quiz 3 Flashcards
Before organized police existed, how did humans solve their conflicts?
Enforcement of wrong doing was a largely private matter. The injured party was entitled to take action. Violence was much more common.
Who were the Praetorian Guard?
Why are they significant in a criminology course?
The Praetorian guard was arguably the first organized police unit. They protected the emperor and become fairly political.
Describe the “hue and cry” system?
Which English King enacted that rule?
This rule was enacted by King Alfred the Great of England. What would happen is if a a constable yelled for help if you heard you were obligated to go help. If you didn’t then you could be arrested
The word “Sheriff” is derived from what Old English word?
Sheriff is derived from shire-reeve
Which country had the first full-time paid police force?
Who founded them?
England had the first full-time paid police. It was founded by Sir Robert Peel.
Name the three eras in American Policing in order.
The Three police eras are: The political era, Professional era, and the Community Policing era.
Which era in American policing was the most corrupt?
The Political era was the most corrupted
Which era in American policing had police that were untrained ?
The political era
In which era in American policing were the police NOT charged with helping the public but rather focused on
crime control?
The Profesional era
Which era in American policing was pioneered by August Vollmer?
The Professional era
In which era in American policing did the police start having to do a lot of paperwork?
The Professional era
In which era in American policing was 911 invented?
The Professional era
The political era in policing ended because of the bad reputation of The police. In general, what caused that bad
reputation?
The police were very connected with their communities and were easily payed-off. There was little supervision and a lot of discretion.
The professional era in policing ended largely because of the bad reputation of the police. What caused that bad reputation?
The Professional era. The police didn’t connect with the community but most importantly the police did not treat minorities fairly. They tried to suppress the Civil Rights Movement and they were violent.
In which era in American policing did the police focus on reducing fear of crime and improving quality of life?
The Community Policing era
Name of the four organizational levels of police officers
(e.g. one is “county”).
1) Local police
2)County Police
3)State police
4) Federal police (feds)
Which is the most common type of police officer?
Local cop or federal?
Local police are the most common
How to police patrols prevent crime?
Either on foot or vehicle patrols prevent crime by deterrence
What are the three primary responsibilities of local police
departments?
1) Apprending criminals after crime occurs
2) Order maintenance
3) Service
Why are “Western” shows more likely to have Sheriffs as the lead character?
Because they are the law enforcement for rural and unincorporated areas
What are the three primary responsibilities of Sheriff departments?
1) ServePolicing
2) Serve Courts
3) Serve Corrections
Who runs the sex offender registry in Tiffin Ohio?
The sheriffs department (county police) runs the sex offender registry
Who maintains the county jail in Seneca county?
The County police
Which policing agency uses airplanes to search for drug-related plants in Ohio?
The State police
Crime labs are typically run by what level of police organization? (e.g. local?)
The State police
What level of police organization typically runs multijurisdictional task forces?
The Federal police
The FBI stands for what?
Under what Department is the FBI funded?
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is funded under the Department of Justice
Name two roles of the Secret Service.
The secret service was a created to investigate money counter fitting and now protects POTUS
Name two of the Core Beliefs common among police according to academics. Be able to recognize them all.
As understood by academics
• Arguably out of date
• Community policing attempts to reverse some of the trends.
• Describes James Q. Wilson’s watchmen more than legalistic
or service roles
• Describes urban police more than rural
Who tends to make more money? Sworn or Non-sworn police employees?
Sworn employees make more money
What does DEA stand for?
Drug Enforcement Angency
Which federal agency runs the Witness Protection Program?
The US Marshals Service
What is a higher rank: Sergeant or Captain?
What about Lieutenant?
Sergeant is lower than Lieutenant and captain
Sergeant-lieutenant-captain
Describe James Q. Wilson’s Styles of Policing.
Which is more likely to dispense “street justice”?
There are three types of police according to Wilson
1)Watchmen
2)Legalistic
3)Service
Watchmen are most likely to dispense street justice
What percentage of people shot by police are armed?
What percentage of people shot by police are Black?
The majority of people shot are armed (>90%)
A disproportionate number of people shot are black people
What are some of the unsolved problems in researching racial bias among the police?
(according to lecture)
1)No national database of police shootings
2) can not accurately simulate a real shooting environment
3) can’t control for all confounding variable
4) media narratives case details
5) Cases can be morally ambiguous
Which agency investigates and enforces tax fraud law?
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Which of James Q. Wilson’s Styles of Policing is most similar to Community Policing?
Service Police
What evidence is there that disproportionate shootings of Black men by police are caused by racism? By high crime rates in Black communities?
Looking at past studies done by researchers there have been a disproportionate number of black people have shot more than other races. But there is no evidence that these numbers are solely based on racism. The only thing we do know is that people (including police) hold implicit stereotypes of black people.
Police Culture is described as clannish and isolated form the public. Why might this be?
Police are mistrusted within communities. Police are very connected with eachother and will choose to protect a fellow worker over a citizen. In a sense they are isolated, they spend their time working to stop crime and enforce law. This puts them in their own bubble and away from the inner workings of the general public
