Traditional and Contemporary Policing Strategies MCQs

Traditional and Contemporary Policing Strategies MCQs

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A.   Decay

B.   Disorder

C.   Both

D.   None

2: Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies, which supports the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques, to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime.

A.   Crime

B.   Social disorders

C.   Fear of crime

D.   All of these

3: _______ policing is a policing strategy where the police collect intelligence on crime and people who commit crime and then formulate the best way to respond to these problems.

A.   Community

B.   Crime

C.   Problem

D.   Intelligence

4: Predictive Policing does not identify who will commit the crime; however, it does identify ______ to help police officers anticipate the time and general location where crime could occur.

A.   Criminal

B.   Identity

C.   Hotspots

D.   All of these

5: This problem-solving approach is based on the idea that three things must exist for a crime to occur: a crime victim, an offender desiring to commit a crime, and an opportunity in a certain space/place. If one of these items is missing, it is likely that a crime will not occur.This is know as ______.

A.   Problem solving triangle

B.   Problem oriented triangle

C.   Problem assessment triangle

D.   Problem analysis triangle

6: Requires officers to look for patterns among individual calls for service to identify potential underlying causes of problems or behaviors, locations, victims, and offenders that the calls may have in common.This is known as ______ -oriented policing.

A.   Pattern

B.   Behavior

C.   Problem

D.   Location

7: SARA model is a four-stage process that can be used by police officers as they attempt to solve problems. This process involves _____,analysis, response, and assessment.

A.   Searching

B.   Scanning

C.   Sorting

D.   None of these

8: A strategic approach to policing that brings more science into police operations by leveraging innovative applications of analysis, technology, and evidence-based practices is called _____ policing.

A.   Innovative

B.   Strategic

C.   Modern

D.   Smart

9: Stop and frisk is a controversial policing strategy that consists of ______ pedestrians or drivers considered to be acting suspiciously and then arresting them for offenses when possible (typically for low-level offenses such as possessing marijuana).

A.   Stopping

B.   Questioning

C.   Frisking

D.   All of these

10: Team policing requires ______ assignment of teams of officers in neighborhoods to strengthen their relationship with residents and to help identify crime problems unique to each neighborhood.

A.   Permanent

B.   Temporary

C.   Within limited time

D.   All of these

11: Traditional model of policing focuses on responding to calls for service and managing crimes in a _____ manner.

A.   Efficient

B.   Reactive

C.   Strategic

D.   Inactive

A.   Strict

B.   Non-discretionary

C.   Both a and b

D.   None of these