Introduction to Criminal Justice

Chapter 6: Policing: Roles, Styles, and Functions

Self-Check Quizzes

1
Your textbook describes four characteristics that generally define the role of the police. Three are listed below. Which one is NOT described in your textbook?
A)The police perform ongoing educational roles in the community.
B)The police are community leaders in public safety.
C)The police occasionally serve in a hostile or dangerous environment.
D)The police solve sociological and technological problems for people on a short-term basis.
2
Patrols that are "systematically unsystematic" and observant in an attempt to both deter and ferret out crime on their beats are known as random or ____ patrol.
A)foot
B)directed
C)preventive
D)aggressive
3
Criminal investigation has been defined as a lawful search of people and things to achieve three of the following goals. Which of the following is NOT one of the goals of criminal investigation?
A)Apprehend or determine the guilty party.
B)Reconstruct the circumstances of an illegal act.
C)Aid in the state's prosecution of the offender.
D)Conduct preventive patrol to ferret out crime.
4
With DNA profiling, a unique genetic profile can be derived from ____ found at the scene of a crime or on a victim.
A)hair
B)semen
C)blood
D)all of the above
5
The knowledge to carry out cybercrimes is readily available at hacker:
A)chat rooms.
B)message boards.
C)web sites.
D)all of the above
6
Each year, nearly twice as many people are ____ as are ____.
A)killed in automobile accidents; murdered
B)kidnapped; killed in automobile accidents
C)murdered; kidnapped
D)murdered; killed in automobile accidents
7
One of the interesting findings of foot patrol research was that foot patrol officers were better able to deal with:
A)several investigative functions, including finding DNA evidence.
B)drug dealers and gang problems, especially in urban areas.
C)minor annoyances—rowdy youths, panhandlers, and abandoned cars—that irritate citizens.
D)long-term vice cases that involved several suspects.
8
With community policing:
A)police focus more heavily on preventive patrol for public safety.
B)citizens share responsibility for their community's safety.
C)citizens are encouraged to learn policing methods and tactics.
D)police adopt a legalistic (or sometimes watchman) style of policing.
9
Which of the following is currently the most complete DNA database?
A)CompStat
B)CODIS
C)GIS
D)GPS
10
Which of the following reasons accounts for the relative ineffectiveness of marijuana eradication strategies?
A)large quantities are generally grown in remote, largely inaccessible areas making eradication efforts time-consuming, labor-intensive, and dangerous
B)spraying crops with chemicals can be hazardous to people, water supplies, animals and other vegetation
C)the huge profits that can be made from a marijuana crop create a powerful incentive not to be deterred by eradication efforts
D)all of the above are reasons
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