Questions and CORRECT Answers
true - CORRECT ANSWER - Soft determinism means that individuals make choices but
only within the realm of available opportunities.
true - CORRECT ANSWER - The environmental backcloth is the idea that people have
templates that outline expectations of what will happen at certain times and places given certain
behavior by the individual.
false - CORRECT ANSWER - The most common form of displacement considered in
evaluations is tactical displacement.
true - CORRECT ANSWER - Benign displacement suggests that changes from
displacement may benefit society.
distance decay - CORRECT ANSWER - __________ means that the commission of crime
decreases as the distance from the offender's home increases
true - CORRECT ANSWER - Crime displacement represents change in crime due to the
preventive actions of the individual or society.
true - CORRECT ANSWER - A hunting ground for offenders is one where potential
victims frequent an area, there is a lack guardians at that location and, consequently, the offender
follows the victims to that place.
an outlet for stolen goods - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following is NOT one of
the criteria necessary for crime outlined by Cohen and Felson?
crime displacement - CORRECT ANSWER - The shift of crime due to the action of a
crime prevention program is referred to as:
, all - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following is not a factor in the construction of
cognitive maps?
evaluation
recognition
Correct Answer consideration
prediction
all
order maintenance - CORRECT ANSWER - Functions that do not deal with an immediate
criminal action involve:
false - CORRECT ANSWER - The evaluations of CAPRA demonstrated the effectiveness
of gang interventions.
false - CORRECT ANSWER - Community policing is nothing more than simple police-
community relations.
true - CORRECT ANSWER - Citizen interaction is the cornerstone of the CAPS program
and the police meet with neighborhood residents to engender meaningful interaction.
partnership initiatives - CORRECT ANSWER - The underlying philosophy of ________
is to encourage interaction and cooperation between police officers, residents, community
groups, and other agencies to solve problems.
strong grass-roots support in all locations - CORRECT ANSWER - Evaluations of the
Community-Wide Approach to Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Program found
all but which of the following?