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The primary components of Compstat include


A) surveillance of known offenders.
B) surveillance of high-crime locations.
C) broken windows enforcement.
D) drug house crackdowns.

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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C

The origins of Compstat occurred in what police department?


A) New York City Police Department
B) New York City Transit Police Department
C) Chicago Police Department
D) Los Angeles Police Department

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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B

Describing the role of Compstat as a strategic approach by the phrase "headlight in the middle of night" infers that the role of Compstat may be simply


A) accountability.
B) real-time crime analysis.
C) data-driven management.
D) focusing.

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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Enforcement aimed at specific offenses committed by specific offenders at specific times and places is referred to as


A) problem-oriented policing.
B) the root-cause approach.
C) crime-specific policing.
D) concentrated patrol.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

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An evaluation of Compstat's implementation in Fort Worth,Texas,suggests that the central strategic element of the Compstat model is


A) focusing.
B) broken windows enforcement.
C) command accountability.
D) community engagement.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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From an organizational development perspective,the implementation of Compstat in New York City was a classic


A) application of the managerial grid.
B) reinvention of an organization.
C) comprehensive Theory Z implementation.
D) selective Theory Y implementation.

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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Compstat was developed in what decade?


A) 1970s
B) 1980s
C) 1990s
D) 2000s

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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The Compstat strategy meetings as originally conducted in NYPD are best characterized as


A) "Mickey Mouse."
B) cordial, even friendly.
C) firm but friendly.
D) hard, cold, and cruel.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Under the auspices of Compstat,the Three C's component of community policing is almost always


A) completely eliminated.
B) for the most part eliminated.
C) eliminated if there is "head-on" conflict.
D) left in place.

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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Compstat is strikingly similar to the generic principles of organizational success articulated in


A) From Good to Great by Jim Collins.
B) In Search of Excellence by Peters and Waterman.
C) The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge.
D) Reframing Organizations by Bolman and Deal.

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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Compstat can be regarded as a combination of a


A) strategy and a management style
B) tactic and a management style
C) strategy and a philosophy
D) theory and a philosophy

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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Under the Compstat accountability model,the focus of accountability is on what role?


A) chief of police (sheriff)
B) assistant chiefs
C) unit commanders
D) patrol officers

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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The implication of the scientific premise represented by Occam's Razor is that in New York City in the 1990s


A) social factors explain the drop in crime.
B) economic factors explain the drop in crime.
C) demographic factors explain the drop in crime.
D) Compstat explains the drop in crime.

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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As an amalgam of strategic approaches,Compstat has been characterized as a


A) theory.
B) paradigm.
C) hypothesis.
D) philosophy.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Findings in Fort Worth,Texas,note Compstat's central strategic element as which of the following?


A) focusing as engendered by problem-oriented approaches
B) differential effect of broken windows enforcement
C) criticality of command accountability
D) importance of maintaining community engagement

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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The series of books written about Compstat's implementation in New York City are premised upon the assumption that Compstat is


A) a total and complete failure.
B) still an unproven concept.
C) a dramatic and successful innovation.
D) "everything that works" in policing.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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C

Whether Compstat conflicts with community-oriented policing depends primarily on


A) one's definition of community-oriented policing.
B) one's definition of Compstat.
C) whether problem solving is part of Compstat.
D) whether data-driven deployment is part of Compstat.

E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

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The validity of the crime drop in New York in the 1990s as reported by NYPD is reinforced by parallel statistics reported by what two entities?


A) data compiled by the New York State Police and New York Bureau for Municipal Police
B) the BJS's Victimization Surveys and the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports
C) homicides as reported by public health departments and theft claims reported by auto insurance companies
D) the New York and New Jersey Port Authority and Regional Fusion Centers

E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

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Ultimately,the linkage between Compstat and community policing is best described by which of the following statements?


A) At the core, they reflect the same approach to crime control.
B) Compstat is a variant of community policing.
C) Community policing is a variant of Compstat.
D) Compstat is an alternative to community policing.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

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The individual credited with being the "inventor" of Compstat is


A) William Bratton.
B) George Kelling.
C) Robert Trojanowicz.
D) Herman Goldstein.

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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