Test 1 Flashcards
The rise of the unified full-time Police Department in America was influenced by events in
England
What is the name of the first full-time police agency in London
London metropolitan police
A tightly controlled political party headed by a boss or small autocratic group whose purpose is to repeatedly win elections for personal gain often through graft or corruption is known as:
Machine politics
Who is the father of modern law-enforcement?
August Vollmer
What efforts did Vollmer utilize to improve the caliber of police personnel
Police training, psychological testing, recruiting college students
Particularly after 1965, the hallmark of attempts to promote police professionalism centered on
Education
One of the major conclusions of the Kansas City preventative patrol study was:
A statistically weak correlation between reported crime and level of routine patrol
The ________ describe how investigations in major metropolitan police agencies were organized and managed. This study recommended a larger role for police officers in conducting preliminary investigation.
RAND criminal investigation study
During the 1960s, money was made available from _____ to start junior college and university criminal justice programs.
LEAA
The independent accrediting authority for law enforcement is:
CALEA
Which of the following is not cited as a benefit to law enforcement accreditation
Personnel cost can be reduced
Which of the following was an impact on policing as a result of world war two
A shortage of experienced officers
What is the name of the person who during WWII patrolled to make sure that no lights were showing during blackouts
Air raid wardens
What law enforcement administrator studied under Gus Vollmer and wrote the Bible of police administration
O.W. Wilson
Following world war two, more women were hired as police officers, working specifically with what category of offenders?
Juvenile delinquents
Which of the following is a criterion for a profession
An organized body of Theoretically grounded knowledge
prestige
a code of ethics.
The Pendleton act of 1883 sought to eliminate:
The political spoils system
Prohibition was established by passage of:
The Volstead act
Which of the following is part of what the text refers to as the “trilogy”?
Kansas city prevention patrol experiment
Rand criminal investigation study
Team policing
What agency was formed to archive and disseminate the rapidly growing body of criminal justice knowledge being generated by research?
NCJRS
In 1916, the national municipal league issued a modern city charter calling for a strict separation of politics and administration, which had a trickle-down effect on the police and other departments
True/false
TRUE
The military model resulted in more staff positions to do specialized work, and emphasis on both line inspection of officers and staff inspections of functions, written policies and procedures, enhanced training, increased accountability, and the widespread adoption of the bureaucratic form of organization
True/false
TRUE
The temperance movement, which began in the second half of the 19th century, grew out of bar rooms
True/false
True
In Chicago, Elliot Ness, a local sheriff, and 10 deputy sheriffs he hand-picked were known as the untouchables because they couldn’t be “bought”
True/false
True
As a result of the patriot act, state and local law-enforcement powers and roll in combating terrorism were also expanded
True/false
True
A ____ is someone who smuggled illegal alcohol during prohibition
Bootlegger
The rise of unified, full-time police departments in America was influenced by events in ______
England
Illegal bars called _____ were established during prohibition
Speakeasies
The KKK was formed by _____ veterans who were bored
Confederate
The KKK took over some of the duties of ____ patrols, who hunted down fugitive slaves
Slave
During the 1950s and 1960s, some southern police departments addressed the problem of the _____ badge, in which minority police officers were treated inferiorly then white officers
Unequal
The law enforcement education program provided up to $2400 a year to help defray ______ cost
Education
The formulation of the federal national criminal ______ reference service created and easily accessible body of cutting edge information for criminal justice students, scholars, and practitioners
Justice
Community oriented policing is the development of police strategies and programs in partnership with _____ in order to deliver custom tailored police services to problems
Communities
Evidence-based policing is based on _______ that suggest which strategies and policing provide the most successful outcomes
Research
Who was the driving force behind the London metropolitan police
Sir Robert peel
Who was the distinguished leader in the civil rights movement
Martin Luther King Jr
Who was the former Tennessee slave who promoted founding African American townships in Kansas after the Civil War
Benjamin “Pap” Singleton
Who was the chief of several jurisdictions and wrote police administration, which is often regarded as the Bible of police administration
O.W. Wilson
Who was the US president assassinated by a frustrated patronage seeker, giving momentum to the passage of the Pendleton act
James Garfield
Who was the farm worker and civil rights activist who fought for better working conditions and pay for migrant pickers
Cesar Chavez
Who is the father of modern law-enforcement
August “Gus” Vollmer
Who is the bank robber killed in Chicago by FBI agents in 1934, marking the end of the lawlessness era
John Dillinger
Who carried out Oklahoma city bombing as a means of getting revenge for Ruby Ridge and Waco
Timothy McVeigh
