Big Names
Commissions and Findings
Terms
SCOTUS Cases
100

This individual was the chief of police in Berkeley, California, who helped found the School of Criminology at the University of California.

August Vollmer

100

This commission, who published a report of corruption in the NYPD in 1972, argued that officers fall into one of two categories: Meat-eater, and grass-eaters.

The Knapp Commission

100

Designated police patrol areas are called ______.

beats

100

This ruling created the "stop and frisk"

Terry v. Ohio

200

This is the nickname of the English police force created by Sir Robert Peel.

Bobbies

200

This commission, who published a report in 1991 of corruption in the NYPD, described a form of corruption that was categorically different than the corruption of the Knapp Commission 20 years earlier.

The Mollen Commission

200

Another term for the order-maintenance function of police is

peacekeeping

200

This ruling laid out your rights in an interrogation

Miranda v. Arizona

300

This piece of legislation established the first organized police force in London.

The Metropolitan Police Act

300

This term was coined by the Mollen Commission use to describe the new form of corruption taking place in the NYPD.

Crew corruption

300

This type of policing is designed to bring the police and public closer together to create a more cooperative environment between them.

Community-oriented policing

300

This ruling established the "fleeing felon" rule.

Tennessee v. Garner

400

This commission, publishing reports in 1929 and 1931, wrote of corruption infecting the entire criminal justice system of New York City, driven in part by Prohibition Laws.

The Wickersham commission

400

This is a collective group of 10 families who pledged to provide mutual aid to one another.

Tything

400

This ruling established that the fourth amendment only applies to a home's curtilage, not to open fields

Oliver v. United States

500

This term refers to sense of isolation and in-group loyalty that police officers often feel.

The Blue Curtain

500

This ruling established that surveillance flyovers are not subject to Fourth Amendment protections

California v. Ciraolo

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