Crime prevention
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- Q1
One way to reduce crime in housing projects is to have housing units placed in such a way so as tenants develop a protective attitude towards shared area. Newman termed this:
Determined space
Diffusion of space
out of space
Defensible Space
30s - Q2
According to Newman the 4 factors that create defensible space are:
Territoriality, Natural surveillance, Image and Milieu
Territoriality, Neighborhood surveillance, Image and Milieu
Territory, Natural surveillance, Image and Milieu
Territoriality, Natural surveillance, Image and Mildew
30s - Q3
Milieu is
how pretty courtyards are
an unnecessary term used by a psychologist
about the buildings surroundings
A French town with an extreme high bridge designed by Brendan Foster
30s - Q4
Newman researched the Van Dyke and Brownsville housing projects. he argued that Brownsville had lower crime rates because:
There were courtyards, which meant there were many BBQ's, which increased surveillance, which meant strangers were challenged.
Brownsville had nicer people.
Van Dyke was high rise which meant that people got fed up climbing all the stairs, which meant they vandalised out of frustration, which increased crime overall.
There were courtyards, which meant children played outside, which increased surveillance, which meant strangers were challenged.
30s - Q5
Zimbardo's 1969 experiment involved placing two cars. One in the Bronx and one in Palo Alto. What happened?
Both cars were left untouched.
The one in the Palo Alto was stolen from in 10 minutes and stripped in three days. The one from The Bronx was left until zimbardo hit it with a sledgehammer, whereupon it was destroyed in a matter of hours.
Both cars were left undamaged until Zimbardo hit them with a sledgehammer
The one in the Bronx was stolen from in 10 minutes and stripped in three days. The one from Palo Alto was left until zimbardo hit it with a sledgehammer, whereupon it was destroyed in a matter of hours.
30s - Q6
Broken Windows theory suggests that
If a window is left broken crime will not increase because no one will want to make their neighborhood seem worse.
If a window is left broken crime will increase because no one is seen to be in control and there are no consequences to criminal activity.
People will break more windows because they like having a smashing time.
If a window is left unbroken crime will increase because no one is seen to be in control and there are no consequences to criminal activity.
30s - Q7
Zero Tolerance Policing is a policing strategy to prevent the development of
crack cocaine use
prosocial norms
social desirability bias
antisocial norms
30s - Q8
Zero Tolerance Policing was estimated by Sousa and Kelling to have reduced violent crime by
50%
5%
10%
100%
30s - Q9
Another reason that Zero Tolerance Policing may have been seen to have reduced crime is
People left NY to live in the suburbs.
Crack Cocaine use fell at the same time ZTP was introduced.
Home entertainment got better and more people stayed at home.
The rise of vigilantes.
30s - Q10
The safe and clean neighborhood program involved
Taking police officers out of their cars and onto mounted horse patrols.
Taking police officers out of their cars and onto foot patrols.
Taking police officers out of their cars and into armoured response vehicles.
Taking police officers out of their cars and into community cleaning programs.
30s - Q11
According to Wilson and Kelling what frightens people in public spaces?
Being bothered by disorderly people such as beggars, drunks and addicts.
Violent attackers but also being bothered by unwanted police attention
Violent attackers
Violent attackers but also being bothered by disorderly people such as beggars, drunks and addicts.
30s - Q12
People in run down areas were known as either 'regulars' or 'strangers'. Foot patrol officers
Saw their job as making sure strangers followed the letter of the law
Saw their job as making sure everyone, either regular or stranger followed the letter of the law
Saw their job as keeping an eye on strangers and making sure that disreputable regulars observed informal rules.
Saw their job as keeping an eye on regulars and making sure that disreputable strangers observed informal rules.
30s - Q13
Broken Windows suggests there is a developmental sequence between disorder and crime. This means that
Where people do not care for their property there is a breakdown of community controls which can soon create an inhospitable place,
Where people do not care for their property they will soon face financial ruin
Where people do not care for their property there is a breakdown of political control which can soon create an inhospitable place,
Where people do not care for their property they should enter into therapy.
30s - Q14
According to Wilson and Kelling the citizen who fears the ill-smelling drunk or the unchecked group of youths is in effect
The first broken window.
letting them get away with their misdemeanors.
Putting too many demands on the police.
A reactionary boomer
30s - Q15
According to Wilson and Kelling the police should focus on the value of maintaining intact communities instead of crime statistics
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