Test Bank For An Introduction to Policing, 8th Edition

Chapter_1_Police_History

True / False

1. The first state police agency was the Texas Rangers.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: American Policing: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: INPO.DEMP.16.01.03 - Characterize the regional differences in American policing prior to
the 20th century.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

2. Sir Charles Rowan founded the Bow Street Runners.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: English Policing: Our Heritage
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: INPO.DEMP.16.01.02 - Discuss the influence of the English police experience on American
policing.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

3. The man who is credited with establishing London’s first large-scale, civil police department in 1829 is Sir Robert Peel.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: English Policing: Our Heritage
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: INPO.DEMP.16.01.02 - Discuss the influence of the English police experience on American
policing.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

4. London’s first large-scale, civil police department consisted of more than 5,000 men.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: English Policing: Our Heritage
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: INPO.DEMP.16.01.02 - Discuss the influence of the English police experience on American
policing.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

5. Early American police were responsible for cleaning streets, caring for the homeless, and operating emergency

,ambulance services, in addition to their law enforcement duties.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: American Policing: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: INPO.DEMP.16.01.03 - Characterize the regional differences in American policing prior to
the 20th century.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

6. The concept of the sheriff can be traced back to the Praetorian Guard.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: English Policing: Our Heritage
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: INPO.DEMP.16.01.02 - Discuss the influence of the English police experience on American
policing.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

7. John Edgar Hoover is known as the father of American policing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: American Policing: Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: INPO.DEMP.16.01.05 - Identify at least four events or people instrumental in the
development of 20th-century American policing, and describe their influence.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

8. The word police comes from the Latin word politia, which means “civil administration.”
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Introduction
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: INPO.DEMP.16.01.01 - Explain the primary means of ensuring personal safety prior to the
establishment of formal, organized police departments.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

9. In early U.S. colonial society, citizens were responsible for protecting themselves and maintaining an orderly society.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: American Policing: The Colonial Experience

,LEARNING OBJECTIVES: INPO.DEMP.16.01.03 - Characterize the regional differences in American policing prior to
the 20th century.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

10. Escobedo v. Illinois was the U.S. Supreme Court case that applied the exclusionary rule to all states in the United
States.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: American Policing: Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: INPO.DEMP.16.01.04 - Describe how the turbulent times of the 1960s and 1970s influenced
American policing.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

11. The system of mutual pledge was employed as a strategy for maintaining stability in England and providing a method
for people living in villages to protect one another.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: English Police: Our Heritage
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: INPO.DEMP.16.01.02 - Discuss the influence of the English police experience on American
policing.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

12. Women have always been considered as capable of performing the same type of patrol duties as men.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: American Policing: Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: INPO.DEMP.16.01.05 - Identify at least four events or people instrumental in the
development of 20th-century American policing, and describe their influence.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

13. In the first half of the first decade of the 2000s, crime reductions continued to occur nationwide as the police adopted
or continued aggressive crime-fighting techniques.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: American Policing: Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: INPO.DEMP.16.01.04 - Describe how the turbulent times of the 1960s and 1970s influenced
American policing.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

, 14. The Knapp Commission was appointed by mayor of New York to investigate corruption in the NYPD as a result of
articles published in the New York Times.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: American Policing: Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: INPO.DEMP.16.01.04 - Describe how the turbulent times of the 1960s and 1970s influenced
American policing.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

Multiple Choice

15. The police represent the__________power of government and not the military power of government.
a. civil b. administrative
c. politica d. collective
l
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Introduction
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: INPO.DEMP.16.01.01 - Explain the primary means of ensuring personal safety prior to the
establishment of formal, organized police departments.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

16. The person known as the father of American policing is:
a. O. W. Wilson. b. Robert Peel.
c. August Vollmer. d. John S. Dempsey.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: American Policing: Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: INPO.DEMP.16.01.05 - Identify at least four events or people instrumental in the
development of 20th-century American policing, and describe their influence.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

17. The members of the military appointed by Roman Emperor Augustus to protect the palace and the emperor were
called the:
a. Royal Guard. b. Praetorian
Guard.
c. Roman Guard. d. Praefectus Urbi.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Early Police
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: INPO.DEMP.16.01.01 - Explain the primary means of ensuring personal safety prior to the
establishment of formal, organized police departments.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

18. Who formed the Bow Street Runners?