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Chapter 5 — LAW Enforcement:  Functions, Organization, and Current Issues

 

Multiple Choice

 

1. The deviance control function of the police includes all but:
2. a) reinforcement of community values and laws
3. b) protecting the community against nonconformists

*          c)         suppressing dissent

1. keeping violators of community norms under control

 

2. Which of the following is true of civil order control?
3. There is often a political component of activities being controlled
4. There is always the possibility that the police will overreact or exacerbate the situation
5. Police may end up being adversaries of the citizens

*          d)         all of the above

 

3. In which model nation is both deviance control and civil order control performed by regular street police?

*          a)         England

1. France
2. Germany
3. Saudi Arabia

 

4. The two police organizations in France are:
5. Police Nationale and Compagnies Republicains de Securite

*          b)         Police Nationale and Gendarmerie Nationale

1. c) Gendarmerie Nationale and Gendarmerie Mobile
2. d) Compagnies Republicains de Securite and Gendarmerie Mobile

 

5. A citizen in Paris in need of police assistance would contact the:

*          a)         Police Nationale

1. Gendarmerie Nationale
2. Compagnies Republicains de Securite
3. Gendarmerie Mobile

 

6. A citizen apprehended during a riot in rural France is most likely to be arrested by

a member of the:

1. Police Nationale
2. Gendarmerie Nationale
3. Compagnies Republicains de Securite

*          d)         Gendarmerie Mobile

 

7. Civil order control in Germany is the responsibility of the:
8. Schutzpolizei
9. Kriminalpolizei

*          c)         Bereitschaftspolizei

1. d) Bundesgrenzschutz

 

8. A murder in Germany would be investigated by the:
9. a) Schutzpolizei

*          b)         Kriminalpolizei (113)

1. c) Bereitschaftspolizei
2. d) Bundesgrenzschutz

 

9. The French and German arrangements for civil order control are similar in that:
10. a) both have separate divisions to handle civil order control
11. b) both require recruits to train for and perform civil order work before going on street patrol
12. both require civil order police to live in barracks

*          d)         both a and c

 

10. Large civil disorder disputes in China are responded to by the:
11. public security police and the state security police
12. state security police and the Chinese People’s Armed police

*          c)         public security police and the Chinese People’s Armed police

1. d) Chinese People’s Armed police

 

11. A resident of rural Japan could expect regular visits from the local:
12. koban
13. chuzaisho

*          c)         chusai-san

1. d) kidotai

 

12. Tasks of Japanese officers who work in local police stations include:
13. helping conducting small businesses
14. regulating alcohol use
15. drug addiction counseling

*          d)         marriage and divorce counseling

 

13. The mutawa in Saudi Arabia are the:
14. regular police

*          b)         morals police

1. c) civil order police
2. d) secret police

 

14. Which of the following is the MAIN factor that inhibits international police cooperation?
15. language barriers
16. disparity of resources
17. lack of knowledge of cultures

*          d)         corruption

 

1. Which of the following is not a form of community policing:

*          a)         diverse policing

1. The use of computer technology – COMPSTAT
2. Order-maintenance policing (Zero Tolerance policing)
3. Proactive policing (Intelligence Based Policing)

 

 

Sentence Completion

 

1. Police perform two major functions in modern societies: deviance control and civil order control.

 

2. In England, Scotland Yard serves as a national repository for information on crime statistics, criminal activity, missing persons, fingerprints, and juvenile delinquent data.

 

3. The two police organizations in France are the Police Nationale, responsible for Paris and urban areas, and the Gendarmerie Nationale, responsible for rural areas and communities of less than 10,000 people.

 

4. In Germany the two types of police that are responsible for deviance control are the Schupo (Schutzpolizei) and the Kripo (Kriminalpolizei), while civil order control is the responsibility of the Bepo (Bereitschaftspolizei).

 

5. The Chinese People’s Armed Police, who may be called in during civil disorder uprisings, have dual responsibilities to the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of Public Security in China.

 

6. The large network of Japanese police posts is made up of kobans in urban areas and chuzaisho in rural areas.

 

7. The “morals force” in Saudi Arabia are known as the mutawa.

 

8. Community policing is an umbrella term that describes programs that serve as collaborative efforts between the police and the public to identify problems of crime and to find solutions to those problems.

 

9. The largest component of China’s police organization (almost 90 % of all the police in China) is the public security police.

 

10. Although crime in Germany has declined in recent years, the one kind of crime that continues to plague the police is hate crimes.

 

11. In England, the PSCO officers are those who work along with regular officers in neighborhood policing areas and perform routine duties, assisting and supporting

Police Officers, gathering intelligence, carrying out security patrols and, through

their presence alone, reassuring the public.

 

12. The public security police in China provide the basic uniformed patrol plus 12 other specialized functions.

 

13. Authoritarian model of policing is most closely related to dictator regimes.

 

14. Decentralized policing, places the responsibility of organizing policing solely in

the hands of states or provinces.

 

15. The term used to describe the range of military, police, and civilian interventions that seek to restore order and create a sustainable society after a period of war is peace operations.

 

 

True/False

 

F          1.         All modern police forces organize the deviance control and civil order control functions under separate police organizations to gain efficiencies in training and performance.

 

T          2.         The model of “policing by consent” remained a staple of British policing                           through the twentieth century.

 

T          3.         The Police Nationale is the larger of the two police forces in France.

 

F          4.         Community policing is generally carried out in similar ways throughout the world.

 

T          5.         All German police recruits begin their careers by living in barracks and training for civil order control before they go on to street patrol.

 

F          6.         Since the Cultural Revolution in China, public confidence and trust in the police has increased.

 

F          7.         The local police station in rural Japan is known as the chusai-san.

 

F          8.         The wife and children of a Japanese officer stationed in a koban are expected to perform administrative work to keep the office going.

 

T          9.         In Saudi Arabia, the mutawa assures that Saudi citizens live up to the rules of behavior that are derived from the Qur’an.

 

F         10.        Civil unrest is of little concern for the French police because of the

reductions in racial tensions in the country.

 

T          11.       Police in China have adopted “get tough” policies.

 

F          12.       All of the model countries are examples of countries that use community                           policing.

 

T           13.     The fastest growing sector of policing in the world today is private

policing.

 

T          14.      The most pressing problem facing private policing today is lack of   

regulation.

 

F          15.      UNPOL (formely CIVPOL) is a spy agency funded by the Dept. of                                     Homeland Security to assist the United Nations in intelligence gathering.

 

 

Short Answer Questions

 

1. List and explain the five basic models of policing that have been implemented

around the world.

 

2. What are the four elements that constitute community policing?

 

3. Explain the five goals of international police cooperation.

 

4. Describe the main considerations that one must address when trying to address the issue of police and diversity.

 

Essay Questions/Student Activities

 

1. Which of the six model nations do you believe has the most effective police force? Why?

 

2. How does the United States deal with problems related to civil order control? How do these methods compare and contrast with our model countries?

 

3. How might the koban system contribute to a low crime rate in Japan? Would such a system be adaptable to the United States?