CJ401 Exam

1.

In 2005, a Rand Corporation study identified several early predictors of middle school students becoming perpetrators of violence in high school. Which of the following is not one of those predictors?

[removed]A) Exhibiting early deviant behavior
[removed]B) Poor grades
[removed]C) Poverty
[removed]D) Frequent moves between elementary schools

2.

Based on research of the Charlotte, North Carolina, Neighborhood Violence Reduction Project, what is the effect of the use of traffic barricades to disrupt traffic patterns related to street-level drug sales?

[removed]A) The barricades had limited success.
[removed]B) The barricades had no success in disrupting drug markets, and the drug markets actually increased due to drug sellers readily adapting to the barricaded streets.
[removed]C) The barricades had no success in disrupting drug markets, but the drug markets did not increase.
[removed]D) The barricades achieved the desired effect of closing drug markets.

3.

Which of the following is a finding of the Government Accounting Office's recent research of DARE programs?

[removed]A) DARE has a statistically significant long-standing effect on prevention in children's attitudes toward illicit drug use.
[removed]B) DARE has no statistically significant long-standing effect on prevention in children's attitudes toward illicit drug use.
[removed]C) DARE has a moderate long-standing effect on prevention in children's attitudes toward illicit drug use.
[removed]D) There have been mixed findings on the effectiveness of DARE programs.

4.

What have been the results of evaluation research of drug courts?

[removed]A) Effective for reducing illicit drug usage but not alcohol consumption.
[removed]B) No effect on recidivism, but other positive outcomes.
[removed]C) Reduces recidivism and promotes other positive outcomes.
[removed]D) Juveniles referred to drug courts have demonstrated better results than adults.

5.

The Des Moines, Iowa Police Department developed a community involvement handbook that serves as a source of information and a guide for action. This has been referred to as the ________.

[removed]A) community consortium approach
[removed]B) neighborhood approach
[removed]C) municipal approach
[removed]D) community collaborative approach

6.

Community policing partnerships with schools should also include involvement with ________.

[removed]A) youth probation officers
[removed]B) juvenile or family court
[removed]C) social services
[removed]D) parents

7.

When youth programs concentrate on the policies and programs using a promote youth development approach, the focus of this effective strategy for delinquency prevention centers on which of the following?

[removed]A) Law enforcement centered approach to developmental issues
[removed]B) Youth as problem solvers rather than problems to be solved.
[removed]C) Continuous assessment to identify and remove problem youth.
[removed]D) Solving problems associated with youth delinquency.

8.

Which of the following is not one of the core components of the national drug strategy as promoted by the Office of National Drug Control Policy?

[removed]A) Limited legalization
[removed]B) Disrupting the market
[removed]C) Treatment
[removed]D) Prevention

9.

Which of the following was established by the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act?

[removed]A) Anti-bullying programs
[removed]B) National sex offender registry available on the Internet
[removed]C) All of these choices
[removed]D) Nationwide youth development programs

10.

In what sector are the economic costs of drug abuse the greatest?

[removed]A) Schools
[removed]B) Criminal justice efforts
[removed]C) Social service programs
[removed]D) Treatment programs

11.

According to the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing, which category of school break-ins involves arson?

[removed]A) Nuisance
[removed]B) Malicious
[removed]C) School rivalry
[removed]D) Professional

12.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Adopt-a-Bully Program focuses on which of the following?

[removed]A) Mediation between victims and bullies.
[removed]B) Pairing a school liaison officer with a bully for monitoring and behavior modification.
[removed]C) Psychiatric counseling for bullies.
[removed]D) Victim outreach.

13.

Youth-Focused Community Policing is a Department of Justice initiative that establishes law enforcement-community partnerships focused on ________.

[removed]A) law enforcement
[removed]B) intervention
[removed]C) a combination of prevention, intervention and law enforcement
[removed]D) prevention

14.

What is the single most important factor promoting drug use?

[removed]A) Use of drugs by family members and/or friends
[removed]B) Poverty.
[removed]C) Experimenting with gateway drugs
[removed]D) Use of drugs in movies

15.

The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program focuses on which of the following?

[removed]A) High school
[removed]B) Elementary school
[removed]C) Elementary and middle school (junior high)
[removed]D) Middle school and high school

16.

A National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported an increase in illicit drug use in which age group?

[removed]A) 18-29 year olds
[removed]B) 12-17 year olds
[removed]C) 50-59 year olds
[removed]D) 30-49 year olds

17.

The FBI has developed four categories of school shooters. Which category involves strongly implying violence?

[removed]A) Conditional threat
[removed]B) Direct threat
[removed]C) Veiled threat
[removed]D) Indirect threat

18.

A study by Mazerolle et al. summarizing academic studies evaluating the range of street-level drug law enforcement interventions came to what conclusion?

[removed]A) Law enforcement-only approaches focused on hot spots were ineffective.
[removed]B) Law enforcement-only approaches focused on hot spots worked best.
[removed]C) Police partnerships with a variety of community entities combined with law enforcement approaches focused on hot spots were no more or less effective than law enforcement-only approaches focused on hot spots.
[removed]D) Police partnerships with a variety of community entities combined with law enforcement approaches focused on hot spots were more effective than law enforcement-only approaches focused on hot spots.

19.

Which of the following is the oldest and most commonly used school/law enforcement partnership?

[removed]A) School resource officer (SRO)
[removed]B) School liaison officer (SLO)
[removed]C) Life skills resource liaison officer (LSRLO)
[removed]D) Adopt-a-cop

20.

Which of the following education programs has been validated by research as having a significant effect on reducing the risks of alcohol, tobacco and drug use as well as violence?

[removed]A) Safety First reality-based approach
[removed]B) All of these choices
[removed]C) DARE
[removed]D) Life-Skills Training (LST)