertiary crime prevention program

d. quaternary crime prevention program

PTS: 1 REF: Primary Crime Prevention Programs KEY: Bloom’s Remember

2. After a rash of violent crime outside their store, a local business installs closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in an effort to prevent further violent crime from occurring. What does evidence suggest regarding this crime prevention strategy and its effectiveness in targeting violent crime?

a. There is no evidence that CCTVs reduce levels of violent crime.

b. There is evidence that CCTVs reduce levels of violent crime.

c. There is evidence that CCTVs reduce levels of violent crime among youth only.

d. There is evidence that CCTVs reduce levels of violent crime among adults only.

PTS: 1 REF: Primary Crime Prevention Programs KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order

3. What type of crime prevention strategy does the anonymous tipster program Crime Stoppers exemplify?

a. citizen patrols

b. neighbourhood watch

c. anonymous patrol programs

d. social media-based programs

PTS: 1 REF: Primary Crime Prevention Programs KEY: Bloom’s Remember

4. Analysis of police data indicates that a local municipal park is a central area for drug trafficking; therefore, city council removes trees and shrubs to increase visibility in the park, hoping to decrease this behaviour. Which crime prevention program does this exemplify?

a. crime prevention through data design (CPTDD)

b. crime prevention through structural design (CPTSD)

c. crime prevention through ecological design (CPTED)

d. crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED)

PTS: 1 REF: Primary Crime Prevention Programs KEY: Higher Order

5. Camp Little Buffalo, a police-sponsored program in Grand Prairie, Alberta, is a five-day leadership camp for at-risk youth. Which category of crime prevention programs does this exemplify?

1. primary crime prevention program
2. secondary crime prevention program
3. tertiary crime prevention program
4. quaternary crime prevention program

PTS: 1 REF: Secondary Crime Prevention Programs KEY: Higher Order

6. Where was the HUB model first developed?

a. Montreal, Quebec

b. Prince Rupert, British Columbia

c. Hamilton, Ontario

d. Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

PTS: 1 REF: Secondary Crime Prevention Programs KEY: Bloom’s Remember

7. Tertiary crime prevention programs are designed to do which of the following?

a. involve community members in crime prevention efforts

b. educate community members regarding the risks of crime

c. prevent the reoccurrence of criminal behaviour

d. prevent youth from developing deviant behaviour

PTS: 1 REF: Tertiary Crime Prevention Programs KEY: Bloom’s Remember

8. Which of the following is NOT an attribute of an effective crime prevention model?

a. sustainability

b. evidence-based and best-practice informed

c. ongoing collaboration and communication among patrol officers

d. tailored to the requirements of communities

PTS: 1 REF: Implementing Successful Crime Prevention Programs KEY: Bloom’s Remember

9. Police respond to an increasing number of calls regarding bicycle thefts in a normally low-crime neighbourhood. Though the police acknowledge the bicycle thefts are a problem, they believe they are a symptom of a much larger problem. What term can describe the phenomenon the police are observing?

a. the iceberg rule

b. the big picture rule

c. the funnel rule

d. the problem-oriented rule

PTS: 1 REF: Crime Response Strategies KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order

10. A police service recognizes that property crimes in its district are a reflection of social issues, such as the absence of affordable low-income housing. In collaboration with city council and the provincial government, funding for low-income housing is invested in the community. Which crime response strategy does this exemplify?

a. community policing

b. quality-of-life policing

c. broken windows policing

d. problem-oriented policing

PTS: 1 REF: Crime Response Strategies KEY: Higher Order

11. To combat the problem of multiple break-and-enters occurring on one city block, a local police service increases random foot, car, and bike patrols on this street. Which stage of the SARA problem-solving model does this exemplify?

a. reaction

b. scanning

c. response

d. acknowledgment

PTS: 1 REF: Crime Response Strategies KEY: Higher Order

12. Following the implementation of a program designed to decrease drug trafficking in a municipal park, city council asks the local police to determine the effectiveness of the program. Which stage of the SARA problem-solving model does this exemplify?

a. review

b. analysis

c. research

d. assessment

PTS: 1 REF: Crime Response Strategies KEY: Higher Order

13. Which of the following is defined as “a crime response strategy centred on the premise that a strict order-maintenance approach by the police will reduce more serious criminal activity”?

a. quality-of-life policing

b. crime attack strategies

c. zero-tolerance policing

d. broken windows approach

PTS: 1 REF: Crime Attack Strategies KEY: Bloom’s Remember

14. Which of the following is known to increase in effectiveness when used in conjunction with problem-oriented policing?

