Test Bank for Police Administration,
11th Edition Cordner (All Chapters
included) Question and Answer | A+
Verified | 2026/2027 Updated Exam
Review Pack
• Who is credited as the "father of modern law enforcement? -✓✓Sir Robert Peel
• What are the fundamental principles of Peelian reform for law enforcement? -✓✓1.
The police should be organized along military lines
2. Securing and training the proper persons is essential
3. Police should be hires on a probationary basis
4. The police should be under governmental control
5. Police should be deployed by time and area
6. Police headquarters should be centrally located
7. Police record keeping is essential
• Who were some of the other architects of modern policing? -✓✓August Vollmer, Bruce
Smith and O. W. Wilson
• What were two other commissions formed to better define police work and when were
they formed? -✓✓1. The Wickersham Commision in the 1930's
2. The President's Crime Commision of the 1960's
• What was the common theme of both commissions reports? -✓✓Both found the quality
of police personnel was low in terms of carry out the job to be done and in comparison
to the rest of the population, and both called for substantial upgrading of police
personnel.
• What is the the (police) professional model? -✓✓Prevented Patrol, Rapid Response
and Follow-up.
• What started to replace the professional model in the 1980's, gaining predominance in
the 1990's? -✓✓The Community Oriented Model
• What does the Community Oriented Model advocate? -✓✓1. A less centralized
organizational structure
2. Closer ties to the community
3. A stronger focus on prevention
4. A problem-solving approach to police work
,• What are the key components of democracy? -✓✓Accountability, legitimacy and
transparency
• What are the four major dimensions of Community Policing? -✓✓1. The philosophical
dimension
2. The strategic dimension
3. The tactical dimension
4. The organizational dimension
• The ___________ dimension includes the central ideas and beliefs underlying COP,
such as the necessity of citizen input, the broad nature of the police function and the
need to provide a tailored and personal service to the public. -✓✓philosophical
• The _____________ dimension provides the link between the broad ideas and beliefs
that underly COP and the specific programs and practices by which it is implemented. -
✓✓strategic
• Three strategic elements of community policing are: -✓✓1. Alternative police
operational strategies
2. Sharper geographic focus
3. A stronger emphasis on prevention
• The _____________ dimension of community policing ultimately translates translates
ideas, philosophies and strategy into concrete programs, practices and behaviors. -
✓✓tactical
• The ______________ dimension directly addresses the changes in police
organization, administration, management and supervision that might be required to
support and facilitate the implementation of COP. -✓✓organizational
• A synopsis of the police role in our society includes: -✓✓1. The core of the police role
involves law enforcement and the use of coercive force.
2. The primary skill of policing involves effectively handling problem situations, while
avoiding use of force.
3. Skillful police officers avoid the use of force primarily through effective, creative
communication.
• Three primary goals of any police department: -✓✓1. Protect life
2. Protect property
3. To maintain order
• What are the eight primary objectives which police activities are directed toward, in
order to meet primary obligations? -✓✓1. To prevent and control conduct widely
recognized as threatening to life and property
2. To aid individuals who are in danger of physical harm
, 3. To protect constitutional guarantees
4. To facilitate the movement of people and vehicles
5. To assist those who cannot care for themselves
6. To resolve conflicts
7. To identify problems that have potential to become more serious
8. To create and maintain a feeling of security in the community
• Four values in police work: -✓✓1. Efficiency
2. Legality
3. Equity
4. Accountability
• The adoption of systems principles results in a superior model of policing that eclipses
conventional management practice in every respect is termed as? -✓✓systems
approach
• The definition of system: -✓✓A network of interdependent components that work
together to accomplish the aim of the system.
• We may conclude that systems have three primary characteristics: -✓✓1. They are be
comprised of subsystems that may be looked upon as systems in and of themselves.
2. They are made up of factors that interact and/of are independent.
3. They are established for the purpose of meeting specific goals and objectives.
• No provision is made for feedback in what system? -✓✓Open-loop system
• _____________ ________ provides for the introduction of information about how well
or poorly the system is working, information that can be used to correct problems and
fine-tune performance. -✓✓
• An ________ ___________ is in contact with it's environment; input and output are not
restricted factors directly related to the process involved. -✓✓Open system
• A ____________ ____________, by contrast, is not influenced by it's environment, or
at least is influenced very little. -✓✓Closed system
• In 1956, Kenneth Boulding identified nine different levels of systems and in order of
complexity are: -✓✓1. Static systems- frameworks
2. Simple dynamic systems- machines
3. Cybernetic systems- thermostats
4. Self-perpetuating systems- cells
5. Genetic systems- plants
6. Animal systems- animals
7. Human systems- people
8. Social systems- organizations
11th Edition Cordner (All Chapters
included) Question and Answer | A+
Verified | 2026/2027 Updated Exam
Review Pack
• Who is credited as the "father of modern law enforcement? -✓✓Sir Robert Peel
• What are the fundamental principles of Peelian reform for law enforcement? -✓✓1.
