Exam 1
What is democracy?
Government by the people (electing politicians, etc). Other feature include equal rights, privileges and opportunity, open government and due process protection.
Less focus on community involvement and more focus of analyzing and sharing information between agencies/departments. Is a result of what era of policing?
Homeland Security Era
Legislation that established the Office of Community Oriented Policing Service in the U.S Justice Department. Is called?
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
What is the purpose of the Wickersham Commission?
Appointed by President Hoover in 1929 to investigate the operations and problems in the Criminal Justice System. Formally known as the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement.
What are the differences between private and public policing?
1. Private police are paid from personal finances as oppose to public police who are paid from taxes. 2. Public police are sworn employees of the state and they go through accreditation and training. 3. Private Policing main focus is loss prevention. 4. Private Police do not have arrest or legal powers. 5. Resolution of the problem is left to the discretion of private police and their clients.
The amendment to the U.S Constitution that governs search and seizure.
4th Amendment
What is the Frankpledge System?
A night watch system of social control in which ten households were grouped into a tithing, and each adult male member of the tithing was held reasonable for the conduct of others. (10 household= tithing, 10 tithing =parish, 10 parishes=shire)
What is probable cause?
A set of facts and circumstances that would induce a reasonably intelligent and prudent person to believe that another particular person has committed a specific crime.
International Association of Chiefs of Police, National Black Police Associations and International Union of Police Association, National Institute of Justice, Police Executive Research Forum and Police Foundation. Are apart of what type of communication?
Interagency Communication
What is Kin Policing?
Kin policing involves families, clans and tribes enforcing informal rules and customs.
The legislation adopted by the British Parliament in 1829 that established the world's first large-scale organized police force in London. Is called?
Metropolitan Police Act
What is the revolving door concept?
Offenders going through the Criminal Justice System several times for various reasons.
What are the four categories associated with citizen support for the police?
Race, age, gender and prior contact with law enforcement.
What are the difference between the crime control model and the due process model?
See page 29.
what are the duties of the Bow Street Runners or thief takers?
The Bow Street Runners known as the first detective units. They patrolled the city on foot and the surrounding areas on horseback and performed investigations.
Stresses the service and customer-friendly approach to police work. Is what era of policing?
The Community Era (1970's to Present)
Police forces served more to regulate crime pursuant to the wishes of corrupt politicians than to control crime in the interest of the public good. Is what era of policing?
The Political Era (1840 to the early 1900's)
What is the Reform Era of Policing? When did it take place?
The Reform Era of Police was from the early 1900's to 1970's. The purpose of this era was to professionalize police forces and to eliminate the influence of corrupt politicians.
What was the first Federal Agency? And what was its purpose?
The Secret Service established in 1865. The purpose of this agency was to suppress counterfeiting.
Who was August Vollmer?
The first police chief of Berkeley, California and an active leader in the American police reform movement. Vollmer argued that policing should be regarded as a police service, as a profession focused on improving society.
