Deck 1: Evolution of Policing and Investigation

Question 1

This English politician is known as the "father of policing."

A) John Fielding
B) Henry Fielding
C) Robert Peel
D) Alphonse Bertillon

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In 1285, this law required all English towns to have men on the streets after dark to provide for the safety of travelers and the town's inhabitants.

A) Magna Carta
B) Statute of Winchester
C) Statute of London
D) Statute of Northumberland

Answer 2

B

Question 3

This is the use of science to answer legal questions.

A) criminalistics
B) forensics
C) toxicology
D) law

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Policing at the local level is provided by municipal or city police departments outside the city limits.

Question 5

In 1981, Congress gave the Secret Service the responsibility of protecting the president following the attempted assassination of President Reagan.

Question 6

The DEA has concurrent jurisdiction with the FBI domestically on controlling illegal drugs and has sole responsibility for coordinating these investigations abroad.

Question 7

This American reformer advocated that the elimination of politics from policing.

A) August Vollmer
B) J. Edgar Hoover
C) Alphonse Bertillon
D) Albert S. Osborn

Question 8

Since 2003, the FBI has been under the Department of Homeland Security.

Question 9

In 1924, J. Edgar Hoover became the director of the FBI and remained in this position until his death in 1972.

Question 10

This is the application of scientific techniques in collecting and analyzing physical evidence.

A) forensics
B) the scientific method
C) criminalistics
D) the exchange principle

Question 11

Calvin Goddard expanded upon the discovery that blood can be grouped into four different categories.

Question 12

Sheriff's personnel may provide security for the courthouse and serve as bailiffs that guard prisoners when they appear in court.

Question 13

Every branch of the federal government has an investigative agency that is responsible for the investigation of violations of the law that come within its jurisdiction.

Question 14

Those crimes that require follow-up investigation are typically referred to a detective division.

Question 15

The idea that when a criminal comes in contact with another object or person, a cross-transfer of evidence occurs, primarily of hairs and fibers.

A) anthropometry
B) cross-contamination
C) the exchange principle
D) the Locard principle

Question 16

The man who developed the first means of human identification, known as anthropometry, was: _____.

A) Mathieu Orfila
B) Hans Gross
C) Alphonse Bertillon
D) Francis Galton

Question 17

This Bow Street Runners leader instituted organized mounted patrols on the highways and foot patrols on the city streets.

A) Henry Fielding
B) Robert Peel
C) August Vollmer
D) John Fielding

Question 18

Corrupt political machines operating under this system allowed politicians to extort money from people and companies wanting to do business with the city.

A) spoils system
B) machine system
C) democratic system
D) patronage system

Question 19

The father of criminal identification, the person who developed the first means of human identification, was Alphonse Bertillon.

Question 20

U.S. police agencies were modeled after the: _____.

A) London Metropolitan police
B) posse comitatus
C) Bow Street Runners
D) None of these.

Question 21

The _____ was created in 1789 with the passage of the first judiciary act and claims to be the oldest federal law enforcement agency.

Question 22

In early England, the _____ were supervised by a constable, also a private citizen, who served a voluntary one-year term in this position as part of his civic duty.

Question 23

_____ was a term for the English police used in reference to Robert Peel and was a term of respect and appreciation.

Question 24

In 18th-century England, _____, often criminals themselves, were motivated by reward money and their ability to confiscate the possessions of the criminal.

Question 25

According to August Vollmer, policing should be a profession that serves the _____ on a non-partisan basis.

Question 26

_____ is considered to be the father of the modern police detective.

Question 27

The _____ was created by President Nixon through an executive order that merged several agencies into a single unified command to combat the global war on drugs.

Question 28

In 1982 Congress passed the Anti-Arson Act declaring that arson is a federal crime and gave the _____ the responsibility for investigation of commercial arson nationwide.

Question 29

The first major expansion of the FBI came in 1910 when the agency became responsible for the enforcement of the_____, which prohibited the transportation of women over state line for immoral purposes.

Question 30

The _____ can trace its roots back to 1830 with the creation of the Office of Instructions and Mail Depredations.