CRJU 222 Quiz 1 – Flashcards
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A form of community self-protection developed by King Alfred the great in the latter part of the 19th century England was/were the.....
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Mutual pledge
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What U.S. Supreme Court decision held that a black slave could not sue in court for his freedom because he was a piece of property, not a citizen?
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Dred Scott V.S. Sandford
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In 1991, what Los Angeles incident inflamed police-community relations?
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Rodney King beating
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By the 1880's what private national detective agency had offices in nearly two dozen cities?
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Rocky Mountain Detective Association
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What gives law enforcement new ability to search, seize, detain, or eavesdrop in their pursuit of possible terrorists?
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USA Patriot ACT
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Which Supreme Court case was responsible for applying the exclusionary rule to all state courts cases?
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Mapp v.s. Ohio
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Which US Supreme Court case resulted in the police requirement that persons who are in police custody and will be interrogated must be advised of the constitutional rights?
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Miranda v.s. Arizona
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Who is noted for developing modern management and administrative techniques for policing?
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Patrick Murphy
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The _______ system assigned P.O. into relatively small permanent posts where they could become familiar with the area and the people in the area thereby making the officer part of the neighborhood life.
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Watch and ward
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William J. Bratton completely reengineered the New York City Police Department to make reducing crime its primary objective. What vehicle did he use to accomplish this mission?
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SWAT
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The first organized American police department (1838) in the North was created in what city?
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Boston
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Which US Supreme Court case defined the constitutional rights to counsel at police interrogations?
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Brown V.S. Mississippi
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Who formed the Bow Street Runners?
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Henry Fielding
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Who generally credited with establishing the first police department in London, England?
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Sir Robert Peel
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Which Massachusetts governor fired all the striking police officers during the Boston police strike and later became the president of the U.S.?
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Woodrow Wilson
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The first state police agency was the _______.
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Texas Rangers
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The federal Judiciary Act of 1789 created the
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office of the US marshal
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Who is known as the father of American Policing?
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August Vollmer
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What legislation became law in 1920 and established National Prohibition?
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Volstead Act
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The Statute of Winchester established the office of ________, who was responsible fore organizing and supervising the watch.
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Parish Contstable
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The only law enforcement officers available on the American frontier were the _____ and the __________.
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County Marshal; Town Sheriff
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What statute made it a crime not to assist in the night watch?
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Posse Comitatus Act of 1879
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Many historians and Scholars indicate that ______ in the American South were the precursor to the modern American systems of policing.
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Slave Patrols
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Who was the director of the FBI from 1924 until his death in 1972?
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J. Edgar Hoover
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In 1929, President Herbert Hoover created the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement. This commission was knows as the:
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Wickersham Commission
