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Criminal Just. Ch. 5
Chapter 5 History of Law Enforcement
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tithing System | Group of 10 families agreed to abide by law and prosecute violators. From medieval times in England |
| Shire | Ten tithings is a hundred. One hundred or several One hundreds is called a shire |
| What do you call the person who is the director of the Shire and what title did this give rise to? | Shire Reeve later called the Sheriff |
| Posse | Citizens called into service by the Sheriff |
| Constable | The chief peacekeeper from each parish (town) |
| *Constable Watch system | System of protection in early England. Citizens were required to be on watch at night and respond to come to aid of the constable when called. |
| What was the age requirement to be part of the constable watch guard? | Male citizens from 15 to 60 |
| *The Bow Street Runners | Bow street, the entertainment district in England from 1700s, created this group of professional law enforcement agents to fight crime. |
| *Henry fielding | The London magistrate that created the Bow Street Runners |
| London Metropolitan Police | Created in London in the 1800s by Parliament. 1000 officer police force created to centralize law enforcement |
| Bobbie | What officers of the London Metropolitan police force came to be called (or Peelers after Robert Peel, the British Home Secretary . |
| In what city was the first paid unified law enforcement force created? | New York. Came to known as the Municipal Police Department |
| The first Black police officers were what? | Free men of color |
| What was the first city to have Black police officers | Hired in 1805 in New Orleans. |
| This was considered the earliest form of policing in the South. | The plantation Slave Patrols a product of the Slave codes |
| Officially formed in 1835 to fight Native Americans and patrol the Mexican border, thiey were considered the first form of state police. | The Texas Rangers. Fun fact...everybody in the Rangers is a Captain. |
| August Vollmer | Berkeley Chief of Police who established professional standards to become a police officer. |
| *Community Policing | Policing that actively involve the community working with the police to control and reduce crime |
| CompStat | Computer crime statistics that combines crime data with geographic information to help develop effective crime fighting strategies |
| They were the first Federal law enforcement agents in the United states. | The U.S. Marshals. |
| How are the US Marshalls selected | The president nominates US Marshalls and they are confirmed by the Senate |
| This branch was created to combat counterfeiting and to protect the president | The Secret Service |
| Which agency mission is protect US from terrorists attacks, spying , cyber attacks, protect Civil Rights, and combat public corruption etc. | The FBI |
| Which policing agency carries out the largest portion of law enforcement work | The Sheriffs department |
| State police Model | The state officers have same powers as the local police but can operate statewide |
| The Highway Patrol model | Officers focus almost exclusively on highway traffic safety. |
| Agency created in response to the terrorist attack of 9/11 | The department of Homeland Security |
| True or False. More people work in public law enforcement than in private security. | False. Twice as many work in the private security fields |
| Name the two types of private security. | Contract and Proprietary |
| This is the agency that conducts the executions authorized by the federal courts | The U.S. Marshalls |
| Contract security firms... | Protect people, agencies, and companies that do not employ their own security division or need extra protection. |
| Proprietary Security Firms... | In House security service. |
| *What prevented the development of professional police departments up until the 1920's? | Party politics and corruption. |
| *How many Federal law enforcement agencies are there? | Book only says dozens (Pg 150) |
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