Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1) The police spend the majority of their time enforcing the law and fighting crime.
2) Crime prevention focuses on reducing both crime and fear of crime.
3) The peacekeeping role of the police involves a focus on quality-of-life offenses.
4) Quality-of-life offenses are major law violations such as murder.
5) The broken windows model of policing is most relevant to the service provision role of the police.
1. F
2. T
3. T
4. F
5. F
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a. True b. False
Many states have encountered opposition to blanket laws to decriminalize ______ among underage youth because this would undermine the ability of police to intervene and exert their authority over the youth.
A. prostitution B. status offenses C. drug use D. property crimes
Officers in the CRASH unit of which police department were accused of routinely choking and punching individuals for the sole purpose of intimidating them?
A. Los Angeles B. Chicago C. Washington D. New York
Police officers with in-car data access technology make more than eight times as many inquiries on driving records, vehicle registrations, and wanted persons or property per 8-hour shift than do officers without in-car computers
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false