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Police and Crime
Propositions
Terms and Definitions
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T/F Adding more police to an already inefficient department is throwing money at the problem.
T
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T/F Faster response time will produce more arrests and will decrease crime rates
F Faster response time will NOT produce more arrests or lower the crime rate
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WITHOUT LOOKING AT YOUR BOOK What is Walkers first name?
Samuel If we caught you cheating you -300
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What is the largest and most expensive crime-fighting program?
COPS Program or Community-Oriented Policing Services
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What is Proposition 7?
Increasing the level of traditional police patrol will not reduce crime.
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What is an involvement crime?
when confrontation exists between victims and suspects
300
In the Kansas City experiment what were the three groups of patrol beats called?
Proactive Reactive Control
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If you do not have information at the outset (beginning) is adding more detectives going to help?
No, increasing the number of detectives is not going to help if there is not a good lead at the outset.
300
What is a "crackdown"?
a short burst of intensive law enforcement, involving many arrests, directed toward a particular area or a particular crime
400
What did the Kansas City Experiment test?
The deterrent effect of policing
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What is Proposition 6?
Adding police officers in combination with community policing programs can produce modest reductions in crime but is not cost-effective.
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What act launched COPS?
1994 Violent Crime Control Act
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What does (OPP) stand for and what is it?
Operation Pressure Point It is a well-known anti drug crackdown in NYC
500
What is the title of this chapter?
Unleash the Cops!
500
What is the Exclusionary Rule?
All evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the constitution is, by that same authority, inadmissible in a state court