An Introduction to Policing 7th Edition by
Dempsey - Test Bank Chapter (1 to 15)
,Content: _
Chapter 1: Police History
Chapter 2: Organizing Public Security in the United States
Chapter 3: Organizing the Police Department
Chapter 4: Becoming A Police Officer
Chapter 5: The Police Role and Police Discretion
Chapter 6: Police Culture, Personality, and Police Stress
Chapter 7: Minorities in Policing
Chapter 8: Police Ethics and Police Deviance
Chapter 9: Patrol Operations
Chapter 10: Investigations
Chapter 11: Police and Their Clients
Chapter 12: Community Policing: The Debate Continues
Chapter 13: Police and the Law
Chapter 14: Computers, Technology, and Criminalistics in Policing
Chapter 15: Homeland Security
,Chapter 1: Police History
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The police represent the__________power of government, rather than the__________power of
government.
a. civil, military c. administrative, political
b. military, administrative d. military, civil
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 3
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
2. The person known as the father of American policing is:
a. O. W. Wilson c. August Vollmer
b. Robert Peel d. John S. Dempsey
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 19
OBJ: To introduce you to the history of policing in the first half of the twentieth century
3. The members of the military appointed by Roman Emperor Augustus to protect the palace and the
emperor were called the:
a. Royal Guard c. Roman Guard
b. Praetorian Guard d. Praefectus Urbi
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 3
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
4. The__________evolved into the Gendarmerie Nationale, which today polices the areas outside France’s
major cities.
a. Praefectus Urbi c. Maréchausée
b. Praetorian Guard d. Magistrates
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 4
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
5. Who formed the Bow Street Runners?
a. Henry Fielding c. Patrick Colquhoun
b. Sir Robert Peel d. Colonel Charles Rowan
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 6
OBJ: To show you how the U.S. police and, indeed, the entire U.S. criminal justice system evolved from
the English law enforcement experience
6. Who is generally credited with establishing the first police department in London, England?
a. Henry Fielding c. Patrick Colquhoun
b. Sir Robert Peel d. Sir Charles Rowan
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 7
OBJ: To show you how the U.S. police and, indeed, the entire U.S. criminal justice system evolved from
the English law enforcement experience
7. The first organized American police department (1838) in the North was created in what city?
, a. Chicago c. Philadelphia
b. New York City d. Boston
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 11
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
8. What U.S. Supreme Court decision held that a black slave could not sue in court for his freedom because
he was a piece of property, not a citizen?
a. Dred Scott v. Sandford
b. Mapp v. Ohio
c. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
d. Mabury v. Madison
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 10
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
9. Many historians and scholars indicate that__________in the American South were the precursor to the
modern American system of policing.
a. Praetorian Guard c. thief-takers
b. slave patrols d. Vigiles
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 9
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
10. The only law enforcement officers available on the American frontier were the__________and the
__________.
a. county sheriff, town marshal c. chief of police, county sheriff
b. county marshal, town sheriff d. military provost, town marshal
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 16
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
11. The Statute of Winchester established the office of ___________, who was responsible for organizing and
supervising the watch.
a. county sheriff c. city marshal
b. parish constable d. police chief
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 5
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
12. ___________ were assistants to the constables and walked the streets removing vagrants.
a. Beadles c. Marshals
b. Deputies d. Roamers
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 5
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
13. A form of community self-protection developed by King Alfred the Great in the latter part of the
nineteenth-century England was/were the ___________.
Dempsey - Test Bank Chapter (1 to 15)
,Content: _
Chapter 1: Police History
Chapter 2: Organizing Public Security in the United States
Chapter 3: Organizing the Police Department
Chapter 4: Becoming A Police Officer
Chapter 5: The Police Role and Police Discretion
Chapter 6: Police Culture, Personality, and Police Stress
Chapter 7: Minorities in Policing
Chapter 8: Police Ethics and Police Deviance
Chapter 9: Patrol Operations
Chapter 10: Investigations
Chapter 11: Police and Their Clients
Chapter 12: Community Policing: The Debate Continues
Chapter 13: Police and the Law
Chapter 14: Computers, Technology, and Criminalistics in Policing
Chapter 15: Homeland Security
,Chapter 1: Police History
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The police represent the__________power of government, rather than the__________power of
government.
a. civil, military c. administrative, political
b. military, administrative d. military, civil
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 3
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
2. The person known as the father of American policing is:
a. O. W. Wilson c. August Vollmer
b. Robert Peel d. John S. Dempsey
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 19
OBJ: To introduce you to the history of policing in the first half of the twentieth century
3. The members of the military appointed by Roman Emperor Augustus to protect the palace and the
emperor were called the:
a. Royal Guard c. Roman Guard
b. Praetorian Guard d. Praefectus Urbi
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 3
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
4. The__________evolved into the Gendarmerie Nationale, which today polices the areas outside France’s
major cities.
a. Praefectus Urbi c. Maréchausée
b. Praetorian Guard d. Magistrates
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 4
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
5. Who formed the Bow Street Runners?
a. Henry Fielding c. Patrick Colquhoun
b. Sir Robert Peel d. Colonel Charles Rowan
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 6
OBJ: To show you how the U.S. police and, indeed, the entire U.S. criminal justice system evolved from
the English law enforcement experience
6. Who is generally credited with establishing the first police department in London, England?
a. Henry Fielding c. Patrick Colquhoun
b. Sir Robert Peel d. Sir Charles Rowan
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 7
OBJ: To show you how the U.S. police and, indeed, the entire U.S. criminal justice system evolved from
the English law enforcement experience
7. The first organized American police department (1838) in the North was created in what city?
, a. Chicago c. Philadelphia
b. New York City d. Boston
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 11
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
8. What U.S. Supreme Court decision held that a black slave could not sue in court for his freedom because
he was a piece of property, not a citizen?
a. Dred Scott v. Sandford
b. Mapp v. Ohio
c. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
d. Mabury v. Madison
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 10
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
9. Many historians and scholars indicate that__________in the American South were the precursor to the
modern American system of policing.
a. Praetorian Guard c. thief-takers
b. slave patrols d. Vigiles
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 9
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
10. The only law enforcement officers available on the American frontier were the__________and the
__________.
a. county sheriff, town marshal c. chief of police, county sheriff
b. county marshal, town sheriff d. military provost, town marshal
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 16
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
11. The Statute of Winchester established the office of ___________, who was responsible for organizing and
supervising the watch.
a. county sheriff c. city marshal
b. parish constable d. police chief
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 5
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
12. ___________ were assistants to the constables and walked the streets removing vagrants.
a. Beadles c. Marshals
b. Deputies d. Roamers
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 5
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
13. A form of community self-protection developed by King Alfred the Great in the latter part of the
nineteenth-century England was/were the ___________.
