Chapter 6 Criminal Justice Study Guide

patrol

Which of the following in unquestionably the most time consuming and resource intensive task of any police agency?

False

a role expectation consists of the rights and responsibilities associated with a particular position in society.

false

a survey has revealed that law enforcement agencies have adequate training, equipment, and staff

43

as of august 5, 2010____ foreign terrorist organizations were recognized by the U.S state department as loosely affiliated extremists and rogue international terrorists to include the world trade center bombers and rogue terrorists such as Osama bin laden

true

large metropolitan police agencies use AFIS

true

GIS crime mapping is a technique that involves the charting of crime patterns within a geographic area

directed

In ___ patrol, officers are given guidance on how to use their patrol time, which is often based on the results of crime analyses that identify problem areas.

punishers

John Broderick classified police officers by their degree of commitment to maintaining order and their respect for due process. Which does not belong?

preventive

Patrols that are systematically unsystematic and observant in an attempt to both deter and ferret out crime on their beats are known as random or ______ patrol.

conduct preventive patrol to ferret out crime

criminal investigation has been defined as a lawful search of people and things to achieve three of the following goals. Which does not belong?

true

detectives usually have the cards stacked against them, and their chances of solving crimes are low

killed in automobile accidents; murdered

each year, nearly twice as many people are ___ as are in ____

true

field interrogations generally do no reduce crime in targeted areas

arrival--determining he situations timeliness

following are three parts of acronym SARA, which some community policing advocates recommend as a four step problem solving process. Which of the following is not one of the components of SARA?

local police officer

for most people the most personal experience they have with the criminal justice process is contact with a

false

in 1972 Kansas City, preventive patrol experiment found that heavily patrolled streets had significantly less crime that unpatrolled streets did

one in four

in 2007 approximately, _____ local police departments had one or more officers assigned full time to a multiagency drug enforcement task force, about the same percentage as 2003

all of the above

in recent years the mission of D.A.R.E has expanded to include;

false

in some agencies, special traffic investigation crimes are assigned to all parking violation enforcement

true

in street police work, passion is the ability to use force or the recognition that force is a legitimate means of resolving conflict

false

it is believed that soon DNA from a flake of dandruff will yield a positive identification but there will still be the need to consider mathematical probabilities

minor annoyances--rowdy youths, panhandlers, and abandoned cars--that irritate citizens

one of the interesting findings of foot patrol research was that foot patrol offivers were better able to deal with

false

police administrators have long referred to investigation as the backbone of the department

90 percent

reseachers discovered that ____ of citizens wait 5-10 minutes to call the police which prevents police from catching the criminal at the scene.

true

sometimes a police officers role may be simply to solve problems in the course of providing service.

victim, offender, and location

the crime triangle is a view of crime and disorder as an interaction among three variables, which are;

all of the above

the knowledge to carry out cybercrimes is readily available at hacker

resource allocation

the most widely used crime mapping applications is probably

proactive patrol

the professional model of policing which police followed in the decades before community policing, rested on three foundations. which of the following are not listed below?

aggressive

when an entire patrol section is instructed to make numerous traffic stops and field interrogations, the practice is referred to as______ patrol.

the FBI

which of the following agencies has the largest AFIS

street level enforcement

which of the following drug enforcement strategies accounts for the greatest number of drug arrests and seizures

CODIS

which of the following is currently the most complete DNA database

the modern era of terrorism began with the Japanese bombing of pear harbor in 1941, according to the FBI

which of the following is not true about terrorism?

the systematic use of terror or unpredictable violence agaist governments, publics, or individuals to attain a political objective

which of the following is the fbi's definition of terrorism?

all of the above

with DNA profiling a unique genetic profile can be derived from ______ found at the scene of a crime or on a victum.

citizens share responsibility for their community's safety

with community policing:

the police perform ongoing educational roles in the community

your textbook describes four characteristics that generally define the role of the police. Which does not belong?

cybercriminals after dna records, thus hampering and sometimes destroying criminal investigations.

your textbook describes several ways in which cybercriminals can illegally access, manipulate, or steal computer data. Which of the three ways are NOT listed in your textbook?

uniformed police officers conducting field interrogations and other types of aggressive patrol

your textbook names five roles that investigators may play in a police department. Which does not belong.?

collecting samples from all people at birth, so that a complete DNA database can be compiled

your textbook names three distinct functions of DNA profiling. Which do not belong?

The fear of being implicated in the crime

your textbook names three reasons why many victums of cybercrime fail to report these crimes to authorities. Which of the following does not belong?