Q&A Hero

Q: Before the 1970s, police departments treated domestic violence as a serious criminal matter. a. True b. False

Q: The SAMIC3 plan is an essential part of the evaluation phase of the WDEP system.

Q: Police officers have considerable discretion. a. True b. False

Q: The watchman style of policing stresses order maintenance. a. True b. False

Q: Both contact and withdrawal are necessary and important to healthy functioning.

Q: During the anal stage, children typically experience a range of negative feelings, including rage, hate, and hostility.

Q: The police can enforce every law and catch every lawbreaker if they have the resources. a. True b. False

Q: There are several issues in Stan's life that would interest an existential therapist. Which of the following is not one of these? a. his use of alcohol and drugs b. his suicidal thoughts c. his persistent feelings of guilt d. his feelings of isolation e. his positive experience with his summer camp supervisor

Q: Public support for police budgets is greatest when police departments stress the service function. a. True b. False

Q: When a crime is committed, delays can give the criminal an advantage in escaping capture by the police. a. True b. False

Q: It is the job of the reality therapist to convey the idea that no matter how bad things are there is hope.

Q: Therapy is based upon the successful resolution of the transference relationship.

Q: Laws regulating disorderly conduct deal with clear-cut situations. a. True b. False

Q: The major developmental task of the anal stage is acquiring a sense of trust.

Q: The police system of the national government of France is more centralized than its counterpart in the United States. a. True b. False

Q: Native American tribes are separate, sovereign nations with a significant degree of legal autonomy within the United States. a. True b. False

Q: Which therapeutic approach would focus on gender-role analysis and gender-role socialization with Stan? a. strategic family therapy b. Adlerian therapy c. feminist therapy d. existential therapy e. narrative therapy

Q: Reality therapy is often used in treating drug and alcohol abusers.

Q: Since September 11, 2001, U.S. law enforcement has decreased its presence in foreign countries. a. True b. False

Q: A Gestalt therapist pays attention to ways the client uses language.

Q: After September 11, 2001, the FBI changed its priorities to include protecting the United States from terrorist attack. a. True b. False

Q: Federal law enforcement agencies in the United States are part of the legislative branch. a. True b. False

Q: Freud postulated the theory of infantile sexuality.

Q: Advocates of the community policing approach believe in focusing only on the most serious crimes. a. True b. False

Q: Which therapeutic approach is likely to use interventions with Stan such as pre-therapy change, exception questions, scaling questions, and the miracle question? a. Adlerian therapy b. rational emotive behavior therapy c. existential therapy d. solution-focused therapy e. none of the above

Q: The community policing model argues that it is easy to improve the percentage of crimes solved. a. True b. False

Q: A main function of the reality therapist is to encourage clients to assess their behavior to determine how well it is working for them.

Q: In the Gestaltist view, unfinished business is best explored in the present.

Q: Increasing the number of patrol officers does not have much effect on the crime rate. a. True b. False

Q: Ego-defense mechanisms, by their very nature, imply psychopathology.

Q: The political policing era relied heavily on patronage. a. True b. False

Q: An Adlerian therapist would interpret Stan's depression as: a. a sickness that needs to be cured. b. discouragement that can be helped by encouragement. c. a feeling that leads to his faulty thinking. d. related to unfinished business. e. internalized anger and guilt.

Q: During the professional policing era, the Progressives were mainly upper-middle-class educated Americans. a. True b. False

Q: The professional model of policing suggests that the officers should use technology. a. True b. False

Q: Glasser recommends that therapists look back for the causes of a client's present failures.

Q: The Gestalt therapist typically uses diagnosis and interpretation as a basic part of the therapeutic process.

Q: U.S. Marshals were the officials who tried to bring law and order in the western territories after the Civil War. a. True b. False

Q: According to Freud, consciousness constitutes the largest part of one's psychological functioning.

Q: The roots of American policing lie in the French legal tradition. a. True b. False

Q: The United States has no national police force. a. True b. False

Q: Which of the following would not be part of an Adlerian approach to working with Stan? a. giving homework assignments b. gathering data about his dreams c. examining his private logic d. exploring his family constellation e. confronting the ways he is seeking to escape his freedom through drugs and alcohol

Q: Clients are expected to focus on their feelings and attitudes, and then their behavior will change.F

Q: England has no national police force. a. True b. False

Q: Discuss how police officers balance actions, decision making, and discretion.

