Deck 5: Law Enforcement Today

Question 1

Policing efforts in the first American cities were directed towards

A)fighting crime.
B)preventing fires and other disasters .
C)controlling certain groups of people(such as slaves and Native Americans).
D)providing military support against the British.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Intelligence-led policing is an effective tool for police agencies,but is very expensive to implement.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a reason for low levels of women serving as police officers?

A)Sexual harassment.
B)Tokenism.
C)The perception that women are unsuited to the rigors of the job.
D)A shortage of female applicants for policing positions.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In the public mind,the primary role of the police is to

A)enforce laws.
B)provide services.
C)prevent crime.
D)preserve the peace.

Question 5

The primary purpose of private security is to investigate criminal offenses.

Question 6

Of the three levels of law enforcement,municipal police have the broadest authority to apprehend suspects,maintain order,and provide services to the community.

Question 7

An policing approach that evaluates past crime patterns in order to predict future crime patterns is .

A)community policing.
B)proactive policing.
C)intelligence-led policing.
D)problem-oriented policing.

Question 8

Historically,state police agencies were created to do all of the listed except

A)investigate crimes that cross jurisdictional boundaries within the state.
B)to assist local police agencies that lacked adequate resources to handle law enforcement tasks.
C)provide law enforcement in rural and other areas that did not have local or county police service.
D)investigate tax and welfare fraud.

Question 9

The patronage system is associated with bringing technical and training advances to law enforcement.

Question 10

Most agencies require police officers to meet height and weight requirements,

Question 11

The Internal Revenue Service has been transferred from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of
Homeland Security.

Question 12

The police professionalism model emphasizes all of the following except

A)merit based compensation,or pay for performance.
B)implementing technology.
C)limiting police officer discretion through policy guidelines.
D)centralized police organizations.

Question 13

Today,an estimated of local police departments require a degree from a two-year college.

A)1%
B)9%
C)45%
D)82%

Question 14

During the reform era,law enforcement officers were encouraged to develop close,positive working relationships with members of the community.

Question 15

Female police officers often face the problem of tokenism,or the belief that they have not earned their positions.

Question 16

The community era of policing began in .

A)1840.
B)1929.
C)1968.
D)1983.

Question 17

The U.S.Marshals Service is the oldest federal law enforcement agency.

Question 18

The Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 had a significant influence on American policing.

Question 19

The Wickersham Commission is associated with which era of policing?

A)Spoils
B)Turbulent 60's
C)Reform
D)Community Policing

Question 20

Which of the following is not one of the three eras of American policing?

A)The Reform Era
B)The Metropolitan Era
C)The Political Era
D)The Community Era

Question 21

According to the text,all of the following factors have been recognized for contributing to the rapid growth of the private security industry except

A)high profit margins for private security companies.
B)Increasing fear of crime.
C)crime in the workplace.
D)budget cuts for state and municipal police services.

Question 22

Which of the following is NOT one of the basic requirements for a career as a police officer?

A)Be a U.S.citizen.
B)Be at least twenty-one years of age.
C)Meet height requirements.
D)Meet eyesight requirements.

Question 23

The most controversial responsibility of the police involves

A)enforcing laws.
B)providing services.
C)preserving the peace.
D)preventing crime.

Question 24

U.S.Marshals do not

A)provide security at federal courts.
B)control property that has been seized by federal court order.
C)provide security at the U.S.Capitol.
D)transport federal prisoners.

Question 25

The Internal Revenue Service is organized under the

A)Department of Treasury.
B)Department of Justice.
C)Department of Homeland Security.
D)Department of the Interior.

Question 26

Almost every one of the 3000 counties in the U.S.have a sheriff except those in

A)New Mexico.
B)Hawaii.
C)Alaska.
D)Rhode Island.

Question 27

Problems facing the private security industry include all of the following except

A)high employee turnover rates.
B)college training programs are overloaded where students face long waitlists.
C)low pay and lack of benefits.
D)quality of personnel.

Question 28

Police brutality,corruption,and political spoils were the primary focus of the

A)Knapp Commission.
B)National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders.
C)Wickersham Commission.
D)Gaines Commission.

Question 29

Which is one of the investigative priorities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation?

A)Terrorism
B)Counterfeiting
C)Protection of courts and judges
D)Illegal immigration

Question 30

The support the FBI provides to other law enforcement agencies comes in what form?

A)database access
B)crime lab services
C)assistance in investigations
D)All of these choices

Question 31

The Wickersham Commission identified what problems of policing?

A)police brutality and corruption
B)police brutality and over work
C)over work and corruption
D)corruption and poor training

Question 32

Enforcement of the federal gun control act of 1968 is the responsibility of the

A)Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives.
B)U.S.Department of the Treasury.
C)U.S.Secret Service.
D)Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Question 33

Female police officers often face the problem of on the job.

A)sexual harassment
B)double marginality
C)racial profiling
D)high expectations

Question 34

Which of the following is NOT one of Bittner's four basic responsibilities of the police?

A)To enforce laws.
B)To prevent crime.
C)To prosecute offenders.
D)To provide services.

Question 35

The suspicion that police officers of a racial or ethnic minority face from their white colleagues and from members of the minority community to which they belong is .

A)sexual harassment.
B)the second wound.
C)reverse discrimination.
D)double marginality.

Question 36

Which agency has the primary responsibility for protecting the U.S.against international and domestic terrorism?

A)Federal Bureau of Investigation
B)U.S.Marshals Service
C)U.S.Department of Justice
D)U.S.Department of Homeland Security

Question 37

Which of the following is not an investigative responsibility of the FBI?

A)Federal drug offenses
B)Counterfeiting
C)Anti-terrorism
D)White-collar crime

Question 38

The coroner is an elected official on the level.

