Criminal Justice: A Brief Introduction --
Chapter 4
Crime prevention - correct answer ✔✔The anticipation, recognition, and appraisal of a crime risk and
the initiation of action to eliminate or reduce it.
CompStat - correct answer ✔✔A crime-analysis and police-management process built on crime mapping
that was developed by the New York City Police Department in the mid- 1990's.
Quality-of-life offense - correct answer ✔✔a minor violation of the law (sometimes called a petty crime )
that demoralizes community residents and business people . Quality-of life offenses involve acts that
create physical disorder (for example excessive noise or vandalism) or that reflect social decay (for
example panhandling and prostitution).
Broken window - correct answer ✔✔A model of policing based on the notion that physical decay, such as
litter and abandoned buildings, can breed disorder in a community and can lead to crime by signaling
that laws are not being enforced. The broken windows thesis suggests that by encouraging the repair of
rundown buildings and controlling disorderly behavior in public spaces, police agencies can create an
environment in which serious crime cannot easily flourish.
Sworn officer - correct answer ✔✔A law enforcement officer who is trained and empowered to perform
full police duties, such as making arrests, conduction investigations, and carrying firearms.
Municipal police department - correct answer ✔✔A city- or town- based law enforcement agency.
Sheriff - correct answer ✔✔The elected chief officer of a county law enforcement agency. The sheriff is
usually responsible for law enforcement in unincorporated areas and for the operation of the county jail.
Fusion Center - correct answer ✔✔A multiagency law enforcement facility designed to enhance
cooperative efforts through a coordinated process for collecting, sharing, and analyzing information in
order to develop actionable intelligence.
Chapter 4
Crime prevention - correct answer ✔✔The anticipation, recognition, and appraisal of a crime risk and
the initiation of action to eliminate or reduce it.
CompStat - correct answer ✔✔A crime-analysis and police-management process built on crime mapping
that was developed by the New York City Police Department in the mid- 1990's.
Quality-of-life offense - correct answer ✔✔a minor violation of the law (sometimes called a petty crime )
that demoralizes community residents and business people . Quality-of life offenses involve acts that
create physical disorder (for example excessive noise or vandalism) or that reflect social decay (for
example panhandling and prostitution).
Broken window - correct answer ✔✔A model of policing based on the notion that physical decay, such as
litter and abandoned buildings, can breed disorder in a community and can lead to crime by signaling
that laws are not being enforced. The broken windows thesis suggests that by encouraging the repair of
rundown buildings and controlling disorderly behavior in public spaces, police agencies can create an
environment in which serious crime cannot easily flourish.
Sworn officer - correct answer ✔✔A law enforcement officer who is trained and empowered to perform
full police duties, such as making arrests, conduction investigations, and carrying firearms.
Municipal police department - correct answer ✔✔A city- or town- based law enforcement agency.
Sheriff - correct answer ✔✔The elected chief officer of a county law enforcement agency. The sheriff is
usually responsible for law enforcement in unincorporated areas and for the operation of the county jail.
Fusion Center - correct answer ✔✔A multiagency law enforcement facility designed to enhance
cooperative efforts through a coordinated process for collecting, sharing, and analyzing information in
order to develop actionable intelligence.
