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FSC100 MIDTERM Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
What is a police force? - answer✔A constituted body of persons empowered by the state to
enforce the law, protect property and limit civil disorder
What does police mean - answer✔Describe the body enforcing the law and maintaining order
Why do police forces exist in the first place? - answer✔As a preventative role and for safety
Metropolitan police - answer✔Often considered the template for the North American police that
followed the European trend
Sir Robert Peel - 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? - answer✔The public didnt want to do it themselves
Where was the first police force in North America - answer✔Toronto in the 19th century
How did Policing begin in North America - answer✔As a volunteer organization but developed
into a paid "policeman" position with formal training
First signs of Canadian legal tradition - answer✔When Quebec city in 1651 adopted a watchman
system modeled after France.
Detective - 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 - 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 - answer✔The forerunner of the RCMP. Created after confederation
to police the frontier territories of the Canadian west.
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What are municipalities responsible for? - answer✔majority of the policing services.
OPP - answer✔One of the largest services in North America, provide rural policing and support
for all police agencies as required
Policing Standards Manual - answer✔contains guidelines to help police services understand the
PSA
Police Services Act - answer✔regulations such as adequacy and effectiveness of police services
regulation
Atavism - answer✔criminals were born to commit crimes due to biological deviance
Positivism - answer✔crime was the product of social causes
Why is atavism and positivism contradictory now? - answer✔Because it seems that the criminal
mind is a blend of thw two
Cesare Lombroso - answer✔Atavist and psychiatrist, considered to be father of modern
criminology.
Recidvism - answer✔repeated criminal behaviour
Alexander Lacassagne - answer✔Positivist and professor of legal medicine. Referred to as a
father of forensic medicine.
Lombroso's theory - answer✔People are going to have certain physical characteristics if they
have deviant behavior. Demonstrated using skulls, tattoos, arguing that criminals were born
deviant
Criminal man (Lombroso) - answer✔determined identification could be made by physical
characteristics inherent in criminals
Lacassange's theory - answer✔used charts and maps of crime statistics in France and biographies
of criminals to link crime rates with geography. Societies have the criminals they deserve
Why were Lombroso's and Lacassagne's methods important? - answer✔Formed the basis for
gathering empirical data on crimes and the people who committed them
Alphonse Betillion - answer✔Devised another means of identification, looking at the physical
attributes of individuals and taking those measurements and creating a database so when they
arrest, they can reference that. Also created mugshots
10/3/2024 9:54 PM
FSC100 MIDTERM Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
What is a police force? - answer✔A constituted body of persons empowered by the state to
enforce the law, protect property and limit civil disorder
What does police mean - answer✔Describe the body enforcing the law and maintaining order
Why do police forces exist in the first place? - answer✔As a preventative role and for safety
Metropolitan police - answer✔Often considered the template for the North American police that
followed the European trend
Sir Robert Peel - 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? - answer✔The public didnt want to do it themselves
Where was the first police force in North America - answer✔Toronto in the 19th century
How did Policing begin in North America - answer✔As a volunteer organization but developed
into a paid "policeman" position with formal training
First signs of Canadian legal tradition - answer✔When Quebec city in 1651 adopted a watchman
system modeled after France.
Detective - 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 - 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 - answer✔The forerunner of the RCMP. Created after confederation
to police the frontier territories of the Canadian west.
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10/3/2024 9:54 PM
What are municipalities responsible for? - answer✔majority of the policing services.
OPP - answer✔One of the largest services in North America, provide rural policing and support
for all police agencies as required
Policing Standards Manual - answer✔contains guidelines to help police services understand the
PSA
Police Services Act - answer✔regulations such as adequacy and effectiveness of police services
regulation
Atavism - answer✔criminals were born to commit crimes due to biological deviance
Positivism - answer✔crime was the product of social causes
Why is atavism and positivism contradictory now? - answer✔Because it seems that the criminal
mind is a blend of thw two
Cesare Lombroso - answer✔Atavist and psychiatrist, considered to be father of modern
criminology.
Recidvism - answer✔repeated criminal behaviour
Alexander Lacassagne - answer✔Positivist and professor of legal medicine. Referred to as a
father of forensic medicine.
Lombroso's theory - answer✔People are going to have certain physical characteristics if they
have deviant behavior. Demonstrated using skulls, tattoos, arguing that criminals were born
deviant
Criminal man (Lombroso) - answer✔determined identification could be made by physical
characteristics inherent in criminals
Lacassange's theory - answer✔used charts and maps of crime statistics in France and biographies
of criminals to link crime rates with geography. Societies have the criminals they deserve
Why were Lombroso's and Lacassagne's methods important? - answer✔Formed the basis for
gathering empirical data on crimes and the people who committed them
Alphonse Betillion - answer✔Devised another means of identification, looking at the physical
attributes of individuals and taking those measurements and creating a database so when they
arrest, they can reference that. Also created mugshots
