Law enforcement(Complete solutions)
Beat system correct answersSystem of policing created by Sir Robert Peel for the London
Metropolitan Police in 1829 in which officers were assigned to relatively small permanent posts (
to become familiar with them and the people residing there)
Praetorian Guard correct answersSelect group of highly qualified members of the military
established by the Roman emperor Augustus to protect him and his palace
Mutual pledge correct answersA form of community self-protection developed by King Alfred
the Great in the latter part of the 9th century in England
Constable correct answersAn official assigned to keep the peace in the mutual pledge system in
England
Shire-reeve correct answersEarly English official placed in charge of shires as a part of the
system of mutual pledge, evolved into the modern concept of the sheriff
Hue and cry correct answersA method developed in early England for citizens to summon
assistance from fellow members of the community
Watch and ward correct answersA rudimentary form of policing, designed to protect against
crime, disturbances, and fire. All men were required to serve on it
Thief-takers correct answersPrivate citizens had no official status were paid by the king for every
criminal they arrested (bounty hunter)
Peel's nine principles correct answersBasic guidelines created by Sir Robert Peel for the London
Metropolitan Police in 1829
Slave patrols correct answersPatrols were a formal system of social control, to maintain the
institution of slavery by enforcing restrictive laws against slaves
Dred Scott decision correct answers1857, slaves had no rights as citizens because they were
considered to be property
Posse comitatus correct answersPower of the county
Volstead Act correct answersForbade the sale and manufactured of alcohol (1920)
Wickersham commission correct answersFirst national study of the US criminal justice system
(1931)
President's commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice correct
answersCollection of task force reports covering all aspects of the criminal justice system
, National Advisory commission of Civil Disorders (Kerner commission) correct answersReleased
a report in 1968 that attacked white racism and addressed the reasons for the riots of the 60s
CompStat correct answersWeekly crime strategy meetings, featuring the latest computerized
crime stats
Rodney King incident correct answersVideotaped LAPD beating a black man (1991)
Jury nullification correct answersVote by jurors to either ignore the evidence in a trial disregard
the instructions of a judge to reach a verdict based on their own
Department of Homeland Security correct answersAddress the organizational and operational
changes in federal and state law as a result of 9/11
LEMAS correct answersLaw Enforcement Management and Administrative Stats
Stats reports on law enforcement personnel data issued by the national institute of justice
Local control correct answersFormal and informal use of local or neighborhood forms of
government to deter abhorrent behaviors
Sworn law enforcement employee average correct answersNumber of sworn law enforcement
employees for each 1,000 residents
Sanctuary cities correct answersIllegal immigrants, shield foreign criminal from deportation and
hamper federal efforts to combat illegal immigration and terrorism
Centralized model of state law enforcement correct answersCombines the duties of major
criminal investigations with the patrol of state highways
Decentralized model of state law enforcement correct answersClear distinction between traffic
enforcement on state highways and other state-level law enforcement functions
National Institute of Justice (NIJ) correct answersThe research arm of the US Justice Department
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) correct answersA national clearinghouse
of criminal justice information maintained by the National Institute of Justice
Law Enforcement Online (LEO) correct answersConduit for intelligence information that forms
a cornerstone for the bureau's information-sharing initiative by providing links to federal, state,
local and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide
National Alert System correct answersDeliver secure message boxes containing law
enforcement-sensitive information to online members within minutes
Field Intelligence Groups (FIGs) correct answersAll of its 56 field offices
Beat system correct answersSystem of policing created by Sir Robert Peel for the London
Metropolitan Police in 1829 in which officers were assigned to relatively small permanent posts (
to become familiar with them and the people residing there)
Praetorian Guard correct answersSelect group of highly qualified members of the military
established by the Roman emperor Augustus to protect him and his palace
Mutual pledge correct answersA form of community self-protection developed by King Alfred
the Great in the latter part of the 9th century in England
Constable correct answersAn official assigned to keep the peace in the mutual pledge system in
England
Shire-reeve correct answersEarly English official placed in charge of shires as a part of the
system of mutual pledge, evolved into the modern concept of the sheriff
Hue and cry correct answersA method developed in early England for citizens to summon
assistance from fellow members of the community
Watch and ward correct answersA rudimentary form of policing, designed to protect against
crime, disturbances, and fire. All men were required to serve on it
Thief-takers correct answersPrivate citizens had no official status were paid by the king for every
criminal they arrested (bounty hunter)
Peel's nine principles correct answersBasic guidelines created by Sir Robert Peel for the London
Metropolitan Police in 1829
Slave patrols correct answersPatrols were a formal system of social control, to maintain the
institution of slavery by enforcing restrictive laws against slaves
Dred Scott decision correct answers1857, slaves had no rights as citizens because they were
considered to be property
Posse comitatus correct answersPower of the county
Volstead Act correct answersForbade the sale and manufactured of alcohol (1920)
Wickersham commission correct answersFirst national study of the US criminal justice system
(1931)
President's commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice correct
answersCollection of task force reports covering all aspects of the criminal justice system
, National Advisory commission of Civil Disorders (Kerner commission) correct answersReleased
a report in 1968 that attacked white racism and addressed the reasons for the riots of the 60s
CompStat correct answersWeekly crime strategy meetings, featuring the latest computerized
crime stats
Rodney King incident correct answersVideotaped LAPD beating a black man (1991)
Jury nullification correct answersVote by jurors to either ignore the evidence in a trial disregard
the instructions of a judge to reach a verdict based on their own
Department of Homeland Security correct answersAddress the organizational and operational
changes in federal and state law as a result of 9/11
LEMAS correct answersLaw Enforcement Management and Administrative Stats
Stats reports on law enforcement personnel data issued by the national institute of justice
Local control correct answersFormal and informal use of local or neighborhood forms of
government to deter abhorrent behaviors
Sworn law enforcement employee average correct answersNumber of sworn law enforcement
employees for each 1,000 residents
Sanctuary cities correct answersIllegal immigrants, shield foreign criminal from deportation and
hamper federal efforts to combat illegal immigration and terrorism
Centralized model of state law enforcement correct answersCombines the duties of major
criminal investigations with the patrol of state highways
Decentralized model of state law enforcement correct answersClear distinction between traffic
enforcement on state highways and other state-level law enforcement functions
National Institute of Justice (NIJ) correct answersThe research arm of the US Justice Department
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) correct answersA national clearinghouse
of criminal justice information maintained by the National Institute of Justice
Law Enforcement Online (LEO) correct answersConduit for intelligence information that forms
a cornerstone for the bureau's information-sharing initiative by providing links to federal, state,
local and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide
National Alert System correct answersDeliver secure message boxes containing law
enforcement-sensitive information to online members within minutes
Field Intelligence Groups (FIGs) correct answersAll of its 56 field offices
