Test Bank For Police Administration 10th Edition By Gary W.
Cordner 9781138389168 Chapter 1-15 Complete Guide .
A policing philosophy that focuses on general and neighborhood problems as a source of crime. -
ANSWER: Community Policing
5 Elements of Community Policing (CPACC) - ANSWER: 1. Commitment to crime prevention
2. Public scrutiny of the police
3. Accountability of police actions to the public
4. customized police service
5. Community Organization
3 elements of crime control (COP) - ANSWER: 1. Community Partnerships
2. Problem Solving using SARA
3. Organizational transformation
Targeting police responses to less serious crimes in these areas (Broken Windows) - ANSWER: Zero
Tolerance Policing
Wilson and Kelling
Police respond to calls for service after the activity occurs and is a system of response? - ANSWER:
Traditional policing
A process that looks at the individual needs the community and then designs proactive strategies to
stop or prevent crime
a. neighborhood policing
b. COMSTAT
c. GIS
d. CFS - ANSWER: COMPSTAT
Bratton NYC
4 Principles of COMPSTAT (ARER) - ANSWER: 1. Accurate and timely intelligence and statistical crime
information based on geographical setting and or areas
2. Rapid Deployment of resources
3. effective tactics and strategies
4. relentless follow up and assessment
Focuses on the departments traditional response to major recurring problems. A proactive approach.
a. POP
b. saturated patrol
c. Hot Spot Policing
d. SWAT - ANSWER: POP. New port News VA
SARA - ANSWER: Scanning, Analysis, Response, Assessment
CAPS - ANSWER: Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy
Largest comprehensive community policing initiatives in the country
What was the CAPS strategy? - ANSWER: Move the Dept from traditional, reactive and incident driven
agent to more proactive and community oriented dept
CODEFOR - ANSWER: Computer Optimized DEployment- Focus On Results; one of the first
experiments in the CompStat process, used in Minneapolis, Minnesota, designed specifically to
reduce crime and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the police department
, Use of best available research on the outcomes of police work to implement guidelines and evaluate
agencies, unit and officers
a. Hot Spot Policing
b. POP
c. Evidence Based Policing
d. Scanning - ANSWER: Evidence Based Policing
TTT a part of evidence based policing. - ANSWER: Targeting, Testing and Tracking
Reflect the dire application of empirical data that show that crime is not randomly dispersed but
rather is concentrated in specific areas
a. Hot Spot Policing
b. POP
c. Evidence Based Policing
d. Scanning - ANSWER: Hot Spots Policing
Strongest supporter: National Academy of Science
Tactics commonly used and are considered low on scale of diverse approaches - ANSWER: Directed
and saturated patrols
Hot Spot Policing tactics include: - ANSWER: Directed Patrols
Saturation Patrols
Aggressive Traffic enforcement
Zero Tolerance
Disorder enforcement
Buy Bust
POP
Not a tactic or a crime reduction strategy but a Business model for policing - ANSWER: Intelligence led
policing
Information organizing process that allows police agencies to better understand their crime problems
and take a measure of the resources available,
a. Hot Spot Policing
b. POP
c. Evidence Based Policing
d. intelligence led policing - ANSWER: Intelligence led policing
Approach to crime and disorder that uses information analytical tools to achieve the goal of crime
prevention while requiring fewer resources.
a. Hot Spot Policing
b. Predictive Policing
c. Evidence Based Policing
d. Proactive Policing - ANSWER: Predictive Policing
*Proactive approach
Most widely used information technologies in policing today - ANSWER: Crime Analysis, GIS and
Artificial intelligence
identifying patterns and relationships between crime data and other relevant data sources to
prioritize and target police activity - ANSWER: Crime Analysis
Map criminal events coincided with the results of several environmental criminology studies that
illustrated crime patterns - ANSWER: Geographic Information systems
Cordner 9781138389168 Chapter 1-15 Complete Guide .
A policing philosophy that focuses on general and neighborhood problems as a source of crime. -
ANSWER: Community Policing
5 Elements of Community Policing (CPACC) - ANSWER: 1. Commitment to crime prevention
2. Public scrutiny of the police
3. Accountability of police actions to the public
4. customized police service
5. Community Organization
3 elements of crime control (COP) - ANSWER: 1. Community Partnerships
2. Problem Solving using SARA
3. Organizational transformation
Targeting police responses to less serious crimes in these areas (Broken Windows) - ANSWER: Zero
Tolerance Policing
Wilson and Kelling
Police respond to calls for service after the activity occurs and is a system of response? - ANSWER:
Traditional policing
A process that looks at the individual needs the community and then designs proactive strategies to
stop or prevent crime
a. neighborhood policing
b. COMSTAT
c. GIS
d. CFS - ANSWER: COMPSTAT
Bratton NYC
4 Principles of COMPSTAT (ARER) - ANSWER: 1. Accurate and timely intelligence and statistical crime
information based on geographical setting and or areas
2. Rapid Deployment of resources
3. effective tactics and strategies
4. relentless follow up and assessment
Focuses on the departments traditional response to major recurring problems. A proactive approach.
a. POP
b. saturated patrol
c. Hot Spot Policing
d. SWAT - ANSWER: POP. New port News VA
SARA - ANSWER: Scanning, Analysis, Response, Assessment
CAPS - ANSWER: Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy
Largest comprehensive community policing initiatives in the country
What was the CAPS strategy? - ANSWER: Move the Dept from traditional, reactive and incident driven
agent to more proactive and community oriented dept
CODEFOR - ANSWER: Computer Optimized DEployment- Focus On Results; one of the first
experiments in the CompStat process, used in Minneapolis, Minnesota, designed specifically to
reduce crime and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the police department
, Use of best available research on the outcomes of police work to implement guidelines and evaluate
agencies, unit and officers
a. Hot Spot Policing
b. POP
c. Evidence Based Policing
d. Scanning - ANSWER: Evidence Based Policing
TTT a part of evidence based policing. - ANSWER: Targeting, Testing and Tracking
Reflect the dire application of empirical data that show that crime is not randomly dispersed but
rather is concentrated in specific areas
a. Hot Spot Policing
b. POP
c. Evidence Based Policing
d. Scanning - ANSWER: Hot Spots Policing
Strongest supporter: National Academy of Science
Tactics commonly used and are considered low on scale of diverse approaches - ANSWER: Directed
and saturated patrols
Hot Spot Policing tactics include: - ANSWER: Directed Patrols
Saturation Patrols
Aggressive Traffic enforcement
Zero Tolerance
Disorder enforcement
Buy Bust
POP
Not a tactic or a crime reduction strategy but a Business model for policing - ANSWER: Intelligence led
policing
Information organizing process that allows police agencies to better understand their crime problems
and take a measure of the resources available,
a. Hot Spot Policing
b. POP
c. Evidence Based Policing
d. intelligence led policing - ANSWER: Intelligence led policing
Approach to crime and disorder that uses information analytical tools to achieve the goal of crime
prevention while requiring fewer resources.
a. Hot Spot Policing
b. Predictive Policing
c. Evidence Based Policing
d. Proactive Policing - ANSWER: Predictive Policing
*Proactive approach
Most widely used information technologies in policing today - ANSWER: Crime Analysis, GIS and
Artificial intelligence
identifying patterns and relationships between crime data and other relevant data sources to
prioritize and target police activity - ANSWER: Crime Analysis
Map criminal events coincided with the results of several environmental criminology studies that
illustrated crime patterns - ANSWER: Geographic Information systems
