Ch.4 History And Organization Of Law + Verified Test Bank

Chapter 4: History and Organization of Law Enforcement

Test Bank

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 1

1) This early form of policing most directly led to that of modern U.S. policing.

a. Okhranka of the Russian tsars

b. samurai system of Japan

c. Roman legion

d. frankpledge system

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 2

2) Henry and John Fielding organized this.

a. Bobbies

b. Watch-and-ward system

c. Bow Street Runners

d. Thames River Police

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 3

3) This was the first successful bill in England to create a permanent, public police force.

a. Wickersham Commission

b. Bill of Rights

c. Metropolitan Police Act

d. Omnibus Crime Control Act

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 4

4) Which feature did England contribute to U.S. policing, according to Walker and Katz?

a. Local control

b. Limited police authority

c. Fragmented system

d. All of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 5

5) As long as human beings have lived in large groups, we have needed this.

a. Sociology

b. Social control

c. Police

d. laws

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 6

6) This was an important office in early English policing.

a. Knight

b. Lord

c. King

d. Sheriff

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 7

7) In the modern United States, this type of law enforcement officer serves areas such as rural townships and is usually elected.

a. Uniformed police officers

b. Shire reeve

c. Neighborhood watchman

d. constable

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 8

8) In early England, a person who caught someone stealing chickens would be required to do this.

a. Kill the offender

b. Call a grand jury

c. Raise a hue and cry

d. Demand an inquest

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 9

9) This style of policing attempts to address the underlying social problems that contribute to crime by integrating research and scientific problem-solving strategies to analyze instances of crime with the goal of developing more effective response strategies.

a. Legalistic-style policing

b. Zero-tolerance policing

c. Watchman-style policing

d. Problem-oriented policing

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 10

10) About how many law enforcement agencies are there in the United States?

a. 2,000

b. 18,000

c. 6,000

d. 100,000

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 11

11) Most federal officers are trained here.

a. Langley Air Force Base

b. Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

c. Camp David

d. The Pentagon

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 12

12) This agency measures crime using the Uniform Crime Reports.

a. Federal Bureau of Investigation

b. General Accountability Office

c. National Crime Service

d. Federal Marshals

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 13

13) While out on patrol, Officer Kealoha spots a group of youths sitting in the back yard of a house and smoking. She takes note of the situation, but because the youths are quiet and minding their own business, she moves on. What type of policing is this the best example of?

a. Problem-solving

b. Legalistic style

c. Watchman style

d. Chicago style

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 14

14) This agency is recognized as the first uniformed, professional state police department in the United States.

a. New York Police Department

b. Pennsylvania State Police

c. Texas Rangers

d. Chicago Police Department

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 15

15) This is the largest local police force in the country.

a. Chicago Police Department

b. Los Angeles Police Department

c. Houston Police Department

d. New York Police Department

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 16

16) These are the most common form of county law enforcement.

a. Sheriff’s offices

b. Highway patrols

c. City police departments

d. constables

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 17

17) This policing strategy attempts to harness the resources and residents of a jurisdiction in stopping crime and maintaining order.

a. Neighborhood watch

b. Community policing

c. Watch and ward system

d. Problem-solving policing

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 18

18) This private police force was created by the West India Trading Company in 1798.

a. Bow Street Runners

b. Bobbies

c. Thames River Police

d. West India Company police

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 19

19) How did the development of the policing style in the United States differ from English policing style?

a. U.S. policing lacked a single, coherent philosophy

b. The political geography of the United States was large and always expanding.

c. The United States had a large, active immigrant community

d. All of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 20

20) Which is a major 20th-century police reformer?

a. John McClane

b. August Vollmer

c. Franklin Roosevelt

d. Henry Fielding

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 21

21) In the United States, informal policing began here with the establishment of a night watch.

a. NYC in 1650

b. Boston in 1631

c. Philadelphia in 1833

d. Boston in 1838

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 22

22) This is a duty of all law enforcement officers.

a. Keep the peace and maintain order

b. Ensure adherence to the law

c. Investigage when laws appear to have been broken

d. All of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 23

23) Which are the three distinct levels of law enforcement in the United States?

a. police, courts, and corrections

b. the police, the military, and the National Guard

c. uniformed officers, detectives, and chiefs

d. federal, state, and local

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 24

24) Much of local police work is especially concerned with problem-solving and this.

a. Collecting statistics

b. Physical fitness

c. Order maintenance

d. Investigating large financial offenses

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 25

25) Under which federal agency is the Federal Bureau of Investigation?

a. Department of Justice

b. Department of Homeland Security

c. Department of the Treasury

d. Department of Agriculture

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 26

26) All states have a highway patrol function except Hawaii.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 27

27) Local law enforcement agencies handle most of the country's crime.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 28

28) The law enforcement function has existed in one form or another for thousands of years.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 29

29) Brothers Henry and John Fielding organized the Thames River Police.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 30

30) One of the founding principles of the United States is that control of government should be as close to the people as possible.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 31

31) Vigilante committees were usually established by society's elites to protect property and social order from rogues and criminals.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 32

32) At the beginning of the 20th century, U.S. law enforcement was highly professional, fair, and organized.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 33

33) August Vollmer called the patrol car the "swift angel of death."

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 34

34) J. Edgar Hoover built the Secret Service into one of the premier law enforcement agencies in the world.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 35

35) At the start of the 20th century, U.S. law enforcement was inefficient and corrupt.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 36

36) Many federal agencies that seem to have nothing to do with law enforcement have their own police forces.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 37

37) The modern New York City Police Department formed in 1898 when the state legislature ordered local cities, towns, and villages to consolidate into a single city.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 38

38) The move toward police professionalism instituted functions not normally concerned with crime control, such as chasing stray dogs and enforcing minor morals laws.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 39

39) Federal law enforcement agencies are general-service agencies that engage in order-maintenance policing.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 4 - Question 40

40) The Secret Service’s original task when it was created in 1865 was to control the proliferation of counterfeit money.

a. True

b. False