10 question test

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Question 1 of 1010.0 PointsA police captain is conducting hot spots policing interventions on a very active drug market in his precinct. In which of the following scenarios is he witnessing spatial diffusion?

A. Drug sales are reduced in the area of his intervention, and they go up in surrounding areas
B. Drug sales are reduced in the area of his intervention, and there is no change in surrounding areas
C. Drug sales are reduced in the area of his intervention, and are also reduced in surrounding areas
D. Drug sales are not changed in the area of his intervention, and are not changed in surrounding areas

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Question 2 of 1010.0 PointsWith the same hot spots program in mind, in which of the following scenarios is he witnessing spatial displacement?

A. Drug sales are reduced in the area of his intervention, and they go up in surrounding areas
B. Drug sales are reduced in the area of his intervention, and there is no change in surrounding areas
C. Drug sales are reduced in the area of his intervention, and are also reduced in surrounding areas
D. Drug sales are not changed in the area of his intervention, and are not changed in surrounding areas

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Question 3 of 1010.0 PointsThis same police captain decides that hot sports policing isn’t making much of an impact on the drug markets and the violent crimes that surrounds them, and so when he stumbles on a program that involves identifying the most prolific offenders, offering them employment and health services, putting them in contact with local religious leaders, and letting them know that the police are going to be watching them more closely, he implements it right away. What sort of program is he implementing?

A. Community Policing
B. Police Raids
C. Spot and Frisk Policing
D. Pulling Levers Policing

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Question 4 of 1010.0 PointsBut he then realizes that he doesn’t have strong enough connections on this neighborhood to get such a program going, so to establish those connections he sends police officers into the neighborhood to simply meet, chat with, and listen to the concerns of as many residents as possible. What sort of policing is he practicing here?

A. Community Policing
B. Police Raids
C. Spot and Frisk Policing
D. Pulling Levers Policing

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Question 5 of 1010.0 PointsWhich of the following provides the best response to the statement, “All the drug offenders in prison are low-level drug offenders.”

A. “Yes, they all are.”
B. “No, none of them are. They’re all serious offenders.”
C. “Sort of. It’s probably more accurate to say that some are but not a majority.”
D. “Sort of. It’s probably more accurate to say that most are but not all.”

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Question 6 of 1010.0 PointsPer your book, which one of the following is NOT a way that the prison population could increase?

A. The likelihood of arrest increases
B. The length of imprisonment increases
C. The number of prisons built increases
D. The likelihood of imprisonment upon arrest increases

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Question 7 of 1010.0 PointsPer your book, which one of the following is NOT a way that drug arrests could reduce rates of other crimes?

A. They can generally scare people away from committing any type of crime
B. They can disrupt drug markets
C. They can reduce drug use
D. They can result in arresting someone who might have otherwise committed a non-drug crime

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Question 8 of 1010.0 PointsPer your book, which one of the following is NOT a way that drug arrests could increase rates of other crimes?

A. They can disrupt drug markets
B. They can divert resources from other types of crime
C. They can move other offenders from prison or jail to make room for drug offenders
D. They can cause anger that leads to crime in the name of rebellion against what is perceived as an unfair system

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Question 9 of 1010.0 PointsIn terms of reducing drug use, the evidence presented by your book suggests which of the following about the punitive policies towards drug crime of the past few decades?

A. The have been mostly unsuccessful
B. They have been mostly successful
C. They have been entirely successful
D. There isn’t any data on drug use that would help us answer this question

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Question 10 of 1010.0 PointsWhich of the following statements about gender and imprisonment is true?

A. In the last few decades, the rate of imprisonment for men has grown more rapidly than for women
B. In the last few decades, the rate of imprisonment for women has grown more rapidly than for men
C. In the last few decades, the rate of imprisonment for men and women has grown at a nearly equal rate
D. We do not know the rate of the growth in imprisonment for men and women over the past few decades because accurate records for imprisonment by gender have only been in existence since 2000

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