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Complete these Criminal Justice questions based on your experience, knowledge, or sources. Explain in as much detail as possible.
Book - CRIME CONTROL IN AMERICA WHAT WORKS
CHAPTER 1: IDENTIFYING AND EVALUATING CRIME CONTROL
1. Distinguish between crime control and prevention.
2. Discuss the dimensions of the crime problem in America.
3. Explain various "approaches" to the crime problem.
4. Summarize the importance of definitions in the crime control debate.
5. Discuss what crime control evaluations are problematic.
6. Define displacement and diffusion.
7. Explain why scientific knowledge is tentative.
8. Explain how funding and political ideologies guide crime control priorities.
9. Summarize the concept of evidence-based justice.
CHAPTER 2: CRIME CONTROL PERSPECTIVES
1. Summarize operational perspectives of criminal justice.
2. Summarize political perspectives of criminal justice.
3. Discuss other perspectives of criminal justice.
4. Explain the goals of crime control.
CHAPTER 3: TRADITIONAL POLICING
1. Explain the theory underlying traditional policing.
2. Summarize the relationship between police hiring and crime.
3. Explain how police resources can be freed up for crime control purposes.
4. Describe the limitations of reactive and random patrol.
5. Explain the association between detective work and crime.
6. Discuss private policing and its relationship to crime.
CHAPTER 4: PROACTIVE POLICING, DIRECTED PATROL, AND RECENT ADVANCEMENTS
1. Explain the relationship between proactive arrest strategies and crime.
2. Summarize the effects of directed patrol on crime.
3. Discuss broken windows and disorder-reducing approaches to law enforcement and whether they are effective.
4. Discuss focused deterrence strategies and their effects on criminal behavior.
5. Explain how partnering with other agencies may or may not benefit the police.
6. Summarize the relationship between less-lethal weapons and crime.
7. Know how data are used to inform police decision-making.