The Kansas City experiment showed that decreasing preventive patrol:
a. had little impact on crimes and overall effectiveness.
b. had a large impact on effectiveness.
c. significantly lowered reports of crime.
d. reduced calls for service to an all-time low.
a
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This term refers to "evidence that residents in a community care enough about their own place of residence to defend it against criminal intrusions."
A. Natural surveillance B. Territoriality C. Accessibility D. Opportunity
When may a police officer arrest a person without a warrant?
What will be an ideal response?
In the frankpledge system, 10 tythings were grouped together into a “hundred”; the ______ was the leader of the hundred and is considered to be the first real police officer because he dealt with more serious breaches of law.
A. shire reeves B. watchman C. hundredman D. frankpledge
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care is considered a prevention effort and is not useful for juveniles who have already engaged in delinquency. 2. Mediation is often used as a diversionary measure within the criminal justice system and is thought to save time and money. 3. Victim circles are said to promote psychological healing, and offender circles, often known as circles of support, help provide guidance in terms of getting a person back on his or her feet and reintegrating him or her back into the community. 4. Prevention efforts such as risk assessments that isolate youth from a particular racial or ethnic group as particularly apt to engage in delinquency are risky in and of themselves and can result in the disproportionate social control of low-income youth of color.