a. hot spots policing

b. tactical-directed patrol

c. foot patrols

d. outreach support patrol

PTS: 1 REF: Crime Attack Strategies KEY: Bloom’s Remember

15. What is the term used to describe “an approach based on the principle that criminal behaviour injures the victim, the community, and the offender”?

a. retributive justice

b. restorative justice

c. regulative justice

d. restitution justice

PTS: 1 REF: The Police and Restorative Justice Approaches KEY: Bloom’s Remember

16. In which province/territory was circle sentencing first used?

a. Yukon

b. Manitoba

c. Nunavut

d. Nova Scotia

PTS: 1 REF: The Police and Restorative Justice Approaches KEY: Bloom’s Remember

17. A police service determines that a stranger assault has occurred three Friday nights in a row in June in its bar district, with reports indicating that two men are responsible for the unprovoked weekly attacks. Which type of crime analysis provides the police service with this information?

a. tactical analysis

b. strategic analysis

c. intelligence analysis

d. administrative analysis

PTS: 1 REF: The Role of Crime Analysis KEY: Higher Order

18. Which of the following is defined as “the use of statistical analysis to identify the time and location of criminal activity that is likely to occur”?

a. actuarial policing

b. predictive policing

c. retributive policing

d. tactical-directed policing

PTS: 1 REF: The Role of Crime Analysis KEY: Bloom’s Remember

19. With which type of offences/offenders does the CompStat approach tend to be most effective?

a. violent offences/offenders

b. property offences/offenders

c. sexual offences/offenders

d. terrorist offences/offenders

PTS: 1 REF: The Role of Crime Analysis KEY: Bloom’s Remember

20. What is de-policing?

a. A reluctance of the police to become involved in encounter situations with citizens.

b. A reluctance of the police to become involved in encounter situations with other police.

c. A reluctance of municipalities to fund police agencies.

d. A reluctance of citizens to desire police in their communities.

PTS: 1 REF: Body-Worn Cameras (BWCs) KEY: Bloom’s Remember

TRUE/FALSE

1. Secondary crime prevention programs are defined as “prevention programs designed to alter the conditions that provide opportunities for criminal offences.”

PTS: 1 REF: Primary Crime Prevention Programs KEY: Bloom’s Remember

2. The factors that contribute to the effectiveness of Neighbourhood Watch are well documented and understood.

PTS: 1 REF: Primary Crime Prevention Programs KEY: Bloom’s Remember

3. It is difficult to measure the success and effectiveness of citizen patrols.

PTS: 1 REF: Primary Crime Prevention Programs KEY: Bloom’s Remember

4. Research suggests school resource officers (SROs) are generally ineffective at preventing crime.

PTS: 1 REF: Secondary Crime Prevention Programs KEY: Bloom’s Remember

5. CPSD stands for crime prevention through social development.

PTS: 1 REF: Secondary Crime Prevention Programs KEY: Bloom’s Remember

6. Evaluations of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program for youth indicate that the program has a profoundly positive impact on student attitudes and beliefs about drugs and drug use.

PTS: 1 REF: Secondary Crime Prevention Programs KEY: Bloom’s Remember

7. The “P” in the RCMP’s CAPRA method refers to policing.

PTS: 1 REF: Crime Response Strategies KEY: Bloom’s Remember

8. Hot spots policing is most effective for targeting drug offences and violent crime and disorder.

PTS: 1 REF: Crime Attack Strategies KEY: Bloom’s Remember

9. Mobile crisis teams are a common feature in many municipalities.

PTS: 1 REF: Police Strategies for Persons with Mental Illness (PwMI) KEY: Bloom’s Remember

10. One of the forms of crime displacement is geographic.

PTS: 1 REF: The Issue of Crime Displacement KEY: Bloom’s Remember

SHORT ANSWER

1. Identify and discuss the objectives of primary crime prevention programs, secondary crime prevention programs, and tertiary crime prevention programs.

PTS: 1 REF: Crime Prevention KEY: Bloom’s Remember

2. How do the iceberg (80/20) rule and SARA relate to problem-oriented policing (POP)?

PTS: 1 REF: Crime Response Strategies KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order

3. Define crime attack strategies. List and describe two types of crime attack strategies and discuss their effectiveness.

PTS: 1 REF: Crime Attack Strategies KEY: Bloom’s Remember

4. Define crime displacement. Identify and describe two forms crime displacement can take.

PTS: 1 REF: The Issue of Crime Displacement KEY: Bloom’s Remember

5. Define restorative justice. List three differences between restorative and retributive justice.

PTS: 1 REF: The Police and Restorative Justice Approaches KEY: Bloom’s Remember