First Exam

CJ 416 Community Relations

Fall 2000

1. ____________________________________________________________ councils function as liaisons between police officers and local residents. These face to face councils have done much to foster police-community relations.

2. ____________________________________________________________ is a management strategy that encourages employers to provide their employees with job enrichment opportunities and greater inclusion in decision making affecting their work roles.

3. _____________________________________________________________ are an application of TQM in which similarly classified workers interact in group settings to resolve problems common to their work specialties.

4. The __________________________________________________________ has been described as the easiest approach to urban policing because it limits the discretionary power of employees and allows for greater control by supervisors.

5. ____________________________________________________________ is identification with and understanding of the thoughts or feelings of another.

6. _____________________________________________________________ is the sum of all beliefs, values, sentiments, definitions, and norms shared by members of a society.

7. In the New York City foot beat program the community patrol officers were expected to be full service police officers and to serve as _________________________________.

8. List three of the four steps in the Problem Oriented Policing model advanced by Spelman and Eck. ________________________________________________________________

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9. If officers are just doing their job, ___________________________________, their supervisors are hard pressed to find fault.

10. A __________________________________________________________ examination may reveal certain individual traits and propensities that could result in future liabilities.

11. _____________________________________________________________ is based on the theory that the individual psyche must be torn down in order to be reshaped into a mold fitting the organizational ideal.

12. List three of the five goals for the New York Police cadet program.

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13. This definition of the situation or _____________________________________ (check points at which officers are directed to watch for signs of alcohol consumption) often leads to arrests and DWI charges.

14. List two of the three bases for a warrentless search.

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15. According to the instructor, understanding _____________________________ pressure is essential to the successful management of a justice system agency.

16. According to the instructor, police isolation from the community is caused primarily by our unwillingness to _________________________________________ with police officers.

17. In the community policing orientation toward citizens _____________________ is the essence of both organizational mission and values statements.

18. What is one of the ways in which technology interferes with the ability of police officers to effectively do their jobs. _______________________________________

19. When it comes to the use of discretion, most justice system employees are influenced by ________________________________________________________.

20. Most police departments have ______________________________________ applicants for the positions that they need to fill.

Second Exam-form 1

CJ 416 Community Relations

Fall 2000

1. In discussing physical abuse and excessive force, ________________________, is considered to be in a class by itself.

2. ____________________________________________________________ is committing a crime and/or not following police department policy guidelines and regulations in the course of one's duties as an officer.

3. When officers injure those they arrest, especially when there is little or no need for the use of such force, such behavior is labeled _______________________________ or excessive force.

4. ________________________________________________________ was the first national organization formed following the riots of the assassination of Martin Luther King, which advocated the hiring of one black or Hispanic officer for each white officer added to the force.

5. Many Americans regard crime in terms of ____________________________. Although not many people speak of "white crime," criminal offenses such as counterfeiting, embezzlement, fraud, and swindles have been characterized as nonviolent "white collar crime," with a not too subtle racial connotation.

6. Through the __________________________________________________, congress earmarked millions of dollars for upgrading American law enforcement.

7. _______________________________________________________ are regarded as the birth of the gay revolution, and the anniversary is celebrated annually by gay rights activists and civil libertarians.

8. Our nation's jails and prisons are quickly and not too quietly becoming the largest repository for the nation's _______________________________________________.

9. The INS _____________________________________________________, an experiment launched with $250,000 in extra overtime funds and agents shifted from inland posts, abruptly changed the rules of the game in El Paso, Texas.

10. _______________________________________________________________ are minors who commit acts that would not be crimes if committed by adults.

11. List two of the three types of deinstitutionalization:

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12. The _______________________________________________________ doctrine is considered by many experts to be the foundation of the traditional treatment of Juveniles who enter the juvenile justice system.

13 The English Criminal Law Act of 1967 created three new major crime categories: two of these are:

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14. In 1981, the British Home Office established the ______________________

__________________ an annual compilation of victimization figures for both England and Wales.

15, In Japan, ___________________________________________________ are comparable to police mini-stations or substations in various U.S. neighborhoods.

16. The term _____________________________________________________ is really an admission of the failure of organizational supervision.

17. The ________________________________________________________ program places retirees in community volunteer positions and has been seen as another way of addressing police personnel shortages.

18. The San Diego _________________________________________________ is designed to inform the participants of some of the many services available from the police department in the hopes that they will take that information and educate the general public by passing on what they have learned.

19. In order to maintain good community relations, police officers _______________ follow the law precisely as it is written.

20. In small departments with fewer applicants than positions to fill the screening process becomes a matter of hiring _______________________________________.

Second Exam-form2

CJ 416 Community Relations

Fall 2000

1. In 1985, A landmark case of Tennessee V. Garner, the Supreme Court decided the provisions guiding the application of deadly force by police is that deadly force will be used when the ______________________________________________________of officers or innocent bystanders are jeopardized by fleeing suspects.

2. ___________________________________________________________ takes the form of taunting or ridicule usually when police officers are arresting someone.

3. _____________________________________________________________ is committing a crime and/or not following police department policy guidelines and regulations in the course of one's duties as an officer.

 4. When comparing conservative and liberal policing, ______________________

is the corner stone of the Conservative policing.

5. ______________________________________________ is an unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange.

6. Through the ___________________________________________________, congress earmarked millions of dollars for upgrading American law enforcement.

7. The ________________________________________________________ listed specific actions designed to divert mentally ill persons involved in minor criminal behavior from the criminal justice system into the health care system. (Developed by the LAPD).

8. ____________________________________________________ is an aggressive organization expressly formed to protest the lack of governmental funding for AIDS research.

9. The passage of the _____________________________________________, according to the commissioner of U.S. Customs, would make the interception of narcotics arriving from Mexico into the United States easier.

10. Age is ________________________________________________________ relevant in decisions about waivers to criminal court jurisdiction.

11. The __________________________________________________________ of status offenders means the removal of status offenders from the authority or jurisdiction of juvenile courts.

12. Status offenders may be dealt with through ____________________________ a court approved mediation program in which civilians selected from the community help resolve minor delinquency, status offense, and abuse/neglect cases without formal court hearings.

13. _______________________________________________________ is the study of community-oriented policing methods and philosophies across two or more countries.

14. In Japan ____________________________________________________ are live in type units, providing accommodations for an officer's entire family, and are staffed on a twenty-four hour basis.

15. In England ____________________________________________________ are things such as petty theft, disorderly conduct, solicitation, and public drunkenness.

16. A transfer of property to the city was the first of many anticipated as a component of the federal ___________________________________________________ plan.

17. Police ______________________________________________________ are, on a national scale, designed to bring underage but otherwise qualified individuals into police service.

18. List three of the 8 guidelines that need to be addressed if community policing is to be effective.

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19. Racial profiling is racial discrimination when ____________________________

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20. Police officers have always been ____________________________________ oriented when it comes to dealing with children.