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August Vollmer and Alexander Hamilton both indirectly expressed what similar opinion regarding how citizens see police?
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By improving neighborhoods through applying formal and informal measures, and then attempting to work to reduce the number of disorder violations by social control, police perform what two functions/goals (in order) in society?
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CCJ 220: Ch 1 Quiz

CCJ 220: Exam 1

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August Vollmer and Alexander Hamilton both indirectly expressed what similar opinion regarding how citizens see police? Police are often the sole representation of government
By improving neighborhoods through applying formal and informal measures, and then attempting to work to reduce the number of disorder violations by social control, police perform what two functions/goals (in order) in society? Enhance quality of life and order maintenance
Chief Ramsey recognized that it is possible to obtain the ultimate goal of society being free of crime. False
First in the 1930s and then in the 1960s, U.S. federal government commissions linked what three things into the criminal justice system as we know it today? Police, courts, corrections
Focusing on arrests, controlling crime down to even traffic violations, and highly centralized authority in police departments is typical of what style of policing? Legalistic
In a free American society, and for any democratic society, it is imperative to find balance between the use of police power and the rights and freedoms of citizens. True
In service style of policing arrest is seen as, A last resort
It is not the police officer’s job stress that causes marital difficulties, it is a police officer's innate distrust of humans that is at the core of marital problems. False
London and Boston both claim to have originated the first type of police force in their respective countries. What is the order it happened? London 1829 & Boston 1838
Officers essentially react the same to the physical act of using deadly force, hence why police stress is so common True
One of the two models that describe the criminal justice system’s purpose is focused on protecting all citizens’ rights through the law enforcement process. This is called the due process model.
Police have very defined roles and tasks that cannot have deviation. False
Police only play the role of enforcing the law. False
Police serve as a working force to maintain order and crime control by its presence in the community. This is what style of policing? Watchmen
Policing in the United States was largely based on why system? English
Reducing the public’s fear of crime, and implementing advance measures against crime, would be considered what two types (in order) of police function/goals? Fear reduction and crime prevention
Robert F. Kennedy, “every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves…and community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists upon”, is discussing how our government and policing are run. What is the best description of this relationship? The people oversee the police through the voting for government
Seeking out calls for service that are the most dangerous is simply another way of dealing with the job and not a possibly dangerous stress reaction. True
Service style policing focuses on community relations and public interactions. True
Some officers prefer the night shift because the beginning of the shift is usually filled with interesting calls for service True
Some research has found that CISD has no impact upon the recipients, but in some cases it is been found to make the problem worse. True
The U.S. Constitution was ratified in what year? 1788
The concept of the "thin blue line" separates what two things in society? Citizens and perpetrators
The courts have no influence over who police can arrest. False
The crime control model and the due process model both apply laws to control police use force in case of citizen distrust. False
The police oversee what three initial acts, officially entering a possible suspect into the criminal justice system? Detection, investigation, arrest
The policing paradox is the argument whether police must make their priority what the public wishes them to do. False
The styles of policing described by James Q. Wilson are important to understand the relationship between police, people and the government.
The ultimate philosophical goal of police, as well as their purpose and function, is to pursue justice. True
These three official named branches of government established a separation of powers and provided a system of checks and balances in the U.S. government. Legislative, Executive & Judiciary
This specific form of government was created by the U.S. Constitution, adhered to a separation of powers for purposes of checks and balances, and became the supreme law of the land? Federalist Republic
To make sure police would exist as means of "protecting the people against tyranny", how did Alexander Hamilton claim the US Constitution would be different than the previous English government? The police would be controlled by state and local governments
What are both necessary components of democracy, serving as the irony of the policing paradox? Order and liberty
What did Aristotle believe to be the chief purpose of the government? Justice
What does the root Polis mean? City-state
What is the best description of police? A civil force
Which are not a purpose of the police? Large number of traffic tickets and arrests
Which legal concept sets police apart from the average citizen? Swearing civil oath as officer, Authority by citizens’ local government to use coercive force, and Authorized to carry and use firearms
Who was the first professor of policing, with teaching posts at the University of Chicago and the University of California? August Vollmer
Why does democracy make policing citizens a more difficult job? In a democracy, citizens have rights
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