The Community Policing Movement Promises To

question 18

Multiple Choice

The community policing movement promises to:

• A) increase variation between agencies
• B) reduce variation within agencies
• C) have no major effect on police practice
• D) none of the above

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Definitions:

Fixing Prices

The practice of setting the price of a product or service, rather than allowing it to be determined naturally through free-market forces.

Oligopoly Outcome

In markets dominated by a small number of firms (an oligopoly), the outcome often includes non-price competition, strategic interactions, and potentially higher prices and lower outputs than in competitive markets.

Prisoners' Dilemma

A situation in game theory in which two individuals acting in their own self-interest pursue a course of action that does not result in the ideal outcome for either party.

Noncooperative Equilibrium

A situation in a game where each player chooses their strategy independently, and no player can benefit by changing strategies while the others keep theirs unchanged.