What is Crime Prevention?
To Prevent Crime from Happening.
Demographics Resident statistics such as?
age, race, gender, income, and income sources
What type of criminal offense carries the most severe punishment?
Felony
What does TAPS stand for?
Teen and Police Service Academy
What are the three main aspects of routine activity theory?
A likely offender, A suitable target, The absence of a capable guardian
What does CPTED stand for ?
Crime Prevention Through environmental Design
A juvenile can be bailed out of a correctional facility. True or false?
False
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
Crime Prevention and Community policing are close companion because?
They Identify contributing causes,and work as a group to implement solutions.
What is Resident information?
crime surveys and interviews with police security officers
What are two methods law enforcement uses to help solve crimes?
K-9 Units and Forensic Science
What year and where did TAPS launch its first class?
2012 at Beechnut Academy
What is the legal definition of crime?
An act that violates the law
What does crime analysis include?
crime mapping, police data, incident reports, victim/offender stats
What are at least 3 common motives behind criminal activity?
Excitement, Revenge, Enjoyment of the Risk, Mental, Dominance
What sport does Officer Harris coach?
Softball
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.
What are the Four Key Elements of CPTED?
Name two careers involved in crime prevention.
Private security, Police Officer, DEA/FBI, Correction Officer, U.S. Marshall, Attorney/Judge
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.”