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CJ 2120 Final Exam
Police Process Final
Question | Answer |
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Accreditation | The process of voluntary professional self-regulation that serves as an approach to establishing minimum national standards in policing. |
Alice Wells | First American-born female police officer. |
Johnathan Wild | London underworld figure known for operating on both sides of the law. Also known as "Thief-Taker General." |
Thief Taker | Private individual hired to capture criminals. |
Night Watch System | Group of men (watchmen) patrolled the streets at night, and walking the rounds. |
Assessment Center | A technique used in police departments to evaluate the ability of an applicant to handle the job being sought through promotion. |
Sir Robert Peel | Established the Metropolitan Police Force in London of 1829. |
August Vollmer | Berkeley police chief who created modern policing. |
Charles Rowan | First Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, head of the London Metropolitan Police. |
Richard Mayne | Second Commissioner of Police of Metropolis, head of the London Metropolitan Police. |
William Parker | Police chief of the LAPD and called "Los Angeles greatest and most controversial chief of police." |
Bribe | Something offered or given to a person in the hope of influencing that individual's views or conduct. |
O. W. Wilson | Leader of the police professionalization movement from the late 1930s through the end of the 1960s. |
J. Edgar Hoover | Former director of the FIB from 1924 to 1972. Best known for systematically misusing his power and exaggerating the bureau's effectiveness. |
Organizational Culture | Values and traditions, communicated informally, that influence the organizational style of policing within a police department. |
Vigilantism | A group of people who take law into their own hands. |
Political corruption | Use of powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. |
Vice | Victimless crimes with no complaining party and involving prostitution, gambling, or narcotics. |
Discretion | The freedom to act on one's own judgement. |
Police training | Training programs created for potential police officers. |
The Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 | Introduced by Sir Robert Peel that established the Metropolitan Police of London. Considered first modern police force. |
Peel's Principles of Policing | Basic mission for which the police exist is to prevent crime and disorder. The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon public approval of police actions. |
Special District Police | Police agencies designed to serve only specific government agencies. |
Sheriff | An elected county official who is responsible for all three components of the criminal justice system: law enforcement, courts, and corrections. |
Chief | Chain of command of a police department. Owes his allegiance to a city or town. |
Civil Service | A nearly universal set of formal and legally binding procedures governing personnel decisions in police organizations, ensuring that such decisions are based on objective criteria and not on favoritism, bias, or political influence. |
Wild West Lawmen | Wyatt Earp, Virgil Earp, Morgan Earp, John Doc Holiday, |
Women Police Officers | Increase during WWI and even more in WWII. Were more likely assigned to lighter duties than male officers. |
Analogy w/ Military | War, Heroes, Relationship w/ government. |
Hate Crimes | A criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part but the offender's bias against a race, religion, disability, ethnic/national origin, or sexual orientation. |
Clearance Rates | The traditional measure of success in criminal investigations for a police agency based on the percentage of crimes solved by arrest. |
Code of Silence | Also known as the "blue certain," a code of honor among police officers whereby officers refuse to testify against corrupt colleagues. |
Traditional policing | Male officers who were committed to the image of policing as dangerous work involving aggressive action and requiring physical strength. |
COMPSTAT | An organizational model, first used by the New York City Police in 1994, that allows police departments to blend timely intelligence, effective tactics, rapid deployment of personnel, and vigorous follow-up and assessment. |
Decentralized (management) | To place greater decision-making responsibility on rank-and-file officers at the neighborhood level and to become more responsive to neighborhood residents. |
Police Subculture | The major social norms that govern police conduct. |
Community Policing | Crime prevention, pro-active, decentralized, partnership |
Verbal Abuse | The use of inappropriate language, particularly racial and ethnic slurs, by police officers. |
Field Training | A supplement to classroom training that allows for practical experience under the supervision of a training officer in on-the-job type situations. |
Restrictive Shooting Policy | Policy enforced to restrict shooting in a given area. |
Foot Patrol | Officers within a department who make neighborhood rounds on foot. |
Tribal Police | Agencies whose primary responsibility is to provide general law enforcement services for Indian Nations. |
Lautenburg Amendment | A federal law passed in 1996 prohibiting anyone with a conviction for domestic violence from owning a firearm. |
Newark Foot Patrol Study | Conducted from 1978 to 1979 to test the effect of foot patrol on crime and public perception. |
Kansas City Study | Conducted from 1972 to 1973, the experiment measured the impact of different levels of patrol on criminal activity, community perceptions, police officer behavior, and police department practices. |
Domestic Violent Studies | Omaha, Minneapolis, Charlotte Study, |
Washington D.C. - Study on Police Women | 1973 study found that women were dealing with just as many violent or unruly suspects as the men, and were responding to similar types of calls. Women were more effective than the men in defusing potentially violent situations. |
