Criminal Justice A Brief Introduction
12th edition by Frank Schmalleger
Chapter 4,5, and 6
mapping sequences - correct answer ✔✔reveal time & place of crime patterns, identify hot spots of
ongoing criminal activity, show # of officers active in an area, ongoing investigations, and arrests made.
CompStat Process - correct answer ✔✔has created openness among interdependent personnel and LE
agencies, and has reduced the incidents of crime w/ in cities and increased the # of arrests
beat officer - correct answer ✔✔an officer in charge of a specific area in the community
Quality-of-life offenses - correct answer ✔✔are minor law violations, sometimes called petty crimes that
demoralize residents and businesspeople by creating disorder
broken window model of policing - correct answer ✔✔the idea that physical decay in a community can
breed disorder and that fixing it up will prevent disorder
FBI - correct answer ✔✔federal bureau of investigation that began in 1908 and was led for 20 years by J.
Edgar Hoover
Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) - correct answer ✔✔computerized DNA database of serious
convicted offenders
centralized model - correct answer ✔✔tasks related to major criminal investigations are combined with
patrol of state highways
decentralized model - correct answer ✔✔a model in which one division deals with traffic enforcement
and the other deals with criminal investigations
, Fusion centers - correct answer ✔✔facilities for info sharing among agencies that can be used to assess
local terror threats and aid in the apprehension of more traditional criminal suspects.
line operations - correct answer ✔✔the field/supervisory activities directly related to day to day police
work
Staff operations - correct answer ✔✔provide support for line operations through budgets, training,
evidence evaluation, shift assignments, and personnel management
chain of command - correct answer ✔✔unbroken line of authority that extends through all levels of a
police organization from highest to lowest
unity of command principle - correct answer ✔✔every individual has only one supervisor to whom he
answers to, and from whom under normal circumstances, he takes orders
span of control - correct answer ✔✔refers to number of police personnel or # of units that are
supervised by a particular commanding officer
Political Era of Policing - correct answer ✔✔1840s-1930, era of policing characterized by close ties
between the police and the public in which the politicians appointed the police
Reform Era of Policing - correct answer ✔✔1930-1970s era of policing characterized by pride in
professional crime fighting with an emphasis on advanced education of police
Community Policing Era - correct answer ✔✔1970-present era of policing that stresses the police serving
the community (their partnership) and the broken windows principle
The New Era of policing - correct answer ✔✔the era of policing that emphasizes securing the homeland
and fighting terrorism
policing styles - correct answer ✔✔watchman, legalistic, and service
12th edition by Frank Schmalleger
Chapter 4,5, and 6
mapping sequences - correct answer ✔✔reveal time & place of crime patterns, identify hot spots of
ongoing criminal activity, show # of officers active in an area, ongoing investigations, and arrests made.
CompStat Process - correct answer ✔✔has created openness among interdependent personnel and LE
agencies, and has reduced the incidents of crime w/ in cities and increased the # of arrests
beat officer - correct answer ✔✔an officer in charge of a specific area in the community
Quality-of-life offenses - correct answer ✔✔are minor law violations, sometimes called petty crimes that
demoralize residents and businesspeople by creating disorder
broken window model of policing - correct answer ✔✔the idea that physical decay in a community can
breed disorder and that fixing it up will prevent disorder
FBI - correct answer ✔✔federal bureau of investigation that began in 1908 and was led for 20 years by J.
Edgar Hoover
Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) - correct answer ✔✔computerized DNA database of serious
convicted offenders
centralized model - correct answer ✔✔tasks related to major criminal investigations are combined with
patrol of state highways
decentralized model - correct answer ✔✔a model in which one division deals with traffic enforcement
and the other deals with criminal investigations
, Fusion centers - correct answer ✔✔facilities for info sharing among agencies that can be used to assess
local terror threats and aid in the apprehension of more traditional criminal suspects.
line operations - correct answer ✔✔the field/supervisory activities directly related to day to day police
work
Staff operations - correct answer ✔✔provide support for line operations through budgets, training,
evidence evaluation, shift assignments, and personnel management
chain of command - correct answer ✔✔unbroken line of authority that extends through all levels of a
police organization from highest to lowest
unity of command principle - correct answer ✔✔every individual has only one supervisor to whom he
answers to, and from whom under normal circumstances, he takes orders
span of control - correct answer ✔✔refers to number of police personnel or # of units that are
supervised by a particular commanding officer
Political Era of Policing - correct answer ✔✔1840s-1930, era of policing characterized by close ties
between the police and the public in which the politicians appointed the police
Reform Era of Policing - correct answer ✔✔1930-1970s era of policing characterized by pride in
professional crime fighting with an emphasis on advanced education of police
Community Policing Era - correct answer ✔✔1970-present era of policing that stresses the police serving
the community (their partnership) and the broken windows principle
The New Era of policing - correct answer ✔✔the era of policing that emphasizes securing the homeland
and fighting terrorism
policing styles - correct answer ✔✔watchman, legalistic, and service