Q: Gestalt theory is best considered as a form of psychoanalytic therapy.

Q: Freud postulated the concepts of both life instincts and death instincts.

Q: Describe how the police are organized.

Q: Identify and analyze the functions of the police.

Q: Explain the duties and priorities of the FBI before and since 9/11.

Q: Which of the following is not true when viewing Stan's problems from the standpoint of self-psychology and the object-relations theory? a. On some levels, he is stuck in the symbiotic phase. b. The focus would be on Stan's developmental sequences. c. He is unable to get confirmation of his worth from himself. d. He had accomplished the task of individuation. e. He is repeating patterns he formed with his mother during infancy.

Q: Reality therapists maintain that clients will not change unless they assume a self-critical attitude.

Q: Explain James Q. Wilson's broken windows theory. Provide an example of when and where the theory could be put into practice.

Q: Gestalt group work is: a. action-oriented. b. standardized. c. focused on the here and now. d. creative. e. all but (b)

Q: The libido refers to the energy of all the life instincts.

Q: Discuss the impacts of budgetary constraints on community policing.

Q: How can advancements in technologies for both citizens and the police assist police?

Q: What problems are created by the existence of police discretion and how can police discretion be controlled?

Q: How would a psychoanalytic therapist view Stan's drinking problem? a. as a means of working though his Oedipal complex b. as a personal power issue associated with early trauma experienced in the anal stage c. as an oral fixation d. as a result of the ego-defense mechanism of introjection e. as a manifestation of his collective unconscious

Q: Choice theory is based on the assumption that people are in charge of their own destiny.

Q: Explain two functions the police perform in society and how the public perceives police performance in these areas.

Q: Contemporary Gestalt therapists view client resistance as: a. a way that clients avoid confrontation. b. a sign of poor motivation for therapeutic work. c. a therapy interfering force that needs to be overcome. d. an element of therapy that needs to be respected.

Q: There is significant evidence that minority citizens in the United States have less faith in the police than Caucasian citizens do. Explain this difference through the use of examples.

Q: Which function of policing do you think is most likely to help reduce crime? Provide some examples to support your position..

Q: The id is related to the concept of libido.

Q: What is the current thinking in the field regarding the role of spirituality in counseling? a. There is growing evidence that spiritual practice promotes psychological well-being. b. Counselors are encouraged to be cautious and engage in peripheral discussions only. c. There is little interest in integrating spiritual issues in counseling. d. Counselors should take a directive approach in helping clients meet their spiritual needs. e. Spirituality and counseling should be kept separate.

Q: Discuss two political values or social conditions that are currently shaping American policing.

Q: A city's ________ is forced to make decisions about how police resources are to be allocated.

Q: Reality therapy is basically active, directive, practical, didactic, cognitive, and behavioral.

Q: Without proper training, Gestalt therapists may: a. evoke catharsis without having the ability to work it through with their client. b. design faulty experiments. c. may use ready made techniques inappropriately. d. may damage the therapeutic relationship with the client. e. all of the above

Q: The Freudian view of human nature is deterministic.

Q: Most often, Native Americans have been policed by the ___________.

Q: As part of a ________, police officers are expected to observe rules and obey orders while also making independent, discretionary judgments.

Q: Regarding psychotherapy outcome, research shows:a. the behavioral approaches are more effective than the humanistic approaches.b. there are clear factors that predict which models of therapy work best for particular types of clients.c. the therapeutic relationship is not a major contributor to therapeutic change.d. no model of therapy has been proven more effective than another.

Q: Therapeutic contracts are frequently used in reality therapy.

Q: _______ are the gateway through which information and individuals enter the justice system.

Q: Which of the following is not one of the Gestalt group leader's roles? a. designing experiments for group members b. evoking group catharsis. c. engaging in self-disclosure d. facilitating contact in the group setting

Q: The ________, the top law enforcement official in county government, historically was an exceptionally important police official during the country's westward expansion and continues to bear primary responsibility for many local jails.

Q: __________ policingis an approach which in conjunction with concerns about homeland security emphasizes gathering and analyzing information to be shared among agencies in order to develop cooperative efforts to identify, prevent, and solve problems.

Q: The ego is the original structure of personality.

Q: Every state has its own law enforcement agency with __________ jurisdiction.