chapter 6 review

In 2002, how many police officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty?

56

when an entire patrol section is instructed to make numerous traffic stops and field interrogations, the practices referred to as ____ patrol.

Aggressive

Following are three parts of the 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?

Arrival—determining the situation's timeliness

Which of the following agencies has the largest AFIS

The FBI

Your textbook describes four characteristics that are generally define the role of the police three are listed below. Which one is not described in your textbook?

The police preform ongoing educational roles in the community.

Which of the following is NOT a criticism of civil asset forfeiture laws?

The standard of proof in civil asset forfeiture cases is too high

Which of the following is NOT true about civil asset forfeiture as a tool in drug enforcement?

The state must only prove by a preponderance of evidence that the property was used in a crime

Some of the more important functions of traffic units are:

to recommend traffic engineering changes that will enhance the flow of traffic and promote safety, to enforce traffic laws, particularly when violations of those laws cause traffic accidents, to educate motorists in a community about traffic safety and proper driving procedures.

In which of the following ways can community policing contribute to drug enforcement?

(all of the above)

Which of the following reasons accounts for the relative ineffectiveness of marijuana eradication strategies

(all of the above)

According to FBI estimates, approximately what percent of international terrorist incidents that occur annually in the United States and abroad are directed at U.S. interest?

20-30

In 2001, approximately ____ percent of federal prisoners and _____ percent of state prisoners were incarcerated for drug offenses.

55; 20

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

90 percent

Which of the following is NOT true about the War on Drugs, at least according to its critics?

Abuse or misuse of illegal drugs has contributed to more deaths annually than either alcohol or tobacco.

Which of the following is currently the most complete DNA database?

CODIS

The knowledge to carry out cybercrimes is readily available at hacker:

Chat rooms, Message boards, and Websites

Your textbook names three distinct functions of DNA profiling. They are listed below. Which of the following is NOT one of these distinct functions?

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

Criminal Investigations have been defined as a lawful search of people and things to achieve three of the following goals. which of the following is not one of the goals of criminal investigation?

Conduct preventative patrol to ferret out crime.

Your textbook describes several ways in which cybercriminals can illegally access, manipulate, or steal computer data. Three of these ways are listed below. Which is NOT one of the ways listed in your textbook?

Cybercriminals alter DNA records, thus hampering and sometimes destroying criminal investigations.

your textbook gives three reasons why, despite low crime solving rates by detectives, many police departments continue to employ them. three are listed below which one does NOT belong?

Detectives have wider jurisdiction than patrol officers do, and can arrest and book some suspects that other police officers cannot.

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

Directed

True or false? A role expectation consist of the rights and responsibilities associated with a particular position in its society.

False

True or false? A survey has revealed that law enforcement agencies have adequate training, equipment, and staff to con front present and future incidents of cybercrime.

False

True or false? In 1972 Kansas city preventive patrol experiment found that heavily patrolled streets had significantly less crime than unpatrolled streets did.

False

True or false? It is believed that soon DNA from a flake of dandruff will yield a positive identification, but there will be the need to consider mathematical probabilities.

False

True or false? Police administrators have long referred to investigation as the back bone of the department.

False

With DNA profiling, a unique genetic profile can be derived from ____ found at the scene of a crime or on a victim.

Hair, Semen, and Blood

For most people, the only personal experience they have with criminal justice process is contact with a:

Local police officer

Which of the following is NOT one of one of President Bush's general policy principles that guide law enforcement personnel in dealing with terrorist?

Only Grant concessions to terrorist if U.S. citizens are held hostage and no viable alternative exist

which of the following is unquestionably the most time consuming and resource intensive task of any police agency.

Patrol

Patrols that are "systematically unsystematic" and In an attempt to both deter and ferret out crime on their beats are known as random or _______ patrol.

Preventative

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

Street-level enforcement

Your textbook names three reasons why many victims of cybercrime fail to report these crimes to authorities. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons listed in your textbook?

The fear of being implicated in the crime

Which of the following is NOT true about terrorism?

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

Which is the following is the FBI's definition of terrorism?

The systematic use of terror or unpredictable violence against governments, publics, or individuals to attain a political objective.

police detectives seem to have a number of advantages over patrol officers, and 7 of these advantages are listed in your textbook. three are listed below. which is NOT one of these advantages?

They often move on to patronage jobs.

True or false? Detective usually have the cards stacked against them and their chances of solving crimes are low

True

True or false? GIS crime mapping is a technique that involves the charting of crime patterns within a geographic area.

True

True or false? In street police work passion is the ability to use force or recognition that force is a legitimate means of resolving conflict.

True

True or false? Large metropolitan police agencies use AFIS to identify hundreds of suspects per year.

True

True or false? Some times a police officers role may be simply to solve problems in the course of providing service

True

your text book names five rules that investigators may play in a police department. Three are listed below. Which one does NOT belong?

Uniformed police officers conducting field interrogations and other types of aggressive patrol.

With community policing:

citizens share responsibility for their community's safety.

True or false? Field interrogations generally do not reduce crime in targeted areas.

false

Each year, nearly twice as many people are ____ as are ____.

killed in automobile accidents; murdered

One of the interesting findings of foot patrol research was that foot patrol officers were better able to deal with:

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

The professional model of policing, which police followed in the decades before community policing, rested on three foundations. They are listed below. Which of the following is NOT one of these three foundations?

proactive patrol

John Broderick classified police officers by their degree of commitment to maintaining order and their respect for due process. Three of these of these classifications are listed below. Which one does not belong?

punishers

The most widely used crime-mapping application is probably ______.

resource allocation

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

victim, offender, and location.