Deck 5: Police Functionsmanaging Police Functions

Question 1

The most famous detective company of the old west was ______________.

A) The Pinkerton Detective Agency
B) The Brinks Company
C) The Union Pacific
D) The Bureau of Investigation

Answer 1

A

Question 2

A protégé of August Vollmer, ________________ helped create Berkeley's School of Criminology.

A) Richard Sylvester
B) Leonhard Fuld
C) Arthur Woods
D) O. W. Wilson
E) Raymond Fosdick

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The first School of Criminology was at _______________________.

A) Michigan State
B) Florida State
C) University of New York: Albany
D) Northwestern
E) Berkeley

Answer 3

E

Question 4

It was not until, ______ that all large city police departments in the U.S. required a high school diploma.

A) 1948
B) 1953
C) 1960
D) 1968

Question 5

The Wickersham Commission found _________________________.

A) that the majority of police officers were well educated
B) that corruption was not a problem in policing
C) that the police could be an effective force against terrorism
D) inadequacies in many police areas, including recruitment, training, and crime prevention

Question 6

In 1924, ________________ was appointed director of the FBI.

A) Elliot Ness
B) J. Edgar Hoover
C) Howard K. Smith
D) Felix Frankfurter

Question 7

Approximate _______________ sworn officers are employed by state and local law enforcement agencies.

A) 223,786
B) 350,000
C) 731,903
D) 990,111

Question 8

Who do your author's consider to be the single most important reformer of policing in the early twentieth century?

A) Richard Sylvester
B) Leonhard Fuld
C) Arthur Woods
D) August Vollmer

Question 9

The President's commission of Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice was created by ___________________.

A) President John Kennedy
B) Attorney General Robert Kennedy
C) President Richard Nixon
D) President Lyndon Johnson

Question 10

The first modern police force was created in __________________.

A) London
B) New York
C) Athens
D) Philadelphia

Question 11

In 1929 there was a commission set up to study law enforcement. This Commission was called the United States National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement. It was also called, _______________.

A) The Vollmer Report
B) The Hoover Commission
C) The Wickersham Commission
D) The Knapp Commission

Question 12

In the old west, in federal territories, ____________________ were the principal law enforcement officers.

A) sheriffs
B) police chiefs
C) United States Marshals
D) the military

Question 13

Torturing a suspect to gain information is also referred to as __________.

A) the fifth element
B) the third degree
C) the interrogation
D) the "Brown" technique

Question 14

Who wrote American Police Systems?

A) Richard Sylvester
B) Leonhard Fuld
C) Arthur Woods
D) August Vollmer
E) Raymond Fosdick

Question 15

Who wrote, The Police and Modern Society?

A) Richard Sylvester
B) Leonhard Fuld
C) Arthur Woods
D) August Vollmer
E) Raymond Fosdick

Question 16

A group of private citizens who take the law into their own hands by tracking down criminals and punishing them is called ___________________.

A) a justice committee
B) Sheriff's helpers
C) a vigilante group
D) a grand jury

Question 17

The unit of the police department responsible for the management of the department is called __________.

A) the line function
B) the service bureau
C) the administration bureau
D) internal affairs

Question 18

The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) was founded in _______.

A) 1829
B) 1844
C) 1893
D) 1917

Question 19

The London Metropolitan Police Force was established by ________________.

A) Henry VIII
B) George I
C) Sir Robert Peel
D) Queen Elizabeth

Question 20

August Vollmer's career in law enforcement began _________________.

A) with his appointment to the FBI
B) with his appointment to the University of Berkley Criminology Department
C) with his election as town marshal of Berkeley
D) with his appointment as a patrol officer in Berkeley, California

Question 21

The most famous detective company of the old west was ______________.

Question 22

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is part of the _______.

A) Department of the Treasury
B) Department of Justice
C) Department of the Interior
D) Internal Revenue Service
E) Secret Service

Question 23

From the beginning, American police forces had problems, many of which can be traced to one source: _____________.

Question 24

The sworn officers that patrol the street are part of ___________________.

A) the line function
B) the service bureau
C) the administration bureau
D) internal affairs

Question 25

The FBI has approximately ___________ special agents.

A) 3,000
B) 5,673
C) 7,894
D) 11,400
E) 13,492

Question 26

J. Edgar Hoover was remembered for investigating ___________.

A) Clarence M. Kelley
B) William Webster
C) Dr. Martin Luther King
D) Louis Freeh
E) All of the above

Question 27

In the old west, in federal territories, ____________________ were the principal law enforcement officers.

Question 28

The collection of departmental directives governing the performance of duties is called __________.

