Exam 1 (Chapters 1-4) Exam Questions with Answers

describe who Allen Pinkerton was and his importance for the security industry - ANSWER-- was a "copper" - the first detective at Chicago Police Department - established what would be known as the largest and oldest private security operation in the US - hired the first female detective years before the women's suffrage movement what was one of the oldest contract security companies in the US? - ANSWER-Pinkerton how have the expenditures regarding private security changed in the past 15 years? - ANSWER-increased significantly what does security imply - ANSWER-a stable, relatively predictable environment in which an individual or group may pursue its ends without disruption or harm and without fear of disturbance or injury what is the largest security firm globally? - ANSWER-Securitas in what year was the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) formed? - ANSWER-1955 list some of the reasons for the increase in expenditures for security in the US? - ANSWER-a significant steady increase in all types of crime in the last 10 years what city was the first to establish a police department in the US? - ANSWER-New York City what company were Henry Wells and William Fargo partners in? - ANSWER-- American Express - chartered freight east of the Mississippi River until 1852 when they expanded west as Wells Fargo and Company list some of the most serious economic crimes - ANSWER--money laundering -identity theft/fraud - ecommerce crime - insurance crime - terrorism what was Edwin Holmes responsible for during the development of private security in the US? - ANSWER-burglar alarm system