CRIMINOLOGY 1001 FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS!!
Tithing - ANSWERin medieval England, a group of 10 families who collectively dealt
with minor disturbances and breaches of the peace
Private Police (almost three to one as many) - ANSWERAre there more private
police or public police?
Geographic "Hot Spots" - ANSWERWhere are the majority of predatory crimes
concentrated? (using IT techniques)
Fewer than two arrests per month and fewer than a single felony arrest every four
months - ANSWERHow many arrests does an average police officer make?
Kansas City Patrol Study of 1972 - ANSWERStudy that found that patrol presence or
absence has no clear impact on crime (Preventive Patrol doesn't deter crime)
London Metropolitan Police - ANSWERFirst Public Police (1829)
3 features:
1. Limited police authority
2. Local control
3. Decentralized and fragmented
Sir Robert Peel - ANSWERfather of modern policing, home secretary in the British
Cabinet, pushed parliment to pass the Metropolitan Police Act, which created
London police force ("Bobbies")
No - ANSWERDid the Colonial Sheriff patrol and seek out crime?
Boston - ANSWERThe First Formal U.S. Police Dept (1838)
New York - ANSWERCity with its First Police Debt created in 1844
Philadelphia - ANSWERCity with its First Police Debt created in 1854
Rodney King - ANSWERan African-American motorist driver who, in 1991 was
stopped and then beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers starting the L.A.
Riots
FBI - ANSWERThe primary investigative arm of the United States Department of
Justice, serving as both a federal criminal investigative body and a domestic
intelligence agency.
Protection of the U.S. and Terrorism - ANSWERWhat are the FBI's priorities
nowadays? (since 9/11)
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS!!
Tithing - ANSWERin medieval England, a group of 10 families who collectively dealt
with minor disturbances and breaches of the peace
Private Police (almost three to one as many) - ANSWERAre there more private
police or public police?
Geographic "Hot Spots" - ANSWERWhere are the majority of predatory crimes
concentrated? (using IT techniques)
Fewer than two arrests per month and fewer than a single felony arrest every four
months - ANSWERHow many arrests does an average police officer make?
Kansas City Patrol Study of 1972 - ANSWERStudy that found that patrol presence or
absence has no clear impact on crime (Preventive Patrol doesn't deter crime)
London Metropolitan Police - ANSWERFirst Public Police (1829)
3 features:
1. Limited police authority
2. Local control
3. Decentralized and fragmented
Sir Robert Peel - ANSWERfather of modern policing, home secretary in the British
Cabinet, pushed parliment to pass the Metropolitan Police Act, which created
London police force ("Bobbies")
No - ANSWERDid the Colonial Sheriff patrol and seek out crime?
Boston - ANSWERThe First Formal U.S. Police Dept (1838)
New York - ANSWERCity with its First Police Debt created in 1844
Philadelphia - ANSWERCity with its First Police Debt created in 1854
Rodney King - ANSWERan African-American motorist driver who, in 1991 was
stopped and then beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers starting the L.A.
Riots
FBI - ANSWERThe primary investigative arm of the United States Department of
Justice, serving as both a federal criminal investigative body and a domestic
intelligence agency.
Protection of the U.S. and Terrorism - ANSWERWhat are the FBI's priorities
nowadays? (since 9/11)
