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1One of the downfalls of the Prohibition Era was that law enforcement invested most of its time in making arrests and measured its success by the number of cases filed rather than activities that might have had a more significant and long-term impact on the problems.
- ATrue
- BFalse
2The _____________ was an early officer on foot patrol who, during the hours of darkness, watched for fires and criminal activities, and sounded the “hue and cry” to evoke a defensive response from the citizenry.
- Athief taker
- Bwatchman
- CBow Street Runner
- DTither
3According to Sir Robert Peel’s Nine Principles of Policing, the basic mission of the police is
- Ato protect and serve
- Bto prevent crime and disorder
- Cto respond effectively and efficiently to crime and disorder
- Dto do whatever the public wants
4According to Sir Robert Peel’s Nine Principles of Policing, the test of police efficiency is
- Acitizen satisfaction with their performance
- Bhow effectively the police respond to crime and disorder
- Cthe absence of crime and disorder
- Dhow often they have to employ force to accomplish their mission
5Review the article posted under Week One entitled “Police: History – Early Policing In England, The Beginning Of ‘modern’ Policing In England, Early Policing In Colonial America.” The author, Robin Shepard Engel, defines a government as a “political institution of the state that uses organization, bureaucracy, and formality to regulate social interactions,” but defines a state as “a political creation that has the recognized authority to use and maintain a monopoly on the _______________ within a clearly defined jurisdiction.”
- Ause of force
- Bcollection of taxes
- Cadministration of justice
- Dincarceration of individuals
6In the posted article “Police: History – Early Policing In England, The Beginning Of ‘modern’ Policing In England, Early Policing In Colonial America,” the author writes that policing in the United States is based on the Anglo-Saxon model of policing. This model includes which of the following tenets?
- Athe police obtain their legitimacy through local governments and their legitimacy is based in law
- Bthe police are organized as a decentralized force
- Cpolice functions include crime control, order maintenance, and welfare and administrative responsibilities
- Dall of the above
7In “Police Science: Toward a New Paradigm,” Weisburd and Neyroud propose that police leaders should employ ________________, which refers to the use of high-quality social science research to guide police practice, and familiarize themselves with contemporary best practices in law enforcement to determine what policing programs actually work.
- Acommunity policing
- Bproblem-oriented policing
- Cevidence-based policing
- Dreform era policing
8For the purposes of counting the number of law enforcement officers in the United States, the U.S. Government General Accounting Office defines a “law enforcement officer” as an individual whose job responsibilities and authority include:
- Aconducting criminal investigations
- Bexecuting search warrants and making arrests
- Ccarrying firearms
- Dall of the above
9According to the Lecture Notes, when Sir Robert Peel developed the Metropolitan Police Department, he specifically mandated certain operational procedures that influenced, and still influence, policing in the United States. Which of the following of Peel’s ideas did the U.S. not follow?
- Apolice officers dress in distinctive uniforms
- Bpolice officers were individually numbered badges
- Cpolice were organized into a centralized national police force
- DU.S. policing subscribes to all these Peelian ideas
10According to the Lecture Notes, the most positive aspect of the Political Era of U.S. policing was:
- Athe close relationship between the public and the police provided the police with valuable information with which to meet the public's needs
- Bthe close relationship between politicians and the police enabled the police to meet the needs of citizens more effectively
- Cthe police were well-educated and well-trained and therefore were more effective
- Dthe police had a narrow focus on fighting crime and therefore were more effective
11According to the Lecture Notes, August Vollmer’s strategy to eliminate police corruption included:
- Aisolating the police from the public
- Blayers of supervision to better monitor officers' action
- Cpolicies for every situation to reduce the exercise of officer discretion
- Dall of the above
12The most important thing that a police officer needs to do their job is _______.
- Athe fastest computer
- Ba college degree
- Cinformation
- Dthe best raining
13Community policing is a philosophy of law enforcement service delivery. The most prominent aspects of this philosophy are:
- Aa police-community partnership with the focus on addressing problems that cause and contribute to crime and fear of crime.
- Ba police-community partnership with a willingness on the part of the police to do whatever the citizens want.
- Ca police-community partnership in which citizens do most of the work to keep their neighborhoods safe.
- Da police-community partnership in which the police focus on crime fighting and the citizens focus on social problems.
14The emphasis on community policing decreased after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, primarily because:
- Afederal funding to local jurisdictions for community policing initiatives was reallocated to Homeland Security.
- Blocal law enforcement was required to reallocate resources to address first-response responsibilities.
- Ccitizens became more concerned about terrorists than issues related to crime and disorder in their neighborhoods.
- Dfederal funding to local jurisdictions for community policing was reallocated to Homeland Security and local law enforcement was required to reallocate resources to address first-response responsibilities.
15Match the era with policing with the correct description of that era.
- APolitical Era: close ties between police and political officals
- BReform Era: Professionalization of the police and focus on crime-fighting
- CCommunity (Policing) Era: Emphasis on partnerships between the police and citizens to identify and address community needs
- DNew (Homeland Security) Era: Emphasis on preventing terrorism
16The first U.S. metropolitan police department was formed in the New York City area in 1844 and other large cities quickly followed. While these departments were modeled after London’s Metropolitan Police, there were at least two significant differences. What were those differences?
- AThe police forces of New York and other large cities differed from their English counterparts in at least two important ways. First, America's first police officers were heavily involved with politics unlike police in London. Most police officers served and dependent on political leaders.
- BSecond, America police officers were more willing to use force.
17According to the Lecture Notes, throughout history, specifically in England and the U.S., formal police departments were established because _____________.
- AFormal police departments were formed because of the inefficiency and ineffectiveness of volunteer forces in responding to increase in crime and
- Bdisorder that resulted from an industrial revolution and the related increase in population.
18The “reformers” believed that the police must be isolated from citizens to prevent corruption. There were several factors that contributed to the Reform Era, but discuss how isolating the police from the public contributed to the demise of the Reform Era and a move toward Community Policing. (Hint: The answer is found on Page 14 of the Lecture Notes.)
- AThe "reformers" believed that the police must be isolated from the citizens to prevent corruption by having no contact unless a citizen called or the police were arresting someone and neither side trusted the other. The most important thing police need to do their job is to have information, so the citizens have the information. In any relationship, it must be professional and practical. In the community, they have a role to set the priorities of the police, but it doesn't mean that the police do everything that the public wants.
- BThey still have to follow the law of arrest, search, seizure and among other things. The "reformers" set the law to draw line between the police officers and the community; although it was ineffective, so they moved toward Community Policing, which required to have partnership between the police and the community.
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