Ch. 5 Quiz

d. ​Boston

created the first formal police department in the United States in 1838.

a. ​New York
b. Texas
c. ​Milwaukee
d. ​Boston
e. Philadelphia

d. ​Crime mapping

_____ enables the police to target and direct resources to geographic hot spots of predatory crime.​

a. AFIS
b. ​Biometrics
c. ​A gun shot location device
d. ​Crime mapping
e. CODIS

d. ​Data mining

____ is the use of computer software to conduct analysis of behavioral patterns in an effort to link open cases to known perpetrators.

a. Geospatial mapping
b. ​Crime mapping
c. ​Systems analysis
d. ​Data mining
e. CODIS

d. ​Thief takers

___ were the organized private police that patrolled in 18th century England.

a. Bobbies
b. ​Grifters
c. ​Shire reeves
d. ​Thief takers
e. Constables

e. a ​computerized fingerprint system.

AFIS is:​

a. a specialized agency within the Department of Treasury.
b. a continually updating fugitive identification system.
c. ​an automated stolen vehicle database.
d. ​a national database of DNA records.
e. a ​computerized fingerprint system.

d. ​biometrics.

Danny responded to a robbery in which the suspect left a note demanding money. Danny hands over this note to crime scene investigators who want to compare the handwriting to other notes left at previous robberies. This handwriting will be compared to samples ​that already exist in a database. Using handwriting to identify individuals is a practice of:

a. high definition laser scanning analysis.
b. ​data mining
c. ​DNA testing
d. ​biometrics
e. thermal imaging analysis

b. ​FBI

Danny is surprised to learn that DNA evidence collected at local crime scenes in his jurisdiction is sent to a federal database titled "Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)." Which federal agency maintains this database?​

a. ICE
b. ​FBI
c. ​DHS
d. ​DEA
e. ​CIA

c. ​Secret Service

Because of his commendable performance during his 1st yr as a rookie, Danny is being assigned to a task force that will be investigating counterfeiting and other financial crimes. Danny will most likely work w/the ______ as part of this task force.

a. ​ATF
b. ​U.S. Marshals Service
c. ​Secret Service
d. ICE
e. ​DHS

e. ​Private police are concerned almost solely with crime prevention.

How do private police compare with public police?​

a. ​The primary focus of private police is enforcement of the criminal law.
b. ​Much of public policing is concerned with loss prevention.
c. ​The training and the level of professionalism are equal across the board.
d. ​There are no differences between public and private police.
e. ​Private police are concerned almost solely with crime prevention.

b. a hue and cry

In medieval England, __________ was a call for mutual aid against trouble or danger.

a. a warning shot
b. a hue and cry
c. a beck and call
d. an ​alarm call
e. a shout out

c. community policing

In the 1990s police departments began to embrace new forms of policing that stressed cooperation with the community and problem solving; this is referred to as the _________ model.

a. police control
b. ​foot patrol
c. community policing
d. crime control
e. community control

b. ​British

Law enforcement in colonial America paralleled the _________ model.​

a. Spanish
b. ​British
c. Japanese
d. ​Chinese
e. ​French

e. Metropolitan Police Act

Sir Robert Peel's legislation, the ___________, established the first organized police force in London.

a. Sir Robert Peel Act
b. ​London Police Act
c. ​Constable Police Act
d. ​Police and Crime Control Act
e. Metropolitan Police Act

b. ​Wickersham Commission

​The _______________ was created in 1929 by President Herbert Hoover to study the U.S. criminal justice system and make recommendations for improvement.

a. Criminal Justice Institute
b. ​Wickersham Commission
c. Federal Bureau of Investigation
d. ​National Institute of Justice
e. ​Law Enforcement Assistance Administration

b. ​FBI

The _______ is not a part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).​

a. Customs and Border Protection
b. ​FBI
c. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
d. ​U.S. Secret Service
e. All of the above are a part of DHS.

b. ​beating of Rodney King.

The defining event that helped shape police reforms in the 1990s was the:

a. ​growth of police unions.
b. ​beating of Rodney King.
c. creation of Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.
d. ​creation of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
e. ​Persian Gulf War.

c. ​U.S. Attorney General.

The head of the U.S. Department of Justice is the:

a. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
b. ​Secretary of the Treasury.
c. ​U.S. Attorney General.
d. Secretary of Homeland Security.
e. ​Secretary of State.

d. Conducting and coordinating international investigations involving transnational criminal organizations responsible for the illegal movement of people, goods, and technology into and out of the United States.

Which is not a mission of the U.S. Secret Service?​

a. Investigating counterfeiting and other financial crimes (including financial institution fraud, identity theft, and computer fraud).
b. Investigating threats against protected officials.
c. Protecting the president and the vice-president.
d. Conducting and coordinating international investigations involving transnational criminal organizations responsible for the illegal movement of people, goods, and technology into and out of the United States.
e. All of the above are missions of the U.S. Secret Service.

e. ​It relies on photographic evidence and two-dimensional drawings.

Which is not an advantage of high-definition surveying?​

a. Investigators can manipulate every piece of evidence.
b. ​Crime scene contamination is limited.
c. It eliminates the need for surveyors to access hazardous areas.
d. ​The perspective of the crime scene can be manipulated.
e. ​It relies on photographic evidence and two-dimensional drawings.

e. ​It has jurisdiction over all federal and state laws.

Which statement regarding the FBI is false?​

a. It was under the direction of J. Edgar Hoover from 1924 until his death in 1972.
b.​ It maintains liaison offices in other countries.
c.​ It resides in the Department of Justice.
d.​ It is an investigative agency rather than a police agency.
e. ​It has jurisdiction over all federal and state laws.