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Chapter 3 Self-Check
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The Jersey City Preventive Patrol Experiment was the foundational study
of the effectiveness of police patrol against crime.
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The elements of SARS include:
Scanning
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Assessment
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all of the above
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"a" and "b'" only
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Which of the following is an example of proactive investigation?
sting operations
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undercover work in gangs
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undercover work in drug operations
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use of confidential informants
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all of the above are used in proactive investigation
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Social changes are driving new changes in police operations.
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Police are resistant to the imposition of new technologies.
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Attempts to replicate the Minneapolis Domestic Violence Study found
even stronger deterrent effects of arrest.
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Which of the following are irrelevant to modern changes in police strategies?
new emerging methods for solving problems
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social changes
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the changing nature of crime
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all of the above
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none of the above; all have an impact on police strategies
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The Flint Foot Patrol program showed what effect(s) on nighttime crime?
it was much more effective because crooks could not see the cops sneaking up on them
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it was much less effective because daytime crime was simply deferred to the post-midnight
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there was no discernible impact on nighttime crime
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nighttime crime was not measured as part of the Flint program
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none of the above
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DNA evidence is analyzed:
by the on-scene crime investigator
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at the police station by police clerks
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by technicians in state- or locally maintained crime labs
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by private firms with science credentials, hired by the police agency
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none of the above
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Matches made by the Automatic Fingerprint Examiner will be accepted
as evidence by the courts.
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