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Intro to CJ Chap 5
Public Policing and Private Security- Multi Choice
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In early English society ____________ required that every person in a village be responsible for protecting the settlement from thieves. | the pledge system |
| The _____ was created in 1326 under the watch system of policing to assist the shire reeve in controlling the county. | justice of the peace |
| _______ was the name of the organized private police that patrolled in eighteenth-century England. | thief takers |
| English police officers are known as bobbies because | Sir Robert (Bobbie) Peel was responsible for their creation. |
| Sir Robert Peel's nine principals of policing includes | the ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent on public approval of police actions; police preserve public favor by constantly demonstrating absolute impartial service to the law |
| Sir Robert Peel's nine principals of policing include | police must secure the willing cooperation of the public in voluntary observance of the law in order to secure and maintain public respect |
| Police reformer August Vollmer contributed to police professionalism by | instituting university training for young officers |
| The _______________ was created in 1929 by President Herbert Hoover to study the U.S. criminal justice system and make recommendations for improvement. | National Institute of Justice |
| The defining event that helped shape police reform in the 1990's was the | beating of Rodney King. |
| _________ heads the U.S. Department of Justice. | U.S. Attorney General |
| The FBI_____________________ | maintains liaison offices in other countries; is an investigative agency rather than a policy agency; it was under the direction of J. Edgar Hoover from 1924 until his death in 1972. |
| Under its reformulated priorities, the FBI's primary objective is to protect the | U.S. from terrorist attacks |
| This federal agency is responsible for the transporting of federal prisoners. | U.S. Marshals |
| This federal agency enforces the Gun Control Act of 1968 and the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970. | ATF |
| _____ is the oldest federal law enforcement agency. | U.S. Marshals |
| ______________ is not a branch of the Department of Homeland Security. | Department of Justice |
| _________________________ are missions of the U.S. Secret Service. | investigate counterfeiting and other financial crimes, including financial institution fraud, identity theft and computer fraud; investigate threats against protected officials; protect the President and Vice President |
| The role of ________ law enforcement evolved from that of the early English shire reeve, whose primary duty was to assist the royal judges in trying prisoners and enforcing sentences. | county |
| ________ describes the use of computer software to conduct analysis of behavioral patterns in an effort to link open cases to known perpetrators. | data mining |
| Advantages of high-definition surveying include | investigators can manipulate every piece of evidence; the perspective of the crime scene can be manipulated; crime scene contamination is limited. |
| AFIS is a (n) | computerized fingerprint system |
| The Gunshot Location System | uses sensors to determine the direction from which the sound came and can triangulate and determine the exact location from which the gunshots were fired; an advantage of this technology is rapid response by police; a limitation of this technology is its |
| Biometrics | authenticators are unique to the user and as a result cannot be stolen and used without that individual's knowledge; can be used at all levels of government and in private business; are being implemented in casinos to recognize when know cheaters enter th |
| ____________________ is an example of soft technology that law enforcement uses. | sex offender registration |
| ____________ is an example of hard technology used by law enforcement. | ignition interlock system |
| Private police compare with public police in that | private police are concerned almost solely with prevention |
| Reasons for growth in private policing include | the desire for nongovernmental service provisions; growth in mass private property; a belief that the private sector can do a better job than the public sector |
| In medieval England, _______ was expected to make a hue and cry to assemble his helpers and warn the village when trouble occurred. | tythingman |
| Law enforcement in colonial America paralleled the ________ model. | British |
| _______________________ was the result of the Boston police strike in 1919. | all striking officers were fired and replace with new recruits |
| The first formal police department was created in ______ in the United States in 1838. | Boston |
| _____________________ was the first major technological breakthrough in early policing. | telegraph communications |
| Problems faced by the police during the 1960's | skyrocketing crime rates; Vietnam protest; race riots |
| The correct hierarchical order of law enforcement agencies is | Federal, state, county, metropolitan |
| The ___________________ is an investigative agency with jurisdiction over all law enforcement matters in which the United States is an interested party. | Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) |
| Private police perform these tasks | escorting a fired employee out of the building; providing a night watch to deter trespassing; enforcing traffic laws by issuing citations to motorists |
| _________________ enables the police to target and direct resources to geographic hot spots of predatory crime. | crime mapping |
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