Ch01
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. The first modern detective force was
A. The Bow Street Runners
B. Established by the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829
C. Created by Patrick Colquhoun
D. Headed by attorney Howard Vincent
2. When the London Metropolitan Police force was established in 1829, the British public was at first
suspicious and at times even hostile towards it because
A. King Edward II had supported its creation
B. Rowan and Mayne had intimate ties to the royal family
C. Social reformers such as Jeremy Bentham had long argued that it was a danger to personal liberty
D. French citizens had experienced oppression under centralized police
3. In 1833, which of the below cities passed an ordinance creating America's first paid, daylight police
force?
A. Philadelphia
B. Chicago
C. New York City
D. Baltimore
4. After the Civil War, what two broad areas did Pinkerton's National Detective Agency engage in?
A. Locating war criminals and providing protection to the President of the United States
B. Controlling a discontented working class and protection of the President of the United States
C. Pursuing bank robbers and arresting train robbers
D. Controlling a discontented working class and pursuing bank and railroad robbers
5. Which state and city was the first to create a unified police force in this country?
A. New Orleans, LA
B. New York, NY
C. Baltimore, MD
D. Philadelphia, PA
6. Which of the following is not one of the reasons cited in the textbook for having reliable detectives in
American cities in the 1800's?
A. Graft and corruption were common among America's big city police officers
B. Police jurisdictions were limited
C. There was little communication of information among departments in different cities
D. All of the preceding are reasons cited in the textbook
7. A rogues' gallery is
A. Only practical in cities of 100,000 population or more
B. Photographs of known criminals arranged by criminal specialty and height
C. A line-up of known offenders for viewing by detectives so they can recognize the criminals later on the
street
D Only practical in cities of 100,000 population or more and are photographs of known criminals
. arranged by criminal specialty and physical height
8. What was the original mission of the Secret Service when created by Congress in 1865?
A. Combat counterfeiting
B. Provide protection for Presidents
C. Prevent drug importation into this country
D. All of the preceding was addressed in the Secret Service's original Charter
,9. What municipal agency was the first to establish a Criminal Identification Bureau?
A. Chicago, Ill
B. Atlanta, GA
C. Philadelphia, PA
D. New Orleans, LA
10. Which agency was the prototype for modern state police organizations?
A. New York State Police
B. Georgia State Police
C. Pennsylvania State Police
D. Pinkerton International Detective Agency
11. The Hague Conference in 1914 called for international action against illicit drugs. What was Congress'
response?
A. Enacted legislation to create what eventually became known as the Federal Bureau of Investigation
B. Passed the Harrison Act, making the distribution of non-medical drugs a federal crime
C. Disagreed with the Hague Conference findings and held its own conference with a separate set of
findings
D. Disagreed with and disregarded the results of the Hague Conference
12. During 1961-1966, the U.S. Supreme Court became unusually active in hearing cases involving the rights
of criminal suspects and defendants. This is referred to as the
A. Radical court era
B. Conservative court era
C. Due process revolution
D. Ex-post facto period
13. The first major book describing the application of scientific disciplines to criminal investigation was
written in 1893 by Hans Gross. Translated into English in 1906, it remains highly respected today as a
seminal work in the field. What is the book's title?
A. Criminal Investigation
B. The Scientific Method of Criminal Inquiry
C. Science and Criminal Conduct
D. Forensic Science and Crime
14. What early method of criminal identification is based on the fact that every human being differs from
every other one in the exact measurements of their body and that the sum of these measurements yields a
characteristic formula for each individual?
A. Dactylography
B. Ectomorphism
C. Anthropometry
D. Meso-morphism
15. The father of criminal identification is:
A. Hans Gross
B. Alfonse Bertillon
C. Edward Henry
D. William Herschel
16. The first country to use fingerprints as a system of criminal identification was:
A. India
B. France
C. China
D. England
,17. Which 1903 case was the most important incident to advance the use of fingerprints in America?
