Test Bank for Police Administration, 11th Edition Cordner (All Chapters included) with Questions and Correct Answers

Test Bank for Police Administration, 11th Edition Cordner (All Chapters included) with Questions and Correct Answers Systems approach to PA - Correct Answer>>Emphasizes the interrelatedness that characterizes modern society and the necessity of viewing people, organizations, and modern society and processes as parts of larger systems. The systems approach helps us to keep external influence factors in mind. mission - Correct Answer>>The most general statement of an organization's purpose is called its ___. goals, objectives - Correct Answer>>Slightly more specific purposes are termed ___, even more precise purposes are labeled ___. Mission statement - Correct Answer>>Typically expresses the most important values that guide the dept and the overall philosophy of the agency. Role of mission statement - Correct Answer>>To focus on the purpose of the organization, to call attention to what is important, and to set organizational goals to align practices with values. primary goals of any police department - Correct Answer>>1. To protect life 2. To protect property 3. To maintain order primary objectives of police - Correct Answer>>1. To prevent and control conduct widely recognized as threatening to life and property 2. To aid individuals who are in danger of physical harm 3. To protect constitutional guarantees 4. To facilitate the movement of people and vehicles 5. To assist those who cannot care for themselves 6. To resolve conflict 7. To identify problems that have the potential for becoming more serious 8. To create and maintain a feeling of security in the community values to consider - Correct Answer>>1. Efficiency 2. Legality 3. Equity 4. Accountability efficiency - Correct Answer>>Police administrators must also use their resources wisely, getting the biggest possible bang for their buck-in other words they should strive for ___. legality - Correct Answer>>Police officers and administrators must also exercise great care in assuring the ___ of their actions. Equity - Correct Answer>>___ requires that all actions be guided by principles of fairness so that decisions are equitable in light of the circumstances in each case. accountability - Correct Answer>>In our constitutional and democratic system of government, the ultimate ___ of the police to the courts, political leaders, and the public must be unchallenged. A system is - Correct Answer>>an assemblage of objects or functions united by some interaction or interdependence. subsystems - Correct Answer>>All systems have ___. single change - Correct Answer>>A ___ in any one factor will bring changes in other factors. individual - Correct Answer>>Each ___ must be looked upon as a system. what they do - Correct Answer>>Systems can also be described in terms of ___. primary characteristics of systems - Correct Answer>>1. They are comprised of subsystems that may be looked upon as systems in and of themselves 2. They are made up of factors that interact and/or are interdependent 3. They are established for the purpose of meeting specific goals and objectives