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Q: The police image is affected by: a. individual officer backgrounds. b. the media. c. officers' personal experiences. d. all of the above

Q: Each police agency exercises discretion when it establishes its: a. procedures. b. policies. c. mission. d. all of the above

Q: The statement, "There is no right way to do a wrong thing," refers to: a. criminal behavior. b. ethics. c. rules of criminal procedure. d. mission statements.

Q: One police departments' Neighborhood-Oriented Police (NOP) program was perceived as more social work than police work and was referred to as: a. neighbors on patrol. b. next door patrol. c. community on patrol. d. nobody on patrol.

Q: A mission statement is: a. the standard against which administrators evaluate all decisions and actions. b. a statement of how an agency views its relationship with the community. c. both a and b d. neither a nor b

Q: Service to the community includes: a. suicide prevention. b. delivering death notifications. c. assisting motorists with disabled vehicles. d. all of the above

Q: Describe the Graffiti Hurts program, its goals and how it helps the community.

Q: Discuss Peel's principles and how they apply to law -enforcement today.

Q: Define community policing and describe its essential elements. Include a discussion about the various dimensions used to view community policing.

Q: Explain policing in the South during the 1700s. How and why did certain types of patrols form? What authority did they have?

Q: Describe another way to view community policing. The text describes community -policing as a organization-wide philosophy and management approach. How would you describe community policing in your community?

Q: When the police separate the law-abiding, peaceful citizens from the murderous, plundering villains who prey upon them, this is called the ____________________________________.

Q: According to some historians, the community era had its roots in the ___________ ________________, released in February 1968 by the President's National Advisory -Committee on Civil Disorder.

Q: Whereas traditional policing has been reactive, responding to calls for service, community policing is ____________, anticipating problems and seeking solutions to them.

Q: A ___________________ shift is a new way of thinking about a specific subject.

Q: During the ___________ era the police were decentralized under the authority of the -municipality in which they worked.

Q: Modern policing began in 1829 with the formation of the London Metropolitan Police, founded by______________.

Q: During the 1960s and early 1970s, considerable turmoil existed throughout the country related to issues of police and race relations, corruption, and use of force. During that period, according to Walker and Macdonald (2009), five national ___________________, or ad hoc, short-term investigations of law enforcement, were initiated.

Q: The Anglo-Saxons grouped their farms around small, self-governing villages that policed themselves. This informal arrangement required every male to enroll for police purposes in agroup of 10 families, known as a __________.

Q: 2300 BCE is the date of the earliest record of an ancient society's rules to control human -behavior when ___________ rulers codified their concept of offenses against society.

Q: Community policing is a philosophy of full-service, _______________ policing where the same officer patrols and works in the area on a permanent basis from a decentralized place.

Q: According to the text, team policing, community resource officers, and school liaison -officers are part of public relations.

Q: During the reform era the police sought to reestablish a close relationship with the -community.

Q: Police officer uniforms were successfully introduced at the same time the first U.S. police forces were established.

Q: One of the four general principles that define community policing is community engagement.

Q: Community policing is a philosophy that can be translated into practice in as many ways as there are communities.

Q: Community policing is one of the most significant trends in policing history.

Q: Every Southern state had slave patrols that formally required all Black men to serve as -patrollers.

Q: According to the text, the earliest record of an ancient society's need for rules to control human behavior dates back to 640 CE.

Q: Community policing is an organizational strategy that emerged in the 1980s and 1990s for dramatically improving the delivery of police services.

Q: The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Study found that increased patrol reduced crime and had a significant effect on public awareness about police presence.

Q: The requirement that police officers advise criminal suspects of their rights before custodial interrogation is required by the decision in the 1961 U.S. Supreme Court case of Mapp v. Ohio.

Q: The London Police was founded by Sir Robert Palmer.

Q: Community policing is a philosophy of full-service, personalized policing, where the same officer patrols and works in the area on a permanent basis from a decentralized place, -working in a proactive partnership with citizens to identify and solve problems.

Q: Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organization strategies, which supports the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques.

Q: August Vollmer and O.W. Wilson are credited with spearheading the "reform movement," which called for a drastic change in the organization and function of police departments.

Q: All of these are essential elements of community policing except: a. partnerships. b. problem solving. c. organizational change. d. All are elements of community policing.

Q: In 1929, President Herbert Hoover appointed the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement (Wickersham Commission) to study: a. the criminal justice system. b. juvenile delinquency. c. crime trends in the general population. d. corruption in the private business sector.