A. Lindberg kidnapping
B. "James Jones"
C. West
D. Faurot
18. In 1985, research by ______________ and his colleagues at Leicester University, England led to
the discovery that portions of the DNA structure of certain genes are as unique to individuals, as are
fingerprints.
A. Watson
B. Ashworth
C. Crick
D. Jeffreys
19. What is the significance of the Enderby Cases that are referred to in the textbook?
A. It proved without a doubt that DNA results were unreliable in court
B. The first use of DNA to exonerate a person convicted of the rape of two persons
C. The first use of DNA typing in a criminal trial
D. Both B and C
20. The Palo Verde case is significant because it
A. Excluded evidence due to improper police training
B. Was the first use of plant DNA in a criminal case
C. Established the scientific basis for dactylography
D. Confirmed Gravelle's Principal
21. Who is the person considered most responsible for raising firearms identification to a science and for
perfecting the bullet comparison microscope?
A. Paul Jeserich
B. Henri Lacassagne
C. Henry Balthazard
D. Calvin Goddard
22. Who made the first successful attempt to identify a murderer from the bullet recovered from the body of a
victim?
A. Paul Jeserich
B. Henri Lacassagne
C. Henry Balthazard
D. Calvin Goddard
23. The on-going cycle of Supreme Court decisions in criminal investigation cases and the adaptation to them
by the police has
A. Slowed police professionalization
B. Hastened police professionalization
C. Had no effect on the police
D. Handcuffed the police
24. Which of the following is not one of the three major scientific systems for personal identification of
criminals in wide use?
A. Anthropometry
B. Dactylography
C. Ectomorphism
D. Deoxyribonucleic acid
25. In 1892, who published the first definitive book on dactylography, Finger Prints?
A. Sir Francis Galton
B. Henri Lacassagne
C. Henry Balthazard
D. Calvin Goddard
, 26. Criminalistics draws from diverse disciplines, such as geology, physics, chemistry, biology and
mathematics, to study physical evidence related to crime.
True False
27. The Metropolitan Police act was enacted in 1829, the first time it was introduced in England's
Parliament.
True False
28. Pinkerton's National Detective Agency's trademark was an open eye above the slogan "We are ever
Vigilant".
True False
29. After Prohibition was adopted nationally in 1920, the Bureau of Internal Revenue was responsible for its
enforcement.
True False
30. When Prohibition was repealed by the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1933, many former
bootleggers turned to bank robbery and kidnapping. It then became the FBI's role to deal with the
criminals.
True False
31. The Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs was an offshoot organization from the Drug Enforcement
Administration that was formed to handle national terroristic drug use.
True False
32. Bertillon produced the portrait parle' or "speaking picture", which combines full-face and profile
photographs of each criminal with his or her exact body measurements and other descriptive data onto a
single card.
True False
33. Without exception, every person has distinctive DNA. In every cell of the same human that contains
DNA, this blueprint is identical, whether the material is blood, tissue, spermatozoa, bone marrow, tooth
pulp or a hair root cell.
True False
34. The Orlando Cases set the stage for the first use of DNA typing in the United States.
True False
35. In 1913, Professor Balthazard published an article on firearms identification in which he noted that the
firing pin, extractor and ejector all leave marks on cartridges and that they vary among weapons.
True False
36. ________ efforts led to the establishment of the London Metropolitan Police in 1829. English police
officers are still affectionately referred to as "bobbies", a play on his first name.
________________________________________
37. Stephen Girard bequeathed $33,190 to ________ to develop a competent police force.
________________________________________
38. The major private detective agency of the 18th century was formed by ________.
________________________________________
39. To supplement the rogues' gallery, Thomas Byrnes instituted the ________ where at 9 o'clock every
morning; all criminals arrested in the past 24 hours were marched before his detectives who were
expected to make notes and to recognize the criminals later.
________________________________________
40. In 1967, the ________ was made operational by the FBI, providing data on wanted persons and property
stolen from all 50 states.
