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30 Cards in this Set
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crime prevention
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anticipation of a crime risk and the intention of action to eliminate or reduce it
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comp stat
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crime analysis and police management process built on crime mapping that was developed by the new York city police I'm the mid 1990's
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quality of life offense
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minor violation of law that demoralizes community residents and business people
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broken window
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model of policing based on the notion that physical decay such as litter and abandoned buildings can breed disorder in a community and can lead to crime by signaling that laws are not being enforced
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sworn officer
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law enforcement officer who is trained and empowered to preform full police duties such as making arrests conducting investigations and carrying firearms
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municipal police department
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city or town based law enforcement agency
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sheriff
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elected chief officer of a county law enforcement agency usually responsible for law enforcement in unincorporated areas and operations of the county jail
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fusion center
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multi-agency law enforcement facility designed to enhance cooperative efforts through a coordinated process for collecting sharing and analyzing info in order to develop actionable intelligence
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private protective services
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independent or proprietary commercial organization that provide protective services to employers on a contractual basis
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international criminal police organization
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international law enforcement support organization that began operations on 1946 and today has 182 member nations
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European police office
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integrated police intelligence gathering and information dissemination arm of the member nations of the European union
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police management
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administrative activities of controlling directing AMD corredinating police personnel resources and activities in the service of crime prevention
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line operations
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field activities or supervisory actovities directly related to day to day police work
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staff operations
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activities that provide support for line operations
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chain of command
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unbroken line of authority extends through all levels
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span of control
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# of police personnel or the # of units supervised by a particular officer
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watchman style
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style of policing marked by concern for order
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legalistic style
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marked by strict concern for enforcing the precise letter of the law
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service style
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maked by a concern for helping rather than strict enforcement
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police community relations
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area of police activity that recognizes the need for the community and the police to work together effectively
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team policing
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reorganization of conventional patrol strategies into a integrated versatile police team assigned to a fixed district
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strategic policing
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type of policing that retain the traditional police goal of professional crime fighting but enlarges the enforcement to include nontraditional criminals
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problem solving policing
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assumes many crimes are caused by existing social conditions
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community policing
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philosophy that promotes organizational strategies
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law enforcement assistance administration
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now defunct federal agency
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scientific police management
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application of social sciences techniques to the study of police administration for the purpose of increasing effectiveness
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kansas city experiment
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first large scale scientific study of law enforcement practices
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directed patrol
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police management strategy designed to increase productivity of patrol officers through scienctifc analysis
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evidence based policing
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use of best available research
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police discretion
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opportunity for law enforcement agents to exercise choice
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