Deck 1: The Evolution of Community Policing

Question 1

The first strategic era of policing was known as the ________________ era.

A)community
B)progressive
C)reform
D)political

Answer 1

D

Question 2

If a watchman or any other citizen saw a crime in progress, he was expected to __________, summoning all citizens within earshot to join in pursuing and capturing the wrongdoer.

A)perform the tithing
B)give the hue and cry
C)identify and pursue
D)none of the above

Answer 2

B

Question 3

"Modern" policing began with the formation of the London Metropolitan Police in what year?

A)1750
B)1809
C)1829
D)1845

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Peel, when appointed as home secretary, proposed that unpaid citizen volunteers be enlisted to serve as:

A)police officers.
B)night watch.
C)street watchers.
D)hue and cry callers.

Question 5

The system that required every male to enroll for police purposes in a group of 10 families was known as:

A)frankpledge.
B)hue and cry.
C)tithing.
D)warden.

Question 6

The law that evidence gathered in an illegal search and seizure could not be used against the defendant was decided by the U.S.Supreme Court in which 1914 case?

A)Weeks v.United States
B)Miranda v.Arizona
C)Terry v.Ohio
D)Gideon v.Wainwright

Question 7

Community policing:

A)is the result of government intervention techniques.
B)is focused on its evolving strategy of community efforts.
C)is an organization-wide philosophy.
D)works to direct citizens toward management goals.

Question 8

In 1833, ____________ became the first city to pay both day and night watchmen.

A)Boston
B)New York
C)Philadelphia
D)New England

Question 9

Twentieth-century Southern law enforcement was essentially a direct outgrowth of the 19th-century:

A)carpetbaggers.
B)slave patrols.
C)Jim Crow laws.
D)slave threat.

Question 10

The Anglo-Saxons grouped their farms around small, self-governing villages that policed themselves.This informal arrangement became more structured under which ruler?

A)King Edward
B)Queen Victoria
C)King Alfred
D)Queen Elizabeth

Question 11

Crime prevention and organization structure: Americans borrowed most of this model of modern policing from the:

A)military model.
B)London model.
C)French model.
D)European model.

Question 12

August Vollmer:

A)helped spearhead the reform movement in policing.
B)helped institute the patronage system.
C)helped institute the spoils system.
D)both a and b

Question 13

The Norman system requiring all free men to swear loyalty to the king's law and take responsibility for maintaining the local peace is called:

A)tithing system.
B)frankpledge system.
C)hue and cry system.
D)community system.

Question 14

In the first quarter of the 19th century, one major component that influenced American -policing was:

A)politics.
B)incompetence.
C)minorities.
D)inefficiency.

Question 15

The father of American police professionalism is known as:

A)August Vollmer.
B)Darrel Gates.
C)William Parker.
D)William Bratton

Question 16

The tithing system was replaced by William the Conqueror with 55 military districts called:

A)home rule.
B)home forts.
C)shires.
D)garrisons.

Question 17

The 1972 police research experiment that tested the effect of different levels of patrols and challenged the basic assumptions about the effect of patrol on crime was known as the:

A)Michigan Foot Patrol Study.
B)Wickersham Commission Experiment.
C)Community Policing Experiment.
D)Kansas City Preventive Patrol Study.

Question 18

Which of the following is considered the father of modern policing?

A)Robert Peel
B)August Vollmer
C)Robert Palmer
D)William Parker

Question 19

The requirement that police officers advise criminal suspects of their rights before custodial interrogation is required by the decision of which Supreme Court case?

A)Mapp v.Ohio
B)Miranda v.Arizona
C)Terry v.Ohio
D)Gideon v.Wainwright

Question 20

At the time the Metropolitan Police Force was established in London, the United States was still operating under:

A)a day-and-night watch system.
B)the frankpledge system.
C)the hue and cry system.
D)the tithing system.

Question 21

Giving officers permanent assignments so they can get to know the citizens within their area is part of the ____________ dimension.

A)philosophical
B)strategic
C)relative
D)progressive

Question 22

Cordner's four dimensions of community policing include all of the following except:

A)tactical.
B)organizational.
C)standardization.
D)strategic.

Question 23

During the reform era, the concept of ____________ developed, a phrase referring to the line that separates law-abiding, peaceful citizens from the murderous, plundering villains who prey upon them.The phrase also suggests a distance between the police and the public they serve.