________________________________________
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. The first modern detective force was
A. The Bow Street Runners
B. Established by the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829
C. Created by Patrick Colquhoun
D. Headed by attorney Howard Vincent
2. When the London Metropolitan Police force was established in 1829, the British public was at first
suspicious and at times even hostile towards it because
A. King Edward II had supported its creation
B. Rowan and Mayne had intimate ties to the royal family
C. Social reformers such as Jeremy Bentham had long argued that it was a danger to personal liberty
D. French citizens had experienced oppression under centralized police
3. In 1833, which of the below cities passed an ordinance creating America's first paid, daylight police
force?
A. Philadelphia
B. Chicago
C. New York City
D. Baltimore
4. After the Civil War, what two broad areas did Pinkerton's National Detective Agency engage in?
A. Locating war criminals and providing protection to the President of the United States
B. Controlling a discontented working class and protection of the President of the United States
C. Pursuing bank robbers and arresting train robbers
D. Controlling a discontented working class and pursuing bank and railroad robbers
5. Which state and city was the first to create a unified police force in this country?
A. New Orleans, LA
B. New York, NY
C. Baltimore, MD
D. Philadelphia, PA
6. Which of the following is not one of the reasons cited in the textbook for having reliable detectives in
American cities in the 1800's?
A. Graft and corruption were common among America's big city police officers
B. Police jurisdictions were limited
C. There was little communication of information among departments in different cities
D. All of the preceding are reasons cited in the textbook
7. A rogues' gallery is
A. Only practical in cities of 100,000 population or more
B. Photographs of known criminals arranged by criminal specialty and height
C. A line-up of known offenders for viewing by detectives so they can recognize the criminals later on the
street
D Only practical in cities of 100,000 population or more and are photographs of known criminals
. arranged by criminal specialty and physical height
8. What was the original mission of the Secret Service when created by Congress in 1865?
A. Combat counterfeiting
B. Provide protection for Presidents
C. Prevent drug importation into this country
D. All of the preceding was addressed in the Secret Service's original Charter
,9. What municipal agency was the first to establish a Criminal Identification Bureau?
A. Chicago, Ill
B. Atlanta, GA
C. Philadelphia, PA
D. New Orleans, LA
10. Which agency was the prototype for modern state police organizations?
A. New York State Police
B. Georgia State Police
C. Pennsylvania State Police
D. Pinkerton International Detective Agency
11. The Hague Conference in 1914 called for international action against illicit drugs. What was Congress'
response?
A. Enacted legislation to create what eventually became known as the Federal Bureau of Investigation
B. Passed the Harrison Act, making the distribution of non-medical drugs a federal crime
C. Disagreed with the Hague Conference findings and held its own conference with a separate set of
findings
D. Disagreed with and disregarded the results of the Hague Conference
12. During 1961-1966, the U.S. Supreme Court became unusually active in hearing cases involving the rights
of criminal suspects and defendants. This is referred to as the
A. Radical court era
B. Conservative court era
C. Due process revolution
D. Ex-post facto period
13. The first major book describing the application of scientific disciplines to criminal investigation was
written in 1893 by Hans Gross. Translated into English in 1906, it remains highly respected today as a
seminal work in the field. What is the book's title?
A. Criminal Investigation
B. The Scientific Method of Criminal Inquiry
C. Science and Criminal Conduct
D. Forensic Science and Crime
14. What early method of criminal identification is based on the fact that every human being differs from
every other one in the exact measurements of their body and that the sum of these measurements yields a
characteristic formula for each individual?
A. Dactylography
B. Ectomorphism
C. Anthropometry
D. Meso-morphism
15. The father of criminal identification is:
A. Hans Gross
B. Alfonse Bertillon
C. Edward Henry
D. William Herschel
16. The first country to use fingerprints as a system of criminal identification was:
A. India
B. France
C. China
D. England
,17. Which 1903 case was the most important incident to advance the use of fingerprints in America?
