Community Policing Chapter 3
social contract - ANS-A legal theory that suggests that for everyone to receive justice, each
person must relinquish some individual freedom.
community - ANS-The specific geographic area served by a police department or law
enforcement agency and the individuals, organizations, and agencies within that area.
social capital - ANS-Refers to the strength of a community's social fabric and includes the
elements of trustworthiness and obligations. Two levels of social capital are local and public.
bowling alone - ANS-A metaphor referring to a striking decline in social capital and civic
engagement in the United States.
broken windows phenomenon - ANS-Suggests that if it appears no one cares about the
community, as indicated by broken windows not being repaired, then disorder and crime will
thrive.
incivilities - ANS-Occur when social control mechanisms have eroded and include unmowed
lawns, piles of accumulated trash, graffiti, public drunkenness, fighting, prostitution, abandoned
buildings, and broken windows.
displacement - ANS-The theory that successful implementation of a crime-reduction initiative
does not really prevent crime; instead it just moves the crime to another area.
ecology of crime - ANS-A theory that explains how criminal opportunities are created in
neighborhoods.
tipping point - ANS-That point at which an ordinary, stable phenomenon can turn into a crisis.
White flight - ANS-The departure of White families from neighborhoods experiencing racial
integration or from cities experiencing school desegregation.
demographics - ANS-The characteristics of a human population or community.
homogeneous - ANS-Involving things (including people) that are basically similar, alike.
heterogeneous - ANS-Involving things (including people that are unlike, dissimilar, different.
ghetto - ANS-An area of a city usually inhabited by individuals of the same race or ethnic
background who live in poverty and apparent social disorganization.
social contract - ANS-A legal theory that suggests that for everyone to receive justice, each
person must relinquish some individual freedom.
community - ANS-The specific geographic area served by a police department or law
enforcement agency and the individuals, organizations, and agencies within that area.
social capital - ANS-Refers to the strength of a community's social fabric and includes the
elements of trustworthiness and obligations. Two levels of social capital are local and public.
bowling alone - ANS-A metaphor referring to a striking decline in social capital and civic
engagement in the United States.
broken windows phenomenon - ANS-Suggests that if it appears no one cares about the
community, as indicated by broken windows not being repaired, then disorder and crime will
thrive.
incivilities - ANS-Occur when social control mechanisms have eroded and include unmowed
lawns, piles of accumulated trash, graffiti, public drunkenness, fighting, prostitution, abandoned
buildings, and broken windows.
displacement - ANS-The theory that successful implementation of a crime-reduction initiative
does not really prevent crime; instead it just moves the crime to another area.
ecology of crime - ANS-A theory that explains how criminal opportunities are created in
neighborhoods.
tipping point - ANS-That point at which an ordinary, stable phenomenon can turn into a crisis.
White flight - ANS-The departure of White families from neighborhoods experiencing racial
integration or from cities experiencing school desegregation.
demographics - ANS-The characteristics of a human population or community.
homogeneous - ANS-Involving things (including people) that are basically similar, alike.
heterogeneous - ANS-Involving things (including people that are unlike, dissimilar, different.
ghetto - ANS-An area of a city usually inhabited by individuals of the same race or ethnic
background who live in poverty and apparent social disorganization.
