Transforming Community Policing 1

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Chapter 1: Communities, Crime, and Social Disorder Review Questions

True/False Questions

1. Community policing practices have been changing, adapting, and

transforming over time. (p.4)
2. Low-Demand Neighbourhoods usually have high degrees of social
control. (p.4)
3. The Mobilization and Engagement Model of Community Policing was
created by the police leaders in Ontario (p.8)
4. Amber zone neighbourhoods are those in which there are far more
people and organizations that share common values and work
together to deal with common threats to safety and well-being, and
request fewer calls for service (p.8)
5. The more the crime and social disorder problems, the easier it is for
community policing officers to identify effective local groups and
individuals to deal with viable threats to safety and well-being in the
neighbourhoods. (p. 11)
6. Statistics Canada says that police-reported crime rates in Canada
continue on a 40-year decline to the present day. (p.19)
7. Community exists more in neighbourhoods where police are called
more often. (p. 21)
8. According to the text, community policing is a magic bullet. (p.24)
9. A number of municipalities have developed their own set of well-
being indexes. (p. 22)
10. Police and local neighbourhood assets are sufficient to reshape
community life in high-demand neighbourhoods. (p.28)
11. High demand neighbourhoods will need to reach out to higher
levels of governments such as regional, county or provincial. (p.29)
12. Community Policing should be applied the same way in every
community. (p. 31)

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Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to your text, what neighbourhood would require the least

attention from police officers:
a. areas with high social control
b. areas no social control
c. areas with lots of pets
d. areas that are made up of low-income families

2. Reoffending that occurs after the completion of treatment or

sanctions for previous criminal behaviour is known as:
a. procedural justice
b. social disorder
c. recidivism
d. social control

3. Which of the following is NOT considered a social determinant of

health?
a. age
b. mental health
c. addictions
d. poverty

4. ALL of the following are examples of community capacity-building

EXCEPT:
a. improving housing values
b. creating playgrounds and recreational facilities for neighbours
c. providing peer mentoring for high school students to help them
stay in school and succeed
d. increasing police presence at school grounds

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5. Greatest levels of victimization occur as a result of:

a. an increase in social control
b. crime and disorder
c. police arrests
d. lack of socialization

6. Durable relations are beneficial because

a. they are strong and can endure through the pressures and
changes that life can bring
b. they involve many levels of government
c. they mean you are happy all the time
d. they are relationships that are varied and not easily described

7. Which zone represents neighbourhoods that have far more people

and organizations that share common values and work together with
common threats to safety and well-being:
a. the red zone
b. the blue zone
c. the yellow zone
d. the green zone

8. What are the building blocks of social capital?

a. respect, trust, caring, sharing and cooperating
b. love, compassion, truth, trust and co-operating
c. red or blue zones
d. people and social capital

Fill-in-the-Blanks

1. ___________________ are known in the policing sector as “social

determinants of safety? ( p. 20)
2. _________________ are community or personal characteristics that can
signal the problem of crime or social disorder (like broken windows).
(p.12)

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3. _______________________ is ill-treatment like bullying, oppression,

discrimination, abuse, and harassment at the hands of another person
or people. (p. 10)
4. “A social unit of any size that shares common values is known as a
_________(p.6)
5. According to your text, neighbourhoods where police have to
respond most often are neighbourhoods that are not exerting
sufficient levels of ________________(p.13)
6. _______________________ is the identification, strengthening, and linking
of the neighbourhoods tangible resources like people, organizations,
businesses, housing and natural environment, and intangible
resources like relationships among residents, spirit of community,
pride in the neighbourhood, and willingness to work together for the
common good. ( p.15)
7. Most high-demand neighbourhoods have insufficient levels of
_____________:positive relationships between people that enable them
to work together for the common good. (p.16)
8. Neighbourhoods that value what the police do in their
neighbourhood are known as ____________________(p. 17)
9. _________________ is known as strong and positive relationships
between people who may have different backgrounds, tackling
community problems together and developing a positive climate for
community building. (p.20)
10. __________________ are things such as access to income,
education, employment and job security, safe and healthy working
conditions, early childhood development, food security, quality
housing, social inclusion, cohesive social safety networks and health
services(p. 20)
11. The three types of agencies that populate the web or
organizations are __________________, _______________________ and
____________________. (p. 29)

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Short Answer Questions

1. Define community and give examples of a community in the context

of community policing. (p.6)

2. What are the social determinants of health and what do they have to
do with community policing? (p. 20)

3. What does “police legitimacy” mean, and how does it relate to

community policing? (p. 17)

4. What is the role of social capital in building community and what are
the building blocks? (p.16)

5. When police are planning a community policing strategy for a target

neighbourhood, what kinds of analysis and research do you think
they should do first? ( p.11)

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