A) The Book
B) the manual
C) the standard operating procedures (SOP) manual
D) the laws of the state

Question 29

If you failed to pay your taxes, you would be investigated by the _____________.

A) Department of the Treasury
B) Department of Justice
C) Department of the Interior
D) Internal Revenue Service
E) Secret Service

Question 30

The Mann Act __________________.

A) made the possession and sale of marijuana illegal
B) made kidnapping a federal offense
C) prohibited the interstate transportation of women for prostitution
D) made terrorists acts a federal offense

Question 31

J. Edgar Hoover was Director of the FBI when he died in 1972. What year was he appointed Director of this organization?

A) 1924
B) 1935
C) 1944
D) 1955
E) 1960

Question 32

The percent of all law enforcement officials that are employed by the federal government is ________.

A) 8.2%
B) 14.6%
C) 20.1%
D) 25%

Question 33

The ____________ is responsible for protecting U.S. currency from counterfeiters.

A) Department of the Treasury
B) Department of Justice
C) Department of the Interior
D) Internal Revenue Service
E) Secret Service

Question 34

The department that is responsible for receiving and investigating charges against the police is called ___________.

A) the line function
B) the service bureau
C) the administration bureau
D) internal affairs

Question 35

A group of private citizens who take the law into their own hands by tracking down criminals and punishing them is called ___________________.

Question 36

What percentage of all police officers are employed by the Federal Government?

A) 22.1%
B) 18.6%
C) 14.5%
D) 8.2%

Question 37

To provide police coverage of all areas within a jurisdiction, a city may be divided into ________.

A) beats
B) districts
C) precincts
D) all of these
E) none of these

Question 38

The Uniform Crime Report is published by _______________.

A) The FBI
B) The DEA
C) The U.S. Supreme Court
D) The National security Administration (NSA)
E) None of the above

Question 39

All but the smallest departments in the United States are _________, marked by hierarchical structures with a clearly delineated chain of command from the top down, a division of labor and rule and regulations.

Question 40

Most law enforcement officers are employed at the ___________ level.

A) local
B) state
C) federal
D) none of the above

Question 41

The London Metropolitan Police Force was established by ________________.

Question 42

The collection of departmental directives governing the performance of duties is called __________.

Question 43

The first modern police force was created in __________________.

Question 44

The FBI has approximately ___________ special agents.

Question 45

The department that is responsible for receiving and investigating charges against the police is called ___________.

Question 46

The ____________ is responsible for protecting the President of the United States.

Question 47

Torturing a suspect to gain information is also referred to as __________.

Question 48

Approximately _______________ sworn officers are employed by state and local law enforcement agencies.

Question 49

The ___________________ prohibited the interstate transportation of women for prostitution.

Question 50

In 1929 there was a commission set up to study law enforcement. This Commission was called the United States National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement. It was also called, _______________.

Question 51

The first School of Criminology was at _______________________.

Question 52

A protégé of August Vollmer, ________________ helped create Berkeley's School of Criminology.

Question 53

In 1924, ________________ was appointed director of the FBI, then known as the Bureau of Investigation.

Question 54

The President's commission of Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice was created by President ___________________.

Question 55

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is part of the _______.

Question 56

Police departments are democratic organizations dedicated to democratic ideals.

Question 57

The unit of the police department responsible for the management of the department is called __________.

Question 58

The most famous detective company of the old west was the Pinkerton Detective Agency.

Question 59

The authors consider _________ to be the single most important reformer of policing in the early twentieth century?

Question 60

A group of private citizens who take the law into their own hands by tracking down criminals and punishing them is called patriots.

Question 61

The first School of Criminology was at the University of California, Berkeley.

Question 62

The department that is responsible for receiving and investigating charges against the Police is called internal affairs.

Question 63

The first women Director of the FBI was Janet Reno.

Question 64

Torturing a suspect to gain information is also referred to as the fifth degree.

Question 65

The first modern police force was created in New York City.

Question 66

In 1929 there was a commission set up to study law enforcement. This Commission was called the United States National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement. It was also called, The Wickersham Commission.

Question 67

The Mann Act prohibited the interstate transportation of women for prostitution.

Question 68

The London Metropolitan Police Force was established by Sir Robert Peel.

Question 69

The President's commission of Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice was created by Attorney General Robert Kennedy.

Question 70

J. Edgar Hoover was appointed Director of the FBI in 1924 and served as its Director until he died in 1972.

Question 71

August Vollmer's career in law enforcement began as a police officer in Chicago, Illinois.

Question 72

The Wickersham Commission found that the police that there was very little police corruption and almost no police misuse of violence.