CRIM 100 EXAM 2 PSU UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Police roles - ANSWER -Control crime
Enfore the law
Maintain order
Serve community
Crime fighting is a ______ part of overall police activities - ANSWER -small
Significant portion of officers' time is spent handling - ANSWER -Minor
disturbances
Calls for service
Administrative duties
The police role is - ANSWER -varied and complex
When and where was the first specialized investigative unit? - ANSWER -In
Rome in 5th century BCE; "trackers of murder" or "questors"
Origins of police traced to - ANSWER -early English society
Before 1066 BCE - ANSWER -Pledge system, shires, reeves
Pledge system - ANSWER -Families banded together for mutual protection
Shires - ANSWER -similar to counties
Reeves - ANSWER -Appointed to supervise a territory
In 13th Century England - ANSWER -Statute of Winchester, watch and
ward system, hue and cry, thief-taker, Henry Fielding, bow street runners
Watch and Ward system - ANSWER -watchmen to protect against
robberies, fires, and disturbances
Hue and cry - ANSWER -yell very loud for help
, Thief-taker - ANSWER -like a bounty hunter
Henry Fielding - ANSWER -magistrate, Bow street
In 1829, Sir Robert Peel - ANSWER -established the first organized police
force in London with over 1000 men
The "bobbies" were - ANSWER -preventative in nature, uniformed, and
military style
First US police forces - ANSWER -Boston 1838 (Peelian Model), New York
1845, Philadelphia 1854
Cops? - ANSWER -acronym for constable on patrol, badge possibly-
copper star
The Political Era - ANSWER -a period of time when police were tied closely
to politicians, dependent on them for being hired, promoted, and
assignments; police were regarded as incompetent and corrupt
The Reform Era or "Professional Era" - ANSWER -Wickersham
Commission
August Vollmer
August Vollmer - ANSWER -Most famous police reformer
Instituted university training for young officers
Helped to develop school of Criminology at the University of California
Reform Era - ANSWER -when police sought to extricate themselves from
the shackles of politicians, and leading to the crime-fighter era- with greater
emphasis placed on numbers such as citations, arrests, response times,
and so on
Los Angeles chief of police, William Parker - ANSWER -believed police
were the "thin blue line" protecting society from barbarism- also he
opposed any restrictions on police methods
AND ANSWERS
Police roles - ANSWER -Control crime
Enfore the law
Maintain order
Serve community
Crime fighting is a ______ part of overall police activities - ANSWER -small
Significant portion of officers' time is spent handling - ANSWER -Minor
disturbances
Calls for service
Administrative duties
The police role is - ANSWER -varied and complex
When and where was the first specialized investigative unit? - ANSWER -In
Rome in 5th century BCE; "trackers of murder" or "questors"
Origins of police traced to - ANSWER -early English society
Before 1066 BCE - ANSWER -Pledge system, shires, reeves
Pledge system - ANSWER -Families banded together for mutual protection
Shires - ANSWER -similar to counties
Reeves - ANSWER -Appointed to supervise a territory
In 13th Century England - ANSWER -Statute of Winchester, watch and
ward system, hue and cry, thief-taker, Henry Fielding, bow street runners
Watch and Ward system - ANSWER -watchmen to protect against
robberies, fires, and disturbances
Hue and cry - ANSWER -yell very loud for help
, Thief-taker - ANSWER -like a bounty hunter
Henry Fielding - ANSWER -magistrate, Bow street
In 1829, Sir Robert Peel - ANSWER -established the first organized police
force in London with over 1000 men
The "bobbies" were - ANSWER -preventative in nature, uniformed, and
military style
First US police forces - ANSWER -Boston 1838 (Peelian Model), New York
1845, Philadelphia 1854
Cops? - ANSWER -acronym for constable on patrol, badge possibly-
copper star
The Political Era - ANSWER -a period of time when police were tied closely
to politicians, dependent on them for being hired, promoted, and
assignments; police were regarded as incompetent and corrupt
The Reform Era or "Professional Era" - ANSWER -Wickersham
Commission
August Vollmer
August Vollmer - ANSWER -Most famous police reformer
Instituted university training for young officers
Helped to develop school of Criminology at the University of California
Reform Era - ANSWER -when police sought to extricate themselves from
the shackles of politicians, and leading to the crime-fighter era- with greater
emphasis placed on numbers such as citations, arrests, response times,
and so on
Los Angeles chief of police, William Parker - ANSWER -believed police
were the "thin blue line" protecting society from barbarism- also he
opposed any restrictions on police methods
