MADS 81: Contemporary Issues In Community Policing
MADS 6655.81
Contemporary Issues in Community Policing
Herbert F. Pendleton, EdD
Final Exam
Select one from each chapter and provide a one paragraph response answering the information requested.
Chapter 8 1) Discuss in general rationale for learning “what works” in criminal justice in general, and for measuring (assessing and evaluating) COPPS initiatives in specific. 2) Describe the major differences between assessments (as defined in the S.A.R.A. problem solving process) and an empirical impact evaluation of a COPPS strategy. 3) Explain why the accomplishment of an actual impact evaluation is uniquely challenging for the police agency in terms of one’s knowledge, skills and abilities – and some means for acquiring the services …show more content…
6) Describe the benefits of an agency’s employing the CP-SAT system for its COPPS initiatives.
Chapter 9 1) Explain the basic schools of thought as per Knowles and Bloom concerning the concepts of adult – and problem based learning, and apply them to training for COPPS. 2) Describe the characteristics of a learning organization, and why it is important for police agencies to become as such. 3) Delineate the unique challenges that are involved with training police officers. 4) Review how knowledge is imparted at the basic recruit academy as well as with the post academy, in-service, and roll call methods. 5) List some kinds of technologies that exist in police training. 6) Detail the means for determining officers’ training needs.
Chapter 10 1) Explain in contemporary terms what is meant by diversity. 2) Delineate the historical background of police-minority relations. 3) Review whether or not the criminal justice system discriminates against minorities; include the findings by RAND as well as the perceptions of other notable …show more content…
7) Explain why it is important for a police agency to be diverse, and provide examples of what some police agencies are doing to enhance their ability to recruit women and minorities.
Chapter 11 1) Describe the kinds of strategies that may be employed by police to meet the challenges posed by methamphetamine – and the recent “shake and bake” form of drug lab – as well as some of the methods used and the hazards faced by the police to identify, eliminate, and clean up clandestine drug labs. 2) Review what research shows works and does not work with regard to street-level drug enforcement, particularly as it concerns crackdowns, community partnerships, and problem-oriented policing. 3) Explain how open-air drug markets operate, what challenges they pose, and what COPPS efforts have done to meet those challenges. 4) Explain the problem of prescription drugs, particularly pharmaceutical counterfeiting and “pharming parties.” 5) Explain how COPPS efforts are being directed toward the identification, prevention, and suppression of
Contemporary Issues in Community Policing
Herbert F. Pendleton, EdD
Final Exam
Select one from each chapter and provide a one paragraph response answering the information requested.
Chapter 8 1) Discuss in general rationale for learning “what works” in criminal justice in general, and for measuring (assessing and evaluating) COPPS initiatives in specific. 2) Describe the major differences between assessments (as defined in the S.A.R.A. problem solving process) and an empirical impact evaluation of a COPPS strategy. 3) Explain why the accomplishment of an actual impact evaluation is uniquely challenging for the police agency in terms of one’s knowledge, skills and abilities – and some means for acquiring the services …show more content…
6) Describe the benefits of an agency’s employing the CP-SAT system for its COPPS initiatives.
Chapter 9 1) Explain the basic schools of thought as per Knowles and Bloom concerning the concepts of adult – and problem based learning, and apply them to training for COPPS. 2) Describe the characteristics of a learning organization, and why it is important for police agencies to become as such. 3) Delineate the unique challenges that are involved with training police officers. 4) Review how knowledge is imparted at the basic recruit academy as well as with the post academy, in-service, and roll call methods. 5) List some kinds of technologies that exist in police training. 6) Detail the means for determining officers’ training needs.
Chapter 10 1) Explain in contemporary terms what is meant by diversity. 2) Delineate the historical background of police-minority relations. 3) Review whether or not the criminal justice system discriminates against minorities; include the findings by RAND as well as the perceptions of other notable …show more content…
7) Explain why it is important for a police agency to be diverse, and provide examples of what some police agencies are doing to enhance their ability to recruit women and minorities.
Chapter 11 1) Describe the kinds of strategies that may be employed by police to meet the challenges posed by methamphetamine – and the recent “shake and bake” form of drug lab – as well as some of the methods used and the hazards faced by the police to identify, eliminate, and clean up clandestine drug labs. 2) Review what research shows works and does not work with regard to street-level drug enforcement, particularly as it concerns crackdowns, community partnerships, and problem-oriented policing. 3) Explain how open-air drug markets operate, what challenges they pose, and what COPPS efforts have done to meet those challenges. 4) Explain the problem of prescription drugs, particularly pharmaceutical counterfeiting and “pharming parties.” 5) Explain how COPPS efforts are being directed toward the identification, prevention, and suppression of