PSU CRIMJ210- POLICING IN
AMERICA EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
The police represent the__________power of government and not the military power of
government. - ANSWERScivil
The person known as the father of American policing is: - ANSWERSAugust Vollmer
The members of the military appointed by Roman Emperor Augustus to protect the
palace and the emperor were called the: - ANSWERSPraetorian Guard.
Who formed the Bow Street Runners? - ANSWERSHenry Fielding
Who is generally credited with establishing the first police department in London,
England? - ANSWERSSir Robert Peel
The first organized American police department (1838) in the North was created in what
city? - ANSWERSBoston
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? - ANSWERSDred Scott v.
Sandford
Many historians and scholars indicate that__________in the American South were the
precursor to modern highway patrols. - ANSWERSslave patrols
The only law enforcement officers available on the American frontier were
the__________and the __________. - ANSWERScounty sheriff, town marshal
The Statute of Winchester established the office of ___________, who was responsible
for organizing and supervising the watch. - ANSWERSparish constable
___________ were assistants to the constables and walked the streets removing
vagrants. - ANSWERSBeadles
A form of community self-protection developed by King Alfred the Great in the latter part
of the ninth-century was/were the: - ANSWERSmutual pledge
What statute made it a crime not to assist the night watch? - ANSWERSStatute of
Winchester
, The Federal Judiciary Act of 1789 created the: - ANSWERSoffice of the U.S. Marshal
The first state police agency was the: - ANSWERSTexas Rangers
By the 1880s, what private national detective agency had offices in nearly two dozen
cities? - ANSWERSPinkerton's National Detective Agency
Which Massachusetts governor fired all the striking police officers during the Boston
police strike and later became president of the United States? - ANSWERSCalvin
Coolidge
What legislation became law in 1920 and established National Prohibition? -
ANSWERSVolstead Act
The Latin term__________means "the power of the county." - ANSWERSposse
comitatus
In 1929, President Herbert Hoover created the National Commission on Law
Observance and Enforcement. This commission was known as the: -
ANSWERSWickersham Commission
Who served as chief of police in Berkeley and instituted many practices that started to
professionalize the U.S. police, including incorporating university training as a part of
police training? - ANSWERSAugust Vollmer
Who is noted for developing modern management and administrative techniques for
policing? - ANSWERSO. W. Wilson
The director of the FBI from 1924 to his death in 1972 was: - ANSWERSJ. Edgar
Hoover.
What did the U.S. Supreme Court focus on during the 1960s? - ANSWERSindividual
rights
Which U.S. Supreme Court case was responsible for applying the exclusionary rule to
all state courts in America? - ANSWERSMapp v. Ohio
Which U.S. Supreme Court case defined the constitutional right to counsel at police
interrogation? - ANSWERSEscobedo v. Illinois
Which U.S. Supreme Court case resulted in the police requirement that persons who
are in police custody and will be interrogated must be advised of their constitutional
rights? - ANSWERSMiranda v. Arizona
AMERICA EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
The police represent the__________power of government and not the military power of
government. - ANSWERScivil
The person known as the father of American policing is: - ANSWERSAugust Vollmer
The members of the military appointed by Roman Emperor Augustus to protect the
palace and the emperor were called the: - ANSWERSPraetorian Guard.
Who formed the Bow Street Runners? - ANSWERSHenry Fielding
Who is generally credited with establishing the first police department in London,
England? - ANSWERSSir Robert Peel
The first organized American police department (1838) in the North was created in what
city? - ANSWERSBoston
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? - ANSWERSDred Scott v.
Sandford
Many historians and scholars indicate that__________in the American South were the
precursor to modern highway patrols. - ANSWERSslave patrols
The only law enforcement officers available on the American frontier were
the__________and the __________. - ANSWERScounty sheriff, town marshal
The Statute of Winchester established the office of ___________, who was responsible
for organizing and supervising the watch. - ANSWERSparish constable
___________ were assistants to the constables and walked the streets removing
vagrants. - ANSWERSBeadles
A form of community self-protection developed by King Alfred the Great in the latter part
of the ninth-century was/were the: - ANSWERSmutual pledge
What statute made it a crime not to assist the night watch? - ANSWERSStatute of
Winchester
, The Federal Judiciary Act of 1789 created the: - ANSWERSoffice of the U.S. Marshal
The first state police agency was the: - ANSWERSTexas Rangers
By the 1880s, what private national detective agency had offices in nearly two dozen
cities? - ANSWERSPinkerton's National Detective Agency
Which Massachusetts governor fired all the striking police officers during the Boston
police strike and later became president of the United States? - ANSWERSCalvin
Coolidge
What legislation became law in 1920 and established National Prohibition? -
ANSWERSVolstead Act
The Latin term__________means "the power of the county." - ANSWERSposse
comitatus
In 1929, President Herbert Hoover created the National Commission on Law
Observance and Enforcement. This commission was known as the: -
ANSWERSWickersham Commission
Who served as chief of police in Berkeley and instituted many practices that started to
professionalize the U.S. police, including incorporating university training as a part of
police training? - ANSWERSAugust Vollmer
Who is noted for developing modern management and administrative techniques for
policing? - ANSWERSO. W. Wilson
The director of the FBI from 1924 to his death in 1972 was: - ANSWERSJ. Edgar
Hoover.
What did the U.S. Supreme Court focus on during the 1960s? - ANSWERSindividual
rights
Which U.S. Supreme Court case was responsible for applying the exclusionary rule to
all state courts in America? - ANSWERSMapp v. Ohio
Which U.S. Supreme Court case defined the constitutional right to counsel at police
interrogation? - ANSWERSEscobedo v. Illinois
Which U.S. Supreme Court case resulted in the police requirement that persons who
are in police custody and will be interrogated must be advised of their constitutional
rights? - ANSWERSMiranda v. Arizona
