Criminal Justice
what is a jurisdiction? -✔✔the right or authority of a justice agency to act in regard to a particular
subject matter, territory, or person
what is the tithing system? -✔✔a private self-help protection system in early medieval England, in
which groups of 10 families agreed to follow the law, keep peace, and bring law violators to justice
Who were the bow street runners? -✔✔founded group of professional law enforcement agents to
apprehend criminals and recover stolen property in the entertainment district of London
what year were the London Metropolitan Police founded? -✔✔1929
Sponsored London Metropolitan Police Act and was in charge of British Home Security -✔✔Robert
Peel
what system of English policing did the colonists bring to America? -✔✔Constable-watch System
what were slave codes? -✔✔protected slave property rights in human being while holding slaves
responsible for their crimes
what group is considered to be the first state police agency? -✔✔Texas Rangers
changed policing by creating a professional model of policing by training and educating officers to be
professional -✔✔August Vollmer
how did police response to the demonstrations and civil disorders of the 1960's affect policing? -
✔✔officers took brutal and lethal action. Made them much stronger by the end of the 1960's
contemporary approach to policing that actively involves the community in a working partnership to
control and reduce crime -✔✔community policing
what is a jurisdiction? -✔✔the right or authority of a justice agency to act in regard to a particular
subject matter, territory, or person
what is the tithing system? -✔✔a private self-help protection system in early medieval England, in
which groups of 10 families agreed to follow the law, keep peace, and bring law violators to justice
Who were the bow street runners? -✔✔founded group of professional law enforcement agents to
apprehend criminals and recover stolen property in the entertainment district of London
what year were the London Metropolitan Police founded? -✔✔1929
Sponsored London Metropolitan Police Act and was in charge of British Home Security -✔✔Robert
Peel
what system of English policing did the colonists bring to America? -✔✔Constable-watch System
what were slave codes? -✔✔protected slave property rights in human being while holding slaves
responsible for their crimes
what group is considered to be the first state police agency? -✔✔Texas Rangers
changed policing by creating a professional model of policing by training and educating officers to be
professional -✔✔August Vollmer
how did police response to the demonstrations and civil disorders of the 1960's affect policing? -
✔✔officers took brutal and lethal action. Made them much stronger by the end of the 1960's
contemporary approach to policing that actively involves the community in a working partnership to
control and reduce crime -✔✔community policing