A)psychological distancing
B)us against them
C)enemy and pigs
D)the thin blue line

Question 24

During the reform era the police relationship with the community they served was:

A)more reactive.
B)exemplified by stronger communication with the public.
C)professionally remote.
D)an equal partnership.

Question 25

The requirement that police officers advise criminal suspects of their rights before custodial interrogation is required by the decision in the 1961 U.S.Supreme Court case of Mapp v.Ohio.

Question 26

Every Southern state had slave patrols that formally required all Black men to serve as -patrollers.

Question 27

Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organization strategies, which supports the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques.

Question 28

According to the text, the earliest record of an ancient society's need for rules to control human behavior dates back to 640 CE.

Question 29

All of these are essential elements of community policing except:

A)partnerships.
B)problem solving.
C)organizational change.
D)All are elements of community policing.

Question 30

Community policing is one of the most significant trends in policing history.

Question 31

This court case, decided by the Unites States Supreme Court in 1963, required states to -provide free counsel to indigent defendants in all felony cases.

A)Mapp v.Ohio
B)Escobedo v.Illinois
C)Weeks v.United States
D)Gideon v.Wainwright

Question 32

In 1929, President Herbert Hoover appointed the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement (Wickersham Commission) to study:

A)the criminal justice system.
B)juvenile delinquency.
C)crime trends in the general population.
D)corruption in the private business sector.

Question 33

The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Study found that increased patrol reduced crime and had a significant effect on public awareness about police presence.

Question 34

Politicians rewarding those who voted for them with jobs or special privileges was called:

A)the community system.
B)the progressive system.
C)the political system.
D)the patronage system.

Question 35

The London Police was founded by Sir Robert Palmer.

Question 36

Community policing is an organizational strategy that emerged in the 1980s and 1990s for dramatically improving the delivery of police services.

Question 37

August Vollmer and O.W.Wilson are credited with spearheading the "reform movement," which called for a drastic change in the organization and function of police departments.

Question 38

According to some historians, the community era had its roots in the ______________, -released in February 1968 by the President's National Advisory Committee on Civil -Disorder.

A)Kerner Commission Report
B)Vollmer study
C)Rand Corporation study
D)CID Efficiency Measures study

Question 39

Community policing is a philosophy of full-service, personalized policing, where the same officer patrols and works in the area on a permanent basis from a decentralized place, -working in a proactive partnership with citizens to identify and solve problems.

Question 40

Community policing is a philosophy that can be translated into practice in as many ways as there are communities.

Question 41

Community policing is a philosophy of full-service, _______________ policing where the same officer patrols and works in the area on a permanent basis from a decentralized place.

Question 42

According to the text, team policing, community resource officers, and school liaison -officers are part of public relations.

Question 43

Modern policing began in 1829 with the formation of the London Metropolitan Police, founded by______________.

Question 44

Discuss Peel's principles and how they apply to law -enforcement today.

Question 45

During the 1960s and early 1970s, considerable turmoil existed throughout the country related to issues of police and race relations, corruption, and use of force.During that period, according to Walker and Macdonald (2009), five national ___________________, or ad hoc, short-term investigations of law enforcement, were initiated.

Question 46

Define community policing and describe its essential elements.Include a discussion about the various dimensions used to view community policing.

Question 47

The Anglo-Saxons grouped their farms around small, self-governing villages that policed themselves.This informal arrangement required every male to enroll for police purposes in a group of 10 families, known as a __________.

Question 48

Describe another way to view community policing.The text describes community -policing as a organization-wide philosophy and management approach.How would you describe community policing in your community?

Question 49

Explain policing in the South during the 1700s.How and why did certain types of patrols form? What authority did they have?

Question 50

Whereas traditional policing has been reactive, responding to calls for service, community policing is ____________, anticipating problems and seeking solutions to them.

Question 51

According to some historians, the community era had its roots in the ___________ ________________, released in February 1968 by the President's National Advisory -Committee on Civil Disorder.

Question 52

A ___________________ shift is a new way of thinking about a specific subject.

Question 53

When the police separate the law-abiding, peaceful citizens from the murderous, plundering villains who prey upon them, this is called the ____________________________________.

Question 54

One of the four general principles that define community policing is community engagement.

Question 55

During the ___________ era the police were decentralized under the authority of the -municipality in which they worked.

Question 56

During the reform era the police sought to reestablish a close relationship with the -community.

Question 57

Police officer uniforms were successfully introduced at the same time the first U.S.police forces were established.