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Who is the author of the classic Varieties of Police Behavior: The Management of Law and Order in Eight Communities?


A) James Q.Wilson
B) June Nelson
C) Anthony Bouza
D) Ernest Verdeschi

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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Typically, the larger urban departments such as New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles have deployed two-officer cars, and most suburban and rural departments prefer one-officer cars.

A) True
B) False

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During what decade was the efficiency of foot patrols challenged?


A) 1960s
B) 1970s
C) 1980s
D) 1990s

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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The premise of smart policing is that agencies themselves are in the best position to know their specific crime problems.

A) True
B) False

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In 2003, nearly all police departments had pursuit policies, and ____________________ percent of local police agencies had restrictive pursuit policies.


A) 12
B) 16
C) 37
D) 61

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Who coined the term omnipresence?


A) James J.Fyfe
B) O.W.Wilson
C) Patrick V.Murphy
D) James Q.Murphy

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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Discuss the pros and cons of police departments using fleet vehicles for patrol versus issuing each officer a personal vehicle.

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Which of the following is not one of the three traditional ways police work is done in the United States?


A) Retroactive investigation of past crimes by detectives
B) Random routine patrol
C) Proactive investigations
D) Rapid response to calls by citizens to 911

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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The classic study of random routine patrol was the __________ study.

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Officers who patrol specific locations at specific times to address a specific crime problem are called ____________________ patrol.


A) split-force
B) task force
C) routine
D) directed

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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When researchers examined the reinstitution of foot patrol in Newark and Flint, they arrived at the conclusion that when foot patrol is added in neighborhoods _____.


A) levels of fear decrease significantly
B) levels of fear increase significantly
C) levels of fear remain the same
D) the police who patrol on foot have less job satisfaction, more fear, and lower morale than do officers who patrol in automobiles

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's distracted driving educational slogan is _______.


A) "Text Today-Jail Tomorrow"
B) "TWD = Ticket"
C) "One text or call could wreck it all."
D) "Drive-Pull over-Text"

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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Decoy operations involve using occupied vehicles in strategic locations to give the perception of omnipresence.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following was not one of the beats established in the Kansas City study?


A) Reactive
B) Proactive
C) Control group
D) Variable testing group

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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Explain the concept of differential response to calls for service and how it can benefit police departments.

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It is impossible to conduct a controlled experiment to study the effectiveness of certain types of police patrol.

A) True
B) False

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In the proactive group in the Kansas City study, the police presence was __________.


A) doubled or tripled
B) eliminated
C) reduced
D) increased 10 times

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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What agency is usually held up as a model for dealing with the mentally ill, due to its combined CIT and co-responder program?


A) Seattle Police Department
B) San Francisco Police Department
C) Houston Police Department
D) Charleston Police Department

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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The calls radioed to patrol officers, or assignments given to police patrol units by 911 dispatchers, reveal the types of problems for which people call the police and the types of problems ___________.


A) the police feel deserve a response by patrol units
B) that are important to administration
C) encountered by citizens daily
D) that the local government wants handled

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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The__________ telephone system allows police departments to call citizens in the entire jurisdiction or in a particular neighborhood to disseminate emergency information to residents.

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