The police should be organized along military lines
2. Securing and training the proper persons is essential
3. Police should be hires on a probationary basis
4. The police should be under governmental control
5. Police should be deployed by time and area
6. Police headquarters should be centrally located
7. Police record keeping is essential
• Who were some of the other architects of modern policing? -✓✓August Vollmer, Bruce
Smith and O. W. Wilson
• What were two other commissions formed to better define police work and when were
they formed? -✓✓1. The Wickersham Commision in the 1930's
2. The President's Crime Commision of the 1960's
• What was the common theme of both commissions reports? -✓✓Both found the quality
of police personnel was low in terms of carry out the job to be done and in comparison
to the rest of the population, and both called for substantial upgrading of police
personnel.
• What is the the (police) professional model? -✓✓Prevented Patrol, Rapid Response
and Follow-up.
• What started to replace the professional model in the 1980's, gaining predominance in
the 1990's? -✓✓The Community Oriented Model
• What does the Community Oriented Model advocate? -✓✓1. A less centralized
organizational structure
2. Closer ties to the community
3. A stronger focus on prevention
4. A problem-solving approach to police work
,• What are the key components of democracy? -✓✓Accountability, legitimacy and
transparency
• What are the four major dimensions of Community Policing? -✓✓1. The philosophical
dimension
2. The strategic dimension
3. The tactical dimension
4. The organizational dimension
• The ___________ dimension includes the central ideas and beliefs underlying COP,
such as the necessity of citizen input, the broad nature of the police function and the
need to provide a tailored and personal service to the public. -✓✓philosophical
• The _____________ dimension provides the link between the broad ideas and beliefs
that underly COP and the specific programs and practices by which it is implemented. -
✓✓strategic
• Three strategic elements of community policing are: -✓✓1. Alternative police
operational strategies
2. Sharper geographic focus
3. A stronger emphasis on prevention
• The _____________ dimension of community policing ultimately translates translates
ideas, philosophies and strategy into concrete programs, practices and behaviors. -
✓✓tactical
• The ______________ dimension directly addresses the changes in police
organization, administration, management and supervision that might be required to
support and facilitate the implementation of COP. -✓✓organizational
• A synopsis of the police role in our society includes: -✓✓1. The core of the police role
involves law enforcement and the use of coercive force.
2. The primary skill of policing involves effectively handling problem situations, while
avoiding use of force.
3. Skillful police officers avoid the use of force primarily through effective, creative
communication.
• Three primary goals of any police department: -✓✓1. Protect life
2. Protect property
3. To maintain order
• What are the eight primary objectives which police activities are directed toward, in
order to meet primary obligations? -✓✓1. To prevent and control conduct widely
recognized as threatening to life and property
2. To aid individuals who are in danger of physical harm
, 3. To protect constitutional guarantees
4. To facilitate the movement of people and vehicles
5. To assist those who cannot care for themselves
6. To resolve conflicts
7. To identify problems that have potential to become more serious
8. To create and maintain a feeling of security in the community
• Four values in police work: -✓✓1. Efficiency
2. Legality
3. Equity
4. Accountability
• The adoption of systems principles results in a superior model of policing that eclipses
conventional management practice in every respect is termed as? -✓✓systems
approach
• The definition of system: -✓✓A network of interdependent components that work
together to accomplish the aim of the system.
• We may conclude that systems have three primary characteristics: -✓✓1. They are be
comprised of subsystems that may be looked upon as systems in and of themselves.
2. They are made up of factors that interact and/of are independent.
3. They are established for the purpose of meeting specific goals and objectives.
• No provision is made for feedback in what system? -✓✓Open-loop system
• _____________ ________ provides for the introduction of information about how well
or poorly the system is working, information that can be used to correct problems and
fine-tune performance. -✓✓
• An ________ ___________ is in contact with it's environment; input and output are not
restricted factors directly related to the process involved. -✓✓Open system
• A ____________ ____________, by contrast, is not influenced by it's environment, or
at least is influenced very little. -✓✓Closed system
• In 1956, Kenneth Boulding identified nine different levels of systems and in order of
complexity are: -✓✓1. Static systems- frameworks
2. Simple dynamic systems- machines
3. Cybernetic systems- thermostats
4. Self-perpetuating systems- cells
5. Genetic systems- plants
6. Animal systems- animals
7. Human systems- people
8. Social systems- organizations
