Early Law Enforcement & Historical Systems
This was the primary purpose of the Code of Hammurabi.
What was to establish written laws and standards of justice?
Known as the "father of modern policing" for advocating professional training and technology.
Who is August Vollmer?
This term refers to the physical act of committing a crime.
What is Actus Reus?
Driving while intoxicated and causing an accident is an example of this crime.
What is DUI (Driving Under the Influence)?
The primary goal of community policing is to build trust and work with communities to solve local problems.
What is community-oriented policing?
In medieval England, groups of households responsible for each other's behavior were part of this system.
What is the Frankpledge System?
This person became the head of the FBI and modernized federal law enforcement in the U.S.
Who is J. Edgar Hoover?
This refers to a defendant's mental state or intent at the time of committing a crime.
What is Mens Rea?
This type of crime is punishable by more than one year of imprisonment and can be punishable by death.
What is a felony?
This law, passed in 1968, provided federal funding for crime control and law enforcement reforms.
What is the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act?
This law enforcement agency was created in 1829 to establish the first modern police force.
What is the Metropolitan Police?
This international organization has members from 190 countries to facilitate global police cooperation.
What is INTERPOL?
This legal term means the physical evidence of a crime.
What is Corpus Delicti?
This legal principle states that a crime must be proven with evidence of both the act and the intent.
What is Mens Rea?
This organization is responsible for international police cooperation and has members from 190 countries.
What is INTERPOL?
The Bow Street Runners are considered the first professional detectives in this city.
What is London?
This U.S. agency is primarily responsible for national security and terrorism.
What is Homeland Security (DHS)?
This is the legal principle that requires both a guilty act and a guilty mind to prove a crime.
What is the principle of concurrence?
This crime involves intentionally harming someone during a fight.
What is assault?
This police organization is responsible for enforcing laws across entire states.
What is State Police or Highway Patrol?
This system involved townspeople taking turns watching for trouble at night in medieval England.
What is the Watch and Ward system?
This U.S. agency manages the National Crime Victimization Survey to gather data on criminal incidents.
What is the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)? (Alternatively, you could specify NCVS if focusing on the survey itself)
In the legal process, this term refers to the physical evidence that proves a crime has occurred.
What is corpus delicti?
This type of crime, often punishable by death or life imprisonment, involves severe violations like homicide or kidnapping.
What is a felony?
What event occurred that established the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate efforts against terrorism and protect the U.S?
What is the 9/11?