QUESTION 1. A condition characteristic that increases the likelihood that a child will avoid delinquency is called:
a risk factor.
a protective factor.
a community factor.
an engagement factor.
QUESTION 2. Most research on community policing strategies shows ______________ effects on crime rates, drug abuse and trafficking, and fear of crime.
overwhelmingly positive
fairly positive and statistically significant
only modest and statistically insignificant
absolutely no
QUESTION 3. In 1999, a/an ______________ school for public safety and law was established in largely Hispanic and African American neighborhoods of East Brooklyn.
alternative
residential
creative
magnet
QUESTION 4. Experiments in criminal justice raise ethical as well as ______________ issues.
quality
objectivity
subjectivity
privacy
QUESTION 5. The GRIP program targets groups of students in what grades?
third, fifth, and ninth
second, fifth, and tenth
second, fifth, and ninth
second, sixth, and ninth
QUESTION 6. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police believe that long-term prevention of youth crime and victimization can only be accomplished:
in partnership with the community.
with School Resource Officers.
through teen and student court.
by law-related education.
QUESTION 7. Futurists operate under three fundamental premises. Which of the following is not one of those principles?
The future is not predictable.
The future is not predetermined.
Future outcomes can be influenced by individual choice.
The future is static.
QUESTION 8. According to the text, which of these community policing tenets are of increased importance when facing budget cuts that reduce the number of officers on the street?
community partnerships
organizational transformation
problem solving
All are correct
QUESTION 9. It has been estimated that approximately ________________ percent of the country's critical infrastructure is protected by private security.
35
65
85
25
QUESTION 10. A national partnership aimed at reducing gang-related crime is called:
Operation Ceasefire.
Project Safe Schools.
GREAT Program.
Project Safe Neighborhood.
QUESTION 11. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police believe that long-term prevention of youth crime and victimization can only be accomplished:
in partnership with the community.
with School Resource Officers.
through teen and student court.
by law-related education.
QUESTION 12. Partnerships should include youths at all levels of activity, with their roles considered as important as those of adults. Which of the following programs is based on this philosophy?
Teens on Target
Horizons
On your Side
all of the above
QUESTION 13. A frequently used law enforcement strategy to deal with street gang problems is:
suppression.
social intervention.
community mobilization.
all of the above
QUESTION 14. The computerized Gang Intelligence System includes all of the following features except:
gang profile data.
gang monikers.
related criminal activity.
vehicle information.
QUESTION 15. This organization was created in 1979 to enhance law enforcement as a profession and to improve law enforcement.
IACP
NOBLE
CALEA
PERF
QUESTION 16. The training of police and private security officers to identify terrorists to help them identify potential terrorist targets is conducted and funded under:
the Critical Incident Project.
the Terrorism Identification Project.
the Save Our Streets Project.
the Safe Cities Project.
QUESTION 17. The Police Foundation conducted the classic Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment, which showed that increasing or decreasing the level of routine preventive patrol-the -backbone of police work-had ______________ on crime, fear of crime, or citizen -satisfaction with police services.
marked positive effect
no appreciable effect
a negative effect
determined that further study was necessary to determine if there was an effect