Multiple-Choice Questions

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Kappeler & Gaines: Community Policing, 7th Edition

Chapter 1: The Idea of Community Policing

Test Bank

Multiple-Choice Questions

1. Community policing officers must serve as:

• advisors
• facilitators
• supporters and leaders of community-based initiatives

*d. all of the above

• What are the two primary components of community policing?
• problem solving and militaristic leadership

*b. community partnerships and problem solving

• social workers and nurses
• community partnerships and local businesses

• The engagement by the police with the community to resolve community

problems cooperatively. This is the definition of:

*a. community partnerships

• community policing
• problem solving
• problem-oriented policing

• Community Policing Officers (CPOs) attempt to deal with the conditions that

cause crime and negatively affect the quality of life in a community. This is the

definition of:

• community partnerships
• community policing

*c. problem solving

• problem-oriented policing

• Which of the following are major facets of community policing?
• philosophical
• strategic
• programmatic

*d. all of the above

• Which of the following are elements of the philosophical facet?
• working together and prevention focus
• neighborhood variation and community engagement
• community input and authoritarian officers

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• Which of the following is a core concept of community policing?
• law enforcer
• professional

*c. concern for people

• distrustful

• After the 9/11 attacks the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was created

with four goals. Which of the following are the goals of DHS?

• prevent and disrupt terrorist attacks
• protect people, critical infrastructure
• respond and recover from attacks

*d. all of the above

9. Problem solving consists of which following steps:

• identification of the problem
• analysis of the problem
• seek solutions

*d. all of the above

• Strategies provide guidelines for the development of specific programs. Which of the

following are elements of the strategic facet of community policing?*a. face-to-face contact

• law enforcement
• agency cooperation
• all of the above

• In reorienting police operations, community policing utilizes the following tactic(s):
• motorized patrol

*b. foot patrol

• computers
• all of the above

• Which of the following is a characteristic of community policing?
• focuses on solving crime
• detection of crime and arrest

*c. emphasis on accountability

• all of the above

• Situational crime prevention consists of: 2 / 4

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• focus or direction on specific crimes
• management or manipulation of environment
• reduce the perceived rewards of the act

*d. all of the above

14. In the “War on Terrorism,” community policing can:

*a. contribute to the first line of defense against terrorism with cooperation of the community

• not attribute to fighting terrorism due to the social work nature of the program
• take away resources from agencies fighting terrorism
• all of the above

True/False Questions

• Community policing is a philosophy that empowers police in solving the problems of

the community.

• True b. False*

• In community policing, the police see themselves as professional and detached from

the community in their role as law enforcers.

• True b. False*

• The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 assisted police

department in the hiring of community police officers.

• True* b. False

• The primary components of community policing are community partnerships and

problem solving.

• True* b. False

• Community policing was well received by police departments and officers

throughout the United States.

• True b. False*

• The “Broken Windows Theory” states that if small problems are not dealt with, it

will cause neighborhood deterioration and an increase in criminal behavior.

• True* b. False

• The emphasis of community policing is order maintenance and community building.
• True* b. False
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• The “Weed and Seed” program is an example of the aggressive style of policing.
• True b. False*

• Situational crime prevention is an “opportunity-reducing” strategy aimed at

removing or reducing the perceived rewards of the offender.

• True* b. False

• One of the core concepts of community policing is the development of trust between

the police and the community.

• True* b. False

• Community policing and traditional policing share the same concepts and strategies.
• True b. False*

• The goal of community policing is to involve officers in the life of the community so

that the officers will feel responsible for what happens in their beats, and the people who live there.

• True* b. False

• The terrorist attacks on 9/11 did not affect funding for community policing

programs throughout the United States.

• True b. False*

• The use of community policing can be used to identify and apprehend potential

terrorists.

• True* b. False

• Community policing is a philosophy of policing, based on the concept that police

officers and people working together in creative ways can help solve contemporary community problems related to crime, fear of crime, quality of life, and neighborhood conditions.

• True* b. False

Essay Questions

• What are the two primary components of community policing? Explain their

importance to community policing.

Community policing consists of two primary components: community partnerships and problem solving.Community partnerships are the engagement by the police with the community to cooperatively resolve social problems.

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