Q: This court case, decided by the Unites States Supreme Court in 1963, required states to -provide free counsel to indigent defendants in all felony cases. a. Mapp v. Ohio b. Escobedo v. Illinois c. Weeks v. United States d. Gideon v. Wainwright

Q: According to some historians, the community era had its roots in the ______________, -released in February 1968 by the President's National Advisory Committee on Civil -Disorder. a. Kerner Commission Report b. Vollmer study c. Rand Corporation study d. CID Efficiency Measures study

Q: Cordner's four dimensions of community policing include all of the following except: a. tactical. b. organizational. c. standardization. d. strategic.

Q: During the reform era, the concept of ____________ developed, a phrase referring to the line that separates law-abiding, peaceful citizens from the murderous, plundering villains who prey upon them. The phrase also suggests a distance between the police and the public they serve. a. psychological distancing b. us against them c. enemy and pigs d. the thin blue line

Q: During the reform era the police relationship with the community they served was: a. more reactive. b. exemplified by stronger communication with the public. c. professionally remote. d. an equal partnership.

Q: Politicians rewarding those who voted for them with jobs or special privileges was called: a. the community system. b. the progressive system. c. the political system. d. the patronage system.

Q: Giving officers permanent assignments so they can get to know the citizens within their area is part of the ____________ dimension. a. philosophical b. strategic c. relative d. progressive

Q: In the first quarter of the 19th century, one major component that influenced American -policing was: a. politics. b. incompetence. c. minorities. d. inefficiency.

Q: Crime prevention and organization structure: Americans borrowed most of this model of modern policing from the: a. military model. b. London model. c. French model. d. European model.

Q: The 1972 police research experiment that tested the effect of different levels of patrols and challenged the basic assumptions about the effect of patrol on crime was known as the: a. Michigan Foot Patrol Study. b. Wickersham Commission Experiment. c. Community Policing Experiment. d. Kansas City Preventive Patrol Study.

Q: The law that evidence gathered in an illegal search and seizure could not be used against the defendant was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in which 1914 case? a. Weeks v. United States b. Miranda v. Arizona c. Terry v. Ohio d. Gideon v. Wainwright

Q: The requirement that police officers advise criminal suspects of their rights before custodial interrogation is required by the decision of which Supreme Court case? a. Mapp v. Ohio b. Miranda v. Arizona c. Terry v. Ohio d. Gideon v. Wainwright

Q: Twentieth-century Southern law enforcement was essentially a direct outgrowth of the 19th-century: a. carpetbaggers. b. slave patrols. c. Jim Crow laws. d. slave threat.

Q: The father of American police professionalism is known as: a. August Vollmer. b. Darrel Gates. c. William Parker. d. William Bratton

Q: The tithing system was replaced by William the Conqueror with 55 military districts called: a. home rule. b. home forts. c. shires. d. garrisons.

Q: The system that required every male to enroll for police purposes in a group of 10 families was known as: a. frankpledge. b. hue and cry. c. tithing. d. warden.

Q: The Anglo-Saxons grouped their farms around small, self-governing villages that policed themselves. This informal arrangement became more structured under which ruler? a. King Edward b. Queen Victoria c. King Alfred d. Queen Elizabeth

Q: August Vollmer: a. helped spearhead the reform movement in policing. b. helped institute the patronage system. c. helped institute the spoils system. d. both a and b

Q: The Norman system requiring all free men to swear loyalty to the king's law and take responsibility for maintaining the local peace is called: a. tithing system. b. frankpledge system. c. hue and cry system. d. community system.

Q: At the time the Metropolitan Police Force was established in London, the United States was still operating under: a. a day-and-night watch system. b. the frankpledge system. c. the hue and cry system. d. the tithing system.

Q: In 1833, ____________ became the first city to pay both day and night watchmen. a. Boston b. New York c. Philadelphia d. New England

Q: If a watchman or any other citizen saw a crime in progress, he was expected to __________, summoning all citizens within earshot to join in pursuing and capturing the wrongdoer. a. perform the tithing b. give the hue and cry c. identify and pursue d. none of the above

Q: Peel, when appointed as home secretary, proposed that unpaid citizen volunteers be enlisted to serve as: a. police officers. b. night watch. c. street watchers. d. hue and cry callers.

Q: Which of the following is considered the father of modern policing? a. Robert Peel b. August Vollmer c. Robert Palmer d. William Parker

Q: "Modern" policing began with the formation of the London Metropolitan Police in whatyear? a. 1750 b. 1809 c. 1829 d. 1845

Q: Community policing: a. is the result of government intervention techniques. b. is focused on its evolving strategy of community efforts. c. is an organization-wide philosophy. d. works to direct citizens toward management goals.

Q: The first strategic era of policing was known as the ________________ era. a. community b. progressive c. reform d. political