Chapter 4 Flashcards

1
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Borh

A

Earliest system of policing

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2
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Frankpledge

A

System of policing that replaced borh(12 or older)

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3
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Tything or tithing

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Replaced borh and a group of all boys or men

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4
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Hundred

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Ten tythings grouped together for police purposes

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5
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Parish constable

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Policing agent who operate in smaller towns(unpaid, part time, and unarmed)

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6
Q

Shire reeves

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Precursors to sheriffs

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7
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Sheriffs

A

Early policing agents who were charged to pursue crimes

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8
Q

Watchmen

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Used to protect property in America

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9
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Thief takers

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Men hired by victims to capture offenders

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10
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Metropolitan police act of 1829

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Made by Sir Robert Peel, beginning of modern policing

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11
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Bobbies

A

Officers in Britain

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12
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Peelers

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Officers in Ireland

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13
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Peelian Principles

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List that describes Peels philosophy of an ethical police force

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14
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Vigilantes

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Self appointed distributors of justice

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15
Q

Slave patrol

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Policing group 3-6 men who brought slaves back to owners

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16
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Fugitive slave law of 1850

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Passed by congress to say that since slaves were growing we needed slave patrols

17
Q

Third degree

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Early method of police officers that included brutalizing people to gather info

18
Q

Modus operandi

A

A system for solving crimes

19
Q

Police matron

A

Women police officers

20
Q

Literacy tests

A

Tests used to deny voting

21
Q

Covered jurisdictions

A

Places must submit proposed voting changes to US DOJ

22
Q

Omnibus crime control and safe streets act of 1968

A

An act that established agencies and rules dealing with crime