Crime prevention
crime prevention through environmental design
Criminal Justice & Law
TAPS
100

What is Crime Prevention?

To Prevent Crime from Happening.

100

Demographics Resident statistics such as?

age, race, gender, income, and income sources

100

What type of criminal offense carries the most severe punishment?

Felony

100

What does TAPS stand for?

Teen and Police Service Academy

200

What are the three main aspects of routine activity theory?

A likely offender, A suitable target, The absence of a capable guardian

200

What does CPTED stand for ?

 Crime Prevention Through environmental Design                              

200

A juvenile can be bailed out of a correctional facility. True or false?

False

200

Name two module topics already covered in TEENPOL.

Role of Police, Conflict Resolution ,Truancy & Time Management, Team Building ,Drugs and Alcohol, Health and Nutrition, Safe Driving, Crime Prevention, Service Learning

300

Crime Prevention and Community policing are close companion because?

They Identify contributing causes,and work as a group to implement solutions.

300

What is Resident information?

 crime surveys and interviews with police security officers

300

What are two methods law enforcement uses to help solve crimes?

K-9 Units and Forensic Science

300

What year and where did TAPS launch its first class?

2012 at Beechnut Academy

400

What is the legal definition of crime?

An act that violates the law

400

What does crime analysis include?

crime mapping, police data, incident reports, victim/offender stats

400

What are at least 3 common motives behind criminal activity?

Excitement, Revenge, Enjoyment of the Risk, Mental, Dominance 

400

What sport does Officer Harris coach?

Softball

500
Define the Broken Window Theory

It suggests that visible signs of disorder, like broken windows or graffiti, encourage more crime, while maintaining a clean and orderly environment helps prevent crime.

500

What are the Four Key Elements of CPTED?


  • Natural Access control: Limit entry with doors, gates, or barriers 
  • Natural surveillance: Use windows and lighting for visibility 
  • Territorial Reinforcement: Mark ownership with landscaping and sidewalks
  • Maintenance: Keeping environments well-maintained to show care and deter crime.
500

Name two careers involved in crime prevention.

Private security, Police Officer, DEA/FBI, Correction Officer, U.S. Marshall, Attorney/Judge

500

Recite the TAPS Creed. Daily Double!!

“We are going where we have never gone.

To do what we have never done.

To have what we have never had.

To be the best version of me

because where I am from,

does not define who I will be.”