History of Policing
Definitions
American Policing
Policing Today
Miscellaneous
100
This is the geographic area equivalent to our county.
What is a shire?
100
The unbroken line of authority that extends through all levels of an organization, from the highest to the lowest.
What is chain of command?
100
A minor violation of the law (sometimes called a petty crime) that demoralizes community residents and businesspeople. Examples-Excessive noise, vandalism, panhandling, and prostitution.
What is a quality of life offense?
100
It is the style of policing that focuses on enforcing the strict letter of the law.
What is the legalistic style of policing?
100
More people are in this form of policing than any other types of law enforcement.
What is private policing?
200
It established the watch and ward in towns and drafted eligible males to serve in the watch and ward.
What is the Statute of Winchester?
200
A police management strategy designed to increase the productivity of patrol officers through the scientific analysis and evaluation of patrol techniques.
What is directed patrol?
200
These are 5 different factors that could affect police discretion.
What are suspect characteristics, officer background, seriousness of crime, department policy, community interests, victim pressures, officer's personal practice and available alternatives.
200
He is the head of a law enforcement agency and appointed by the mayor.
Who is the police chief?
200
His primary duty is to oversee the jail.
Who is the sheriff?
300
This time period was marked by great growth in the cities of England, leading to a rise in crime.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
300
Combines the duty of criminal investigation with patrol of state highways for the state police.
What is the centralized model of law enforcement?
300
According to this experiment, directed patrol around gun crime hot spots is three times more cost-effective than normal uniformed police activity citywide in getting guns off the street.
What is the Kansas City Gun Experiment?
300
Suggests that by encouraging the repair of rundown building and controlling disorderly behavior in public spaces, police agencies can create an environment in which serious crime cannot easily flourish.
What is the broken windows mode of policing?
300
The sale of alcohol was illegal during this time period.
What is prohibition?
400
He was the first leader of the Bow Street Runners.
Who is Henry Fielding?
400
This is the traditional English term that means "leader of the county."
Who is the shire reeve?
400
Released the report that prohibition was unenforceable and led to police corruption.
What is the Wickersham Commission?
400
This form of policing is marked by much use of discretion and common in lower income neighborhoods.
What is the watchman style of policing?
400
They were considered the first modern day policeman.
Who are the London Metropolitan Police?
500
A system where everyone agrees to come to each others' aid in times of need.
What is the mutual pledge system?
500
Where people take the law into their own hands and serve as judge, jury and executioner.
What is vigilantism?
500
This is the dominant form of American policing.
What is preventive patrol?
500
This was the study credited with beginning the tradition of scientific police evaluation.
What is the Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment?
500
These are five of the many processes in police recruit screening.
What are personal interviews, agility test, polygraph test, drug test, psychological test, written tests, and medical exams?
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