Chapter 5 Quiz Outbound Exam

The ATF has jurisdiction over which areas?

Illegal sale, importation, and criminal misuse of firearms and explosives, Sales of untaxed liquor and cigarettes

Law enforcement in colonial America parallels

the British model .

In the Old West, members of a vigilance committee or posse called upon to capture cattle thieves or other felons was known as

vigilantes

What are the well-known law enforcement agencies that fall under the Department of Homeland Security?

Customs and Border Protection Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

In an effort to identify crime patterns and link them to suspects, many departments use computer software to conduct analysis of behavior patterns. This is referred to as what?

Data mining

Many departments use computer software to conduct analysis of behavior patterns. What is this process known as?

Data mining

Where did British Home Secretary Sir Robert "Bobbie" Peel organize law enforcement by pushing through the Metropolitan Police Act?

London

What are the main differences between public and private policing?

Preventive methods Private property Focus on loss, not crime Private justice

Crime prevention, detection, and the apprehension of criminals carried out by private organizations or individuals for commercial purposes is referred to as what?

Private policing

Which industry is supplementing local police forces and growing rapidly, and it has also been used at the federal police level?

Private policing

Which law enforcement agency is restricted to unincorporated areas within a county?

Sheriff's department

An overwhelming number of police departments in the United States have less than how many officers?

50

By what year was every borough and county in England required to form its own police force?

1856

Issues in which decade of policing included a dramatic increase in the number of violent and property crimes, drug addiction, and abuse grew to national concerns and police officers resented the demands placed on them by dissatisfied citizens?

1960s

In Boston, in the mid-nineteenth century, amateur bounty hunters who were hired by victims to apprehend thieves (thief takers) were replaced by the establishment of what?

A detective bureau

What are the reasons private policing is so popular?

A preference for nongovernmental provider of important services The belief that government cannot provide the level of service needed The growth of mass private property

Which of the following are among the reasons that private policing has become so popular?

A preference for nongovernmental provision of important services The growth of mass private property

The first formal U.S. police department was established in

Boston

The modern police department was born out of the urban mob violence that wracked the nation's cities in the nineteenth century. Which city was the first to create a formal, United States police department?

Boston

Which federal entity has jurisdiction over illegal sale, importation, and criminal misuse of firearms and explosives?

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)

Which of the following statements accurately describe policing in the 1960s?

Civil unrest produced a growing tension between police and the public. Supreme Court handed down a number of decisions designed to control police operations and procedures.

As the 1980s began, the police role seemed to be changing significantly. A number of experts acknowledged that the police were not simply crime fighters and called for police to develop a greater awareness of community issues. Which policing concept emerged as a result of these developments?

Community policing

What is the law enforcement program called that seeks to integrate officers into the local community to reduce crime and achieve good community relations?

Community policing

A law enforcement program that seeks to integrate officers into the local community to reduce crime and gain good community relations, typically involving personalized service and decentralized policing, citizen empowerment, and an effort to reduce community fear of crime, disorder, and decay, is known as what?

Community- policing

The Boston police strike in 1919 had what effects?

Crime commissions began to investigate the ability of the justice system to deal with crime Recommendations to improve police effectiveness Ended police unionism Placed power with reactionary, autocratic police administrators Crime commissions began to investigate the extent of crime

The use of computer mapping software that is used to map geographic "hot spots" where a majority of predatory crimes are concentrated, translating addresses into map coordinates and allowing departments to identify problem areas for particular crimes, is called what?

Crime mapping

Which agency is responsible for protecting our nation's borders?

Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

Which department is assigned the mission of minimizing the damage and aiding the recovery from terrorist attacks and reducing America's vulnerability to terrorism?

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Which of the following is ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) responsible for?

Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Homeland Security Investigations

Which federal agency is not a police agency, but an investigative agency with jurisdiction over all law enforcement matters in which the United States is or may be an interested party?

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Which of the following are among the responsibilities of the United States Marshals?

Fugitive apprehension Witness security Prisoner operations Judicial security

What was the first major technological breakthrough during the second half or the nineteenth century?

Implementation of the telegraph to policing

During the 1970s, increased federal government support for criminal justice greatly influenced police operations, and the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) devoted a significant portion of its funds to police agencies. What did that money go for?

Import or transfer technology originally developed in other fields into law enforcement Purchases of little-used hardware, such as antiriot gear Supporting innovative research on police work and advanced training of police officers Helped thousands of officers further their college education

Which of the following is true of the political era of policing (1840-1920)?

Individuals with the right connections could be hired despite a lack of qualifications. Politics determined the promotion of supervisors. Politics dominated the departments. Early police agencies were corrupt, brutal, and inefficient. Politics determined the recruitment of new officers.

Since the beginning of formal policing, local politicians controlled the police department, causing what issues?

Ineffective law enforcement An atmosphere of graft and corruption

Around the turn of the twentieth century, a number of nationally recognized leaders called for measures to help improve and professionalize the police. In 1893, what entity was formed that would become the leading voice for police reform?

International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)

Which of the following is true of the police force created by the Metropolitan Police Act?

Members were unsuccessful at stopping crime. In the early years, nearly one-third of the officers were dismissed each year. Members were influenced by the wealthy. Many of the members were corrupt. Members wore distinctive uniforms. It was structured along military lines. It was initially composed of more than 1,000 men.

Which of the following established the first organized police force?

Metropolitan Police Act

Which system provides rapid collection and retrieval of data about persons wanted for crimes anywhere in the 50 states?

National Crime Information Center

Historically speaking, an early form of American law enforcement in which volunteers were organized into groups that patrolled their community from dusk to dawn to keep the peace was referred to as what?

Night watch system

Which of the following are among Sir Robert Peel's principles of policing?

Police seek and preserve public favor not by catering to public opinion but by constantly demonstrating absolute impartial service to the law. The basic mission for which police exist is to prevent crime and disorder. The test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder, not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with it. Police must secure the willing cooperation of the public in voluntary observance of the law to be able to secure and maintain the respect of the public. The degree of cooperation of the public that can be secured diminishes proportionately to the necessity of the use of physical force.

Which of the following are among the responsibilities of the United States Secret Service?

Protection of the president of the United States Investigating counterfeit currency Telemarketing fraud investigations Investigating identity crimes

Which of the following are among the duties of the FBI?

Publish an annual compilation of crime data. Collect and maintain a vast fingerprint database. Operate a national threat-warning system to distribute important terrorism alert bulletins.

The IACP called for which reforms?

Removing political influence and control Creating a centralized organizational structure Creating specialized units Creating record keeping Creating a civil service police force

What is one important legal issue that arises with private policing?

Search and seizure standards

In early England, shires, which resembled the counties today, were controlled by the shire reeve, who was appointed by the Crown or local landowner to supervise the territory and ensure that order would be kept. The shire reeve soon began to pursue and apprehend law violators as part of his duties. What was this a forerunner of in modern United States policing?

Sheriff

Who guided through the legislation known as the Metropolitan Police Act?

Sir Robert Peel

Threat and risk assessment instruments are examples of what type of law enforcement technology?

Soft

Which new piece of technology allowed an officer to turn a key in a box and his location and number would automatically register at headquarters?

Telegraph police boxes

Who are The Texas Rangers?

The first state police agencies, and it was formed in 1835.

Who is the legal arm of the federal government.

U.S. Department of Justice

What did President Hoover create to study the U.S. criminal justice system and make recommendations for improvement?

Wickersham Commission