Thinking Critically Questions Chapter Six

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Thinking CriticallyQuestionsChapter Six
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Role of the Police

• How important is discretion
• in police work?
• In your opinion, which function of police work is
  most important?
• Why?

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Police Patrol

• Which do you think is more effective,
• preventive patrol or aggressive patrol?
• What is the importance of
• Geographic Information System (GIS)
• crime mapping?

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Police Functions

• Do you think improvements in detective work and
  criminal investigation will significantly raise
  clearance rates
• or lower the crime rate? Explain.
• Does enforcing traffic laws also reduce criminal
  activity? If so, in what way.

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Drug Investigations

• How important is crop eradication as a
• drug enforcement strategy? Explain.
• D.A.R.E. is the nations
• largest and best known
• substance abuse prevention program.
• What effect has D.A.R.E. had on drug usage?

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The War on Drugs

• What are some of the criticisms
• of the War on Drugs?

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Community Policing

• Can community policing reduce crime?
• If so, in what way?
• What factors are necessary to make community
  policing successful?

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Terrorism

• What type of terrorism do you think poses the
  greatest threat to the United States?
• Why?
• Which of Americas assets do you think
• are most vulnerable to terrorist attacks,
• and what do you think can be done
• to better defend them?