Officers of the Law
What is the main responsibility of coroner today?
Determine cause of death
Name a job used in English policing that was adopted into America
-Constable
-Sheriff
-Justice of Peace
what was the nickname given to British police officers
bobbies
Where did the movement to improve policing begin?
New York City
In some cities officers were not permitted to live where?
The same beat they patrolled.
Unpaid, little prestige and popularity, included collecting taxes, supervising highways, and serving as magistrate
Constable
Early systems of policing were voluntary and informal, this system declined because
-Collapse of two primary offices
or
-Growth of large cities, crime, and civil disobedience
This man gave a number of principles of policing
Robert
nsWhat caused the political era of policing to begin?
Mary Cecilia Rogers murder
What is the reform era of policing also known as?
The professional era of policing
What word was sheriff derived from?
Shire reeve
Social and political unrest caused England to develop a....?
formal system of policing
What are the number of crimes you could get hanged for in england
223
T/F? The chief of police had no power to hire officers
Ture
Vice, juvenile, drugs and tactical are part of a what?
Special unit
Responsibility of Sheriff
Basic source of rural crime control in the U.S. and/or maintains law and order in US counties
John and Henry Fielding were responsible for the ___ Street Magistrate
Bow Street Magistrate
what was the only area of police to get a reform in England instead of the rest of the country
The metropolitan police
What did the law not require officers to wear/use?
Uniforms
The “Report on Police” was written by who?
August Vollmer
One responsibility of Justice of Peace
Presided over criminal trials, issued warrants for arrest
American JPs have limited jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases
Lay and inexpert upholders of the law
One of the crime waves during the 1600s
-Quaker/Puritan conflict (1656–1665)
or
-Salem witch trials (1692)
What did peel believe was as important as crime prevention?
Crime suppression
By 1880 what cities had a police force based on Peel’s model?
Every major American city.
What was Vollmer’s most innovative idea?
Police school