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50 Cards in this Set
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One of the most contrversial areas of police-community relations in our society involves police and ______ |
Racial/ethic minorities |
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________ involves behavior that, in its negative form, excludes all members of a certain group from some rights, opportunities, or privileges |
Discrimination |
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_______ is a feeling about a person or persons based on faulty generalizations |
Prejudice |
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The basic form of discrimination in minority neighborhoods is _________ harassment |
psycholgical |
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An important part of the process of evaluating police-community relations consists of soliciting, evaluating, and acting on _________ |
citizens complaints |
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Two key terms related to police success in multicultural relations are accountability and ________ |
responsiveness |
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__________ is defined in the textbook as treating people differently with respect to their employment because of their race, gender, religion, or national origin; it involves behavior that, in its negative form, excludes all members of a certain group from some rights opportunities, or privileges |
discrimination |
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_______ is defined as unfavorable attitudes toward a group or individual not based on experience or face, a feeling about a person or persons based on faulty generalizations |
prejudice |
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who was the first official policewoman in the US and worked for the LAPD in 1910 |
Alice Stebbin wells |
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___________ refers to the fact that black police officers can often gather info that would be extremely difficult for white officers to obtain |
protective coloration |
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Although _________ systems are in use in approx. 63% of large police departments, researchers still know little about the locations of police officers when they are not responding to calls for service |
GIS Geographic Information System |
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according to Zakhary (2007) approx. ___ of police officers wear body armor. |
60% |
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when was kevlar body armor developed? |
1965 1972 |
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The first police crime lap in the US was established by the ______ |
LAPD |
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the _______ is designed for use in crowd control and projects a laser intended to daze and temporarily blind the target |
conducted energy device/ personal halting and stimulation response rifle |
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________ is the systematic study of crime and disorder problems to assist police in criminal apprehension, crime and disorder reduction, crime prevention, and evaluation |
Crime analysis |
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__________ has long been associated with crime analysis and is a process that uses geographic information to conduct spatial analyses of crime problems and other police issues |
crime mapping |
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according to Bosnor (2010) ______ hopes to develop an advanced infantry uniform that integrates nanotechnology exoskeletons and liquid body armor by 2020 |
the army |
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the first _______ was installed at the FBI in 1975 |
fingerprint reader |
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The FBI devolped a sophisticated point and click survelliance system called the ______ that preforms instant wire taps on almost any communications device it consists of software that sifs, collects and stores phone numbers, phone calls, and text messages |
DCSNet digital collection system network |
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ther have been 160 confirmed incidents of trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials between 1993 and 2005 in 10 different countries, including the US according to whom?? |
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency |
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_______ is defined as crimes affecting the organization of a society or culture such as religion, media, education, and so on. |
Institutional corruption |
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_________ are a loose network of indivduals living in the US who profess to believe that federal, state, and local govts operate illegaly |
sovereign citizens |
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whose mission includes coordinating with the executive branch to prevent terrorism |
Department of Homeland Security |
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_________ attempts to diguise the orginal source of monies normally through illegal means and infuse said monies into the legit marketplace |
Money laundering |
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________ crime is illegal or unethical acts that violate the fiduciary responsibility of public trust by an individual or organization usually during the course of legit occupational activity, by persons of high or respectable social status for personal or organization gain |
white collar crime |
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__________ is federal legislation enacted shortly after 9/11 terroist attacks designed to improve our national strategy and law enforcement response to terrorism |
USA patriot act |
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According to a senior ATF agent who once spoke to a group of police officers about the hells angels their ability to ______ is likely better than the ability of some law enforcment agencies |
coordinate, communicate, organize |
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Bank fraud is an example of ________ |
White collar crime |
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Shortly after 9/11 the patriot act was passed and one of the more significant componetns of legislation involved police agencies and pertained directly to the relaxing of restrictions on inter and intra agency sharing of valuable _________ between law enfrocement organizations at all levels of govt |
information intelligence |
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growth in security personnel includes ________ who typically conduct security activities within an organization |
inhouse security personnel |
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The _______ was initiated in 2005 and was designed to establish a early warning system in major cities in the event of a chemical or biological contamination of the water system |
water sentinel program |
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the __________ has held antiterroism clases since 2004 to train security guard |
international council of shopping centers |
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who was the first to offer burglar alarm services |
Edwin Holmes ADT |
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According to Bennet (2009) todays security industry is made up of former______ and police personnel |
military |
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in the 1960's and 1970's __________ became a major focus for private security firms |
loss prevention |
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the oil and gas industries have been affected by recent _______ standard |
department of transportation office of pipelane safety standards |
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the most visible changes in security have occurred in the countrys ____ but most of the increased protection is now under direct law enforcement control |
Airports |
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the average training provided for security personnel is ___ hours compared to police officers who get an average of 720 hours |
8 hours |
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employers usually like to fill armed guard positions with people who have at least a ___________ |
highschool diploma |
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The concept of ______ builds on and melds parts of community policing intelligence led policing, and hot-spot policing |
Predictive policing |
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according to Clarke and Newman (2007) what do police officers have the capability to do as it relates to terrorism |
Identify potential terrorists, help protect vunerable targets, coordinate the first response to terror attacks |
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According to Colvin (2009) the threat posed by economic crises means that many police departments will no longer be able to ______ which could ultimately help reduce crime and violence |
have options??????? Patrol and specialized options in high crime areas |
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_______ policing is a policing model that orginated in britain and that focuses on risk assessment and risk management. It invilves identifying risks or patterns associated with groups, indivduals, and locations to predict when and where a crime is likely to occur |
Intelligence led polcing |
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PArt of the mission of the _________ involves safeguarding and securing cyberspace |
department of homeland security |
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most ______ commit crimes including fraud, money laundering, drug-trafficking, and identity theft, to provide the revenues needed to commit terrorist attacks |
terrorist groups |
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Clarke and New man (2007) believed a fatal flaw of _______ policing is the assumption that if police simply collect as much evidence as possible they will at some point identify suspicious activity |
intelligence led policing |
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Which 1994 bill provided funding to states for the police corps |
omnibus crime bill |
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according to Alpert and Dunham (1992) police officers are not all the same do not have similar opinions or expectations, do not preform at the same level, and do not operate with the same _______ |
style |
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_________ policing is a model that involves using data and analysis to predict future police problems and implemet strategies to resolve problems |
predictive |