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What is a police force? - correct answer ✔✔A constituted body of persons empowered by the state to
enforce the law, protect property and limit civil disorder
What does police mean - correct answer ✔✔Describe the body enforcing the law and maintaining order
Why do police forces exist in the first place? - correct answer ✔✔As a preventative role and for safety
Metropolitan police - correct answer ✔✔Often considered the template for the North American police
that followed the European trend
Sir Robert Peel - correct answer ✔✔a member of parliament, and became the post of secretary for the
home department. after seeing the rising crime statistics, he brought out the Metropolitan Police act.
Why did we have police forces? - correct answer ✔✔The public didnt want to do it themselves
Where was the first police force in North America - correct answer ✔✔Toronto in the 19th century
How did Policing begin in North America - correct answer ✔✔As a volunteer organization but developed
into a paid "policeman" position with formal training
First signs of Canadian legal tradition - correct answer ✔✔When Quebec city in 1651 adopted a
watchman system modeled after France.
Detective - correct answer ✔✔Specialists who sole job was to determine who committed the crime and
why. They established themselves within police agencies working less individually and more
cooperatively to close cases
, Constables - correct answer ✔✔Appointed to lead a handful of volunteers. Simply hired as needed. Not
until a year later that five were hired and paid.
North West Mounted Police - correct answer ✔✔The forerunner of the RCMP. Created after
confederation to police the frontier territories of the Canadian west.
What are municipalities responsible for? - correct answer ✔✔majority of the policing services.
OPP - correct answer ✔✔One of the largest services in North America, provide rural policing and support
for all police agencies as required
Policing Standards Manual - correct answer ✔✔contains guidelines to help police services understand
the PSA
Police Services Act - correct answer ✔✔regulations such as adequacy and effectiveness of police services
regulation
Atavism - correct answer ✔✔criminals were born to commit crimes due to biological deviance
Positivism - correct answer ✔✔crime was the product of social causes
Why is atavism and positivism contradictory now? - correct answer ✔✔Because it seems that the
criminal mind is a blend of thw two
Cesare Lombroso - correct answer ✔✔Atavist and psychiatrist, considered to be father of modern
criminology.
Recidvism - correct answer ✔✔repeated criminal behaviour
Alexander Lacassagne - correct answer ✔✔Positivist and professor of legal medicine. Referred to as a
father of forensic medicine.
What is a police force? - correct answer ✔✔A constituted body of persons empowered by the state to
enforce the law, protect property and limit civil disorder
What does police mean - correct answer ✔✔Describe the body enforcing the law and maintaining order
Why do police forces exist in the first place? - correct answer ✔✔As a preventative role and for safety
Metropolitan police - correct answer ✔✔Often considered the template for the North American police
that followed the European trend
Sir Robert Peel - correct answer ✔✔a member of parliament, and became the post of secretary for the
home department. after seeing the rising crime statistics, he brought out the Metropolitan Police act.
Why did we have police forces? - correct answer ✔✔The public didnt want to do it themselves
Where was the first police force in North America - correct answer ✔✔Toronto in the 19th century
How did Policing begin in North America - correct answer ✔✔As a volunteer organization but developed
into a paid "policeman" position with formal training
First signs of Canadian legal tradition - correct answer ✔✔When Quebec city in 1651 adopted a
watchman system modeled after France.
Detective - correct answer ✔✔Specialists who sole job was to determine who committed the crime and
why. They established themselves within police agencies working less individually and more
cooperatively to close cases
, Constables - correct answer ✔✔Appointed to lead a handful of volunteers. Simply hired as needed. Not
until a year later that five were hired and paid.
North West Mounted Police - correct answer ✔✔The forerunner of the RCMP. Created after
confederation to police the frontier territories of the Canadian west.
What are municipalities responsible for? - correct answer ✔✔majority of the policing services.
OPP - correct answer ✔✔One of the largest services in North America, provide rural policing and support
for all police agencies as required
Policing Standards Manual - correct answer ✔✔contains guidelines to help police services understand
the PSA
Police Services Act - correct answer ✔✔regulations such as adequacy and effectiveness of police services
regulation
Atavism - correct answer ✔✔criminals were born to commit crimes due to biological deviance
Positivism - correct answer ✔✔crime was the product of social causes
Why is atavism and positivism contradictory now? - correct answer ✔✔Because it seems that the
criminal mind is a blend of thw two
Cesare Lombroso - correct answer ✔✔Atavist and psychiatrist, considered to be father of modern
criminology.
Recidvism - correct answer ✔✔repeated criminal behaviour
Alexander Lacassagne - correct answer ✔✔Positivist and professor of legal medicine. Referred to as a
father of forensic medicine.