Victimless Crime | A crime that has no complaining party and often involves behavior that many people regard as legitimate, resulting in conflicting public attitudes about how vigorously the laws should be enforced. |
Police Response Time Study | Focusing on the Minneapolis domestic Violence Experiment, Sherman and Brown discovered that crime call was higher response than the service call. 75% were discovery crime; 25% were involvement crime. |
RAND study | Study of criminal investigation practices that show investigative activities play only a minor role in contributing to overall arrest rates. |
DARE | The most popular demand reduction strategy is the drug education program. |
ROPE | Repeat Offender Program Experiment |
Broken Windows | A theory developed by James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling, argues that police should focus their resources on disorder problems that create fear of crime and lead to neighborhood decay. |
Internal Affairs | Also known as the office of professional standards, this unit is responsible for investigating alleged misconduct by police officers. |
Problem-oriented Policing | A model of policing stresses planned responses to crime and disorder problems. |
Police Brutality | The use of excessive physical force by the police. |
Police Aides | Nonsworn personnel used by police departments to handle low-priority calls and routine assignments, freeing sworn officers for more critical tasks. |
Styles of Policing: Watchmen | Teaching a lesson. |
Styles of Policing: Service | Engaging with the community. |
Styles of Policing: Legalistic | Follow the law or be punished. |
Modus Operandi | A particular way or method of doing something, especially one that is characteristic or well-established. |
Knapp Commission | Investigated police corruption within New York City Police Department lead by Frank Serpico and Sergeant David Durk. |
Team Policing | A radical innovation in the 1970s involving restructuring police operations along neighborhood lines and decentralizing decision-making authority. |
Constable | A peace officer who is empowered to serve writs and warrants but has a smaller jurisdiction than a sheriff. |
Watts Riots | Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles on August 11-16th, 1965. Community reacted in outrage to allegations of police brutality and racism. |
NCIC | National Crime Information Center |
Political Era | 1840-1930, belief that police officers should do more then merrily arrest offenders, and that they should actively seek to prevent crime by saving potential/actual offenders. |
Community Era | 1980-today, strategy of policing that focuses on police building ties and working closely with the community. |
Reform Era | 1930-1980, eliminating corruption in government. |
Zero-tolerance policing | Based on the belief that agressive enforcement of laws directed at combating disorder will motivate residents to better care for their community, a policy that calls for the police to focus primarily on disorder, minor crime, etc. |
Deadly Force | The legal right of police officers to use force with the intent to kill if placed in a defense-of-life situation. |
Use of Force | Amount of effort required by police to compel compliance by an unwilling subject. |
Lateral Entry | Moving from one police department to another at either the same rank or a higher rank. |
Bow Street Runners | London's first professional police force, founded in 1749 by Henry Fielding. |
Slave Patrols | Organized groups of white men who monitored and enforced discipline upon black slaves in US southern states. |
Misdemeanor | A minor offense. |
Felony | A more serious offense, usually punishable by imprisonment. |
Ride-along programs | Allow citizens to spend a few hours riding in a patrol car. |
Police slang: Grass eater | A police officer who passively accepts gratuities offered to him or her. |
Police slang: Meat-eater | A police officer who actively and aggressively demands gratuities. |
Police slang: Bagman | A police officer who collects and delivers money on behalf of a boss or organization. |
Police slang: Pad | A police officer who regularly accepts bribes. |
Probationary Period | Typically a one year period following preservice training when an officer can be dismissed without cause. |
County Police | Police agencies that operate on a countywide basis and lack the non-law-enforcement roles of the county sheriff. |
Miranda v Arizona | A supreme court case that requires the police to advise citizens of their rights. |
Mapp v Ohio | A controversial supreme court decision that established 4th Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures by the police. |
Tennessee v Garner | A supreme court case that when a law enforcement officer is pursing a fleeing suspect, he/she may not use deadly force unless "officer has probably cause to believe that the suspect poses significant treat of death..." |
Exclusionary rule | Holds that all evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the Constitution is, by that same authority, inadmissible in a state court. |
Felling Felon Rule | Declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1985 (Tennessee v Garner), ruling allowed police the legal right to use deadly force in apprehending a felon attempting to escape. |
Domestic Violence | A disturbance between two or more people engaged in an intimate relationship that has escalated to a degree involving actual or threatened violence. |
Job Stress | Conditions associated with one's work environment that are mentally or physically disruptive; the major cause of job dissatisfaction. |
State Police | Agencies that have statewide police powers for both traffic regulation and criminal investigations. |
Federal Agencies: DEA | Drug Enforcement Administration |
Federal Agencies: FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
Federal Agencies: FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
Federal Agencies: BATF | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives |