CRJ 230 Exam 1 ASU Latest Update Exam | Questions and
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Police Officer - ANSWER Can be used interchangeably with
peace officer
Crime Fighter Image - ANSWER The idea of the police as a "thin
blue line" fighting a war on crime.
Coercive Force - ANSWER Includes the power to take someone's
life (deadly force), the use of physical force, and the power to
deprive people of their liberty through arrest.
Social Control - ANSWER the organized ways in which society
responds to behavior and people it regards as deviant,
problematic, worrying, threatening, troublesome or undesirable
on some way or another
Herman Goldstein - ANSWER The originator of the concept of
problem-oriented policing.
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problem-oriented policing - ANSWER an approach to policing in
which officers routinely seek to identify, analyze, and respond
to the circumstances underlying the incidents that prompt
citizens to call the police
Newport News, VA - ANSWER first experience in problem-
oriented policing
Herman Goldstein Award - ANSWER Presented at a police
executive conference to recognize the most innovative and
successful problem-oriented policing project implemented by a
police agency.
community policing - ANSWER a renewed emphasis on crime
prevention rather than law enforcement to reintegrate policing
within the community
zero tolerance policing - ANSWER a policing strategy that
focuses on disorder, minor crime, and the appearance of crime
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team policing - ANSWER The reorganization of conventional
patrol strategies into "an integrated and versatile police team
assigned to a fixed district."
American policing is a product of - ANSWER English heritage
Robert Peel - ANSWER founded the London police force. Also
father of modern policing
London Metropolitan Police - ANSWER Created in 1829, it
represents the first example of an efficient, proactive police
force. Introduced three important elements of policing: the
mission of crime prevention, the strategy of preventative patrol,
and an organizational structure similar to the military.
crime prevention - ANSWER A utilitarian idea that it is better to
prevent crime than to respond after the fact.
the watch - ANSWER patrol the city to watch for fires crime and
disorder