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Maintaining order is also known as ? |
keeping the peace
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______ is a police strategy based on conducting specific and detailed research on a community's problem to discover the underlying dynamics of crime |
problem oriented policing
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_______ is a policing strategy that depends on getting community members to address the problems that plague their neighborhood |
community-oriented policing
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Which is not a component to SARA, a model of problem-orienting policing ? |
Scanning; identify problem
Analysis; causes and influences Response;creative solutions Assessment; of implementation |
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Wilson and Kellings broken windows theory argues that there is a relationship between higher crime rates and.... |
the deterioration of a neighborhood; theory proposing that disorder leads to crime because criminals assume that a neighborhood that tolerates disorder will also ignore criminal acts
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Newly appointed deputy sheriffs are usually first assigned to ______ details |
Traffic?? |
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________ is the line of authority that extends throughout the organization |
Chain of command
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Police departments receive most of their funds from ... |
government agencies
Ex; municipal policing agencies receive most of their funds from city governments |
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Police us geographic information system (GIS) to produce descriptions of crime occurrences and analyze the relationships between variables such as ... |
location and time. This info helps police know how to respond to an accident
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Which group is most supportive of law enforcement ? |
The elderly
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Why did a large number of institutions for the mentally ill close? |
because of cuts made to federal mental health funding
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All of the following are ways that officers generally respond when encountering a person whose behavior appears irrational, EXCEPT... |
Officers will respond in one of three ways 1. To transport the individual to a facility that provides psychiatric care if he/she is a dnager to herself or others 2. To arrest the individual with mental disabilities for an offense such as disorderly conduct 3. To resolve the situation informally if the person with mental disabilities is a "neighborhood character" |
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Who performs the bulk of police work ? |
patrol officer
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