A)municipal
B)county
C)state
D)federal.

Question 39

Which of the following agencies is a part of the Department of Homeland Security?

A)Federal Bureau of Investigation.
B)The Drug Enforcement Administration.
C)The U.S.Secret Service.
D)The U.S.Marshals.

Question 40

The Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 created the first modern professional police force in what city?

A)London
B)Boston
C)Paris
D)New York

Question 41

Which two reports in the preface may be connected and the result of Seattle's social media policy?

A)several reports of suspicious vehicles and two burglaries
B)accident and two burglaries
C)noise and two burglaries
D)intoxicated person and two burglaries

Question 42

During the the recruit is in jeopardy of being fired without cause if he or she proves inadequate to the challenges of police work.

Question 43

The statement,"I'm glad you came," would be an example of

A)tokenism
B)sexual harassment
C)double marginality
D)sexual stereotyping

Question 44

Given the description in the preface,into which era would this program best fit?

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

Question 45

If social media worked the other way,with citizens able to use it to alert the police of developing concerns,then which police responsibility would be most hampered?

A)Enforce laws
B)Provide services
C)Preserve the peace
D)Prevent crime

Question 46

The practice of sending only male officers for assistance is an example of

A)discrimination
B)sexual harassment
C)affirmative action
D)double marginality

Question 47

As the preface indicates,the threat of terrorism has seen a shift in police priorities at the local level.Who might be a beneficiary of this shift?

A)Local criminals because fewer local resources are now available.
B)Home grown terrorists,since local police are now on the lookout for them.
C)International terrorists,since the federal government has more resources to deal with them.
D)None of these choices

Question 48

If Intelligence-led policing is the new paradigm in law enforcement,which statement shows that when it comes to antiterrorism this is not being practiced?

A)161,000 reports from local police has resulted in only five arrests
B)The five arrests had nothing to do with terrorism
C)"Ninety­nine percent don't pan out or lead to anything."
D)All of these choices

Question 49

Terrorism has meant local police now have a closer working relationship with which level of law enforcement?

A)Both federal and state
B)Only state
C)Only federal
D)Other local law enforcement agencies

Question 50

The Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 was supported by British Home Secretary .

Question 51

Policewomen are under "constant pressure to demonstrate their competence and effectiveness" is an example of

A)tokenism
B)sexual harassment
C)consent decree
D)added scrutiny

Question 52

Which statement may be the end result of law enforcement's use of technologies,such as radios,cameras,computers,and now social media?

A)The "beat cop" may in the future conduct his job more via the Internet.
B)Law enforcement has continually incorporated technology into its operations,and will likely continue to do so into the future.
C)There will be more rather than fewer people following,and thus critiquing,police conduct.
D)All of these choices

Question 53

Given the information in the preface,which of the Seattle police's responsibilities is least enhanced by their use of social media?

A)Enforce laws
B)Provide services
C)Prevent crime
D)Preserve the peace

Question 54

August Vollmer and his protégé O.W.Wilson promoted a style of policing known as the
.

Question 55

The was created in 1973 to enforce domestic drug laws.

Question 56

Which law allowed for greater opportunities for women to join police forces?

A)discrimination
B)sexual harassment
C)affirmative action
D)sexual stereotyping

Question 57

Which might be an explanation for the behavior observed by the police officer in the preface?

A)The man taking pictures of the ferry and fire boat was unsure which boat he needed.
B)The phone call by the man taking the photographs was to somebody who wanted to take the ferry.
C)The two men "watched boat traffic" to kill time while waiting for the third party to join them.
D)All of these choices

Question 58

The presence of the female officer but the reluctance to use her in the same way as the male officers could be evidence of

A)tokenism
B)sexual harassment
C)double marginality
D)parity

Question 59

If local police found the behavior described in the preface suspicious,they would then file a report called a

A)Local Alert Report
B)Terrorism Alert Report
C)Suspicious Activity Report
D)Terrorist Contact Report

Question 60

President George Washington created the to protect his attorney general.

Question 61

The U.S.Customs and Border Protection(CBP)is located within the Department of .

Question 62

A place run by either the state or police agency which provides recruits with a control,militarized environment in which they receive their introduction to the world of the police officer is called a .

Question 63

Predictive policing,or is an approach which relied on data concerning past crimes to predict future crime patterns.

Question 64

During the probationary period,the recruit is conducting .

Question 65

are responsible for maintaining the county jail,keeping order in the county courthouse,collecting taxes,and enforcing orders of the court.

Question 66

The FBI is located within the Department.

Question 67

The ,a branch of U.S.Customs and Border Protection,has the burden of policing both the
Mexican and Canadian borders between official ports of entry.

Question 68

The agency primarily concerned with the illegal sale,possession,and use of firearms and the control of untaxed tobacco and liquor products is the .

Question 69

During the probationary period,the recruit can be fired without .

Question 70

The enforces the nation's laws regulating the sale and use of drugs.

Question 71

Created by Congress in 1789,the oldest federal law enforcement agency is the .

Question 72

The was a national commission that focused on police reform in 1929.

Question 73

The patronage system was also called the system.

Question 74

In 1838, became the first city to form an organized police force.

Question 75

The FBI,the U.S.Marshals Service,ATF,and DEA are organized under the .

Question 76

The protects national security by fighting international and domestic terrorism and enforces federal criminal laws.

Question 77

During the field training period,the recruit is paired with an experienced officer known as a
.

Question 78

In order to apply to be a law enforcement officer,most agencies require that recruits have a list of
requirements.

Question 79

The primary role of private security is to .

Question 80

Under a the law enforcement agency often agrees to meet certain numerical goals in hiring women and members of minority groups.