A. Lindberg kidnapping
B. "James Jones"
C. West
D. Faurot
18. In 1985, research by ______________ and his colleagues at Leicester University, England led to
the discovery that portions of the DNA structure of certain genes are as unique to individuals, as are
fingerprints.
A. Watson
B. Ashworth
C. Crick
D. Jeffreys
19. What is the significance of the Enderby Cases that are referred to in the textbook?
A. It proved without a doubt that DNA results were unreliable in court
B. The first use of DNA to exonerate a person convicted of the rape of two persons
C. The first use of DNA typing in a criminal trial
D. Both B and C
20. The Palo Verde case is significant because it
A. Excluded evidence due to improper police training
B. Was the first use of plant DNA in a criminal case
C. Established the scientific basis for dactylography
D. Confirmed Gravelle's Principal
21. Who is the person considered most responsible for raising firearms identification to a science and for
perfecting the bullet comparison microscope?
A. Paul Jeserich
B. Henri Lacassagne
C. Henry Balthazard
D. Calvin Goddard
22. Who made the first successful attempt to identify a murderer from the bullet recovered from the body of a
victim?
A. Paul Jeserich
B. Henri Lacassagne
C. Henry Balthazard
D. Calvin Goddard
23. The on-going cycle of Supreme Court decisions in criminal investigation cases and the adaptation to them
by the police has
A. Slowed police professionalization
B. Hastened police professionalization
C. Had no effect on the police
D. Handcuffed the police
24. Which of the following is not one of the three major scientific systems for personal identification of
criminals in wide use?
A. Anthropometry
B. Dactylography
C. Ectomorphism
D. Deoxyribonucleic acid
25. In 1892, who published the first definitive book on dactylography, Finger Prints?
A. Sir Francis Galton
B. Henri Lacassagne
C. Henry Balthazard
D. Calvin Goddard
, 26. Criminalistics draws from diverse disciplines, such as geology, physics, chemistry, biology and
mathematics, to study physical evidence related to crime.
True False
27. The Metropolitan Police act was enacted in 1829, the first time it was introduced in England's
Parliament.
True False
28. Pinkerton's National Detective Agency's trademark was an open eye above the slogan "We are ever
Vigilant".
True False
29. After Prohibition was adopted nationally in 1920, the Bureau of Internal Revenue was responsible for its
enforcement.
True False
30. When Prohibition was repealed by the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1933, many former
bootleggers turned to bank robbery and kidnapping. It then became the FBI's role to deal with the
criminals.
True False
31. The Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs was an offshoot organization from the Drug Enforcement
Administration that was formed to handle national terroristic drug use.
True False
32. Bertillon produced the portrait parle' or "speaking picture", which combines full-face and profile
photographs of each criminal with his or her exact body measurements and other descriptive data onto a
single card.
True False
33. Without exception, every person has distinctive DNA. In every cell of the same human that contains
DNA, this blueprint is identical, whether the material is blood, tissue, spermatozoa, bone marrow, tooth
pulp or a hair root cell.
True False
34. The Orlando Cases set the stage for the first use of DNA typing in the United States.
True False
35. In 1913, Professor Balthazard published an article on firearms identification in which he noted that the
firing pin, extractor and ejector all leave marks on cartridges and that they vary among weapons.
True False
36. ________ efforts led to the establishment of the London Metropolitan Police in 1829. English police
officers are still affectionately referred to as "bobbies", a play on his first name.
________________________________________
37. Stephen Girard bequeathed $33,190 to ________ to develop a competent police force.
________________________________________
38. The major private detective agency of the 18th century was formed by ________.
________________________________________
39. To supplement the rogues' gallery, Thomas Byrnes instituted the ________ where at 9 o'clock every
morning; all criminals arrested in the past 24 hours were marched before his detectives who were
expected to make notes and to recognize the criminals later.
________________________________________
40. In 1967, the ________ was made operational by the FBI, providing data on wanted persons and property
stolen from all 50 states.
________________________________________
