CRJU Exam 2/ 158 Questions with Verified
Solutions/ 2024-2025.
To improve efficiency, police departments utilize the policy of differential response, which
allows: - Answer: the appropriate response
True or false: Community policing can take many forms depending on the needs and priorities
of the police department. - Answer: true
Community policing philosophies suggest that citizens should be viewed as _______________. -
Answer: Customers
The percentage of crimes that police believe they have solved through an arrest is called: -
Answer: clearance rate
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,Some professionals have become concerned about lower-level security workers because: -
Answer: Such positions have a high turnover rate
The pay rate is generally low
Low-level workers may be people who cannot find employment elsewhere
True or false: The community policing philosophy does not include community residents in
decision-making. - Answer: false
Officers who participate in widespread corruption including drug smuggling, money laundering,
etc. - Answer: meat eaters
True or false: Municipal police are usually responsible for maintaining security in and around
nuclear power plants, oil refineries, and military facilities. - Answer: False
True or false: Immigrants from Southeast Asia make up the fastest growing minority group in
the U.S. - Answer: False
This type of policing involves examining social science studies on the nature of crime and social
problems. - Answer: evidence based
Approach to crime fighting using detailed crime statistics and forcing police supervisors to meet
to plan goals for crime prevention purposes. - Answer: CompStat
The approach to policing that involves assigning priorities to various calls for service is known
as: - Answer: differential response
In federal agencies, the work of special agents is most similar to that of: - Answer: Detectives
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, Violent victimization that may occur between intimate partners, which frequently requires the
use of officer discretion: - Answer: Domestic Violence
True or false: Hot spots are locations where crimes occur frequently. - Answer: True
True or false: Local police departments are not trained in homeland security issues. - Answer:
False
Interpol was created in order to: - Answer: Foster cooperation among the world's police forces
True or false: Private firms are not allowed to hire public police officers. - Answer: False
True or false: Although some departments may forbid moonlighting by their officers, some
departments simultaneously facilitate and control the hiring of their officers. - Answer: True
The application of force against individuals by police officers that violate either departmental
policies or constitutional rights by exceeding the level of force permissible in a given situation. -
Answer: excessive use of force
Which of the following is not one of the five factors that officers must take into account when
exercising discretion? - Answer: The rank of the responding officer
Employees who have taken an oath and been given powers by the state to make arrests and use
necessary force in the commission of their duties. - Answer: sworn officers
True or false: Preventive patrol involves increased police presence in a community in order to
reduce crime. - Answer: True
Which type of police officers accounts for two-thirds of all sworn officers? - Answer: Patrol
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Solutions/ 2024-2025.
To improve efficiency, police departments utilize the policy of differential response, which
allows: - Answer: the appropriate response
True or false: Community policing can take many forms depending on the needs and priorities
of the police department. - Answer: true
Community policing philosophies suggest that citizens should be viewed as _______________. -
Answer: Customers
The percentage of crimes that police believe they have solved through an arrest is called: -
Answer: clearance rate
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,Some professionals have become concerned about lower-level security workers because: -
Answer: Such positions have a high turnover rate
The pay rate is generally low
Low-level workers may be people who cannot find employment elsewhere
True or false: The community policing philosophy does not include community residents in
decision-making. - Answer: false
Officers who participate in widespread corruption including drug smuggling, money laundering,
etc. - Answer: meat eaters
True or false: Municipal police are usually responsible for maintaining security in and around
nuclear power plants, oil refineries, and military facilities. - Answer: False
True or false: Immigrants from Southeast Asia make up the fastest growing minority group in
the U.S. - Answer: False
This type of policing involves examining social science studies on the nature of crime and social
problems. - Answer: evidence based
Approach to crime fighting using detailed crime statistics and forcing police supervisors to meet
to plan goals for crime prevention purposes. - Answer: CompStat
The approach to policing that involves assigning priorities to various calls for service is known
as: - Answer: differential response
In federal agencies, the work of special agents is most similar to that of: - Answer: Detectives
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, Violent victimization that may occur between intimate partners, which frequently requires the
use of officer discretion: - Answer: Domestic Violence
True or false: Hot spots are locations where crimes occur frequently. - Answer: True
True or false: Local police departments are not trained in homeland security issues. - Answer:
False
Interpol was created in order to: - Answer: Foster cooperation among the world's police forces
True or false: Private firms are not allowed to hire public police officers. - Answer: False
True or false: Although some departments may forbid moonlighting by their officers, some
departments simultaneously facilitate and control the hiring of their officers. - Answer: True
The application of force against individuals by police officers that violate either departmental
policies or constitutional rights by exceeding the level of force permissible in a given situation. -
Answer: excessive use of force
Which of the following is not one of the five factors that officers must take into account when
exercising discretion? - Answer: The rank of the responding officer
Employees who have taken an oath and been given powers by the state to make arrests and use
necessary force in the commission of their duties. - Answer: sworn officers
True or false: Preventive patrol involves increased police presence in a community in order to
reduce crime. - Answer: True
Which type of police officers accounts for two-thirds of all sworn officers? - Answer: Patrol
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