CJE 4014 Exam 1 Summer A Latest Questions &
Answers 2023
Why study history? - Correct answer - much of what happens today is function of past
- helps us understand how and why changes occur
- some issues in policing have been there since beginning
What ideas of criminal justice did colonists bring with them? - Correct answer - wanted
common law
- emphasis on peoples individual rights
- court systems
- correctional forms of punishment
- idea of policing
- limited authority
- local control of police
- policing is highly decentralized and fragmented
What is the benefit police being decentralized and fragmented? - Correct answer - allows
agencies to police how their area needs to be policed
- no universal policing style
Statue of Winchester - Correct answer - all men were required to have a rifle in their
home to protect the area
Who is considered the father of the London Metropolitan Police? - Correct answer - Sir
Robert Peel
When was the London Metropolitan Police formed? - Correct answer 1892
What was the main contribution of the LMP? - Correct answer They were the first full time
paid police occupation
What did the LMP also give to modern policing? - Correct answer - Mission: to prevent
crime
- Strategy: preventive patrol
- Structure: military (uniforms, ranks, authoritarian management style)
When was the first modern American police force founded? - Correct answer - 1838
What caused the establishment of the first modern American police force? - Correct
answer - result of ethnic clashes
- ethnic clashes led to massive riots
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, How did first American police differ from LMP? - Correct answer - did not wear uniforms
- more democratic, citizen votes controlled police operations
- immersed in politics
How did one become a police officer in the 1800's? - Correct answer - needed political
connection
- had to pay $300
- only barriers were lack of intelligence, serious health problems, or local criminal record
- there were no standards
What was the political power center in New York City? - Correct answer Tammany Hall
What were call boxes? - Correct answer blue boxes placed in major American cities for
officers to call in and report
What was the most common crime of arrest in the 1800's? - Correct answer - public
drunkenness and fighting
What was the defining feature of the police in the 1800's? - Correct answer corruption
What caused the professional reform in the 1900's? - Correct answer - it was a response
to the corruption of police
Who were the main advocates of police professionalism? - Correct answer - Richard
Sylvester
- August Vollmer
Richard Sylvester - Correct answer - superintendent of DC police
- head of International Association of Chiefs of Police
- voice of the reform
August Vollmer - Correct answer - brains of the reform
- police chief Berkley, CA
- most influential and innovative police figure in history
- father of police professionalism
What was Vollmer's agenda? - Correct answer - working toward eliminating political
influence (most important)
- appoint qualified chief executives
- establish a mission
- raise personnel standards
- introduce principles of scientific management
- emphasize military style of discipline
- develop specialized units
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Answers 2023
Why study history? - Correct answer - much of what happens today is function of past
- helps us understand how and why changes occur
- some issues in policing have been there since beginning
What ideas of criminal justice did colonists bring with them? - Correct answer - wanted
common law
- emphasis on peoples individual rights
- court systems
- correctional forms of punishment
- idea of policing
- limited authority
- local control of police
- policing is highly decentralized and fragmented
What is the benefit police being decentralized and fragmented? - Correct answer - allows
agencies to police how their area needs to be policed
- no universal policing style
Statue of Winchester - Correct answer - all men were required to have a rifle in their
home to protect the area
Who is considered the father of the London Metropolitan Police? - Correct answer - Sir
Robert Peel
When was the London Metropolitan Police formed? - Correct answer 1892
What was the main contribution of the LMP? - Correct answer They were the first full time
paid police occupation
What did the LMP also give to modern policing? - Correct answer - Mission: to prevent
crime
- Strategy: preventive patrol
- Structure: military (uniforms, ranks, authoritarian management style)
When was the first modern American police force founded? - Correct answer - 1838
What caused the establishment of the first modern American police force? - Correct
answer - result of ethnic clashes
- ethnic clashes led to massive riots
Page 1|9
, How did first American police differ from LMP? - Correct answer - did not wear uniforms
- more democratic, citizen votes controlled police operations
- immersed in politics
How did one become a police officer in the 1800's? - Correct answer - needed political
connection
- had to pay $300
- only barriers were lack of intelligence, serious health problems, or local criminal record
- there were no standards
What was the political power center in New York City? - Correct answer Tammany Hall
What were call boxes? - Correct answer blue boxes placed in major American cities for
officers to call in and report
What was the most common crime of arrest in the 1800's? - Correct answer - public
drunkenness and fighting
What was the defining feature of the police in the 1800's? - Correct answer corruption
What caused the professional reform in the 1900's? - Correct answer - it was a response
to the corruption of police
Who were the main advocates of police professionalism? - Correct answer - Richard
Sylvester
- August Vollmer
Richard Sylvester - Correct answer - superintendent of DC police
- head of International Association of Chiefs of Police
- voice of the reform
August Vollmer - Correct answer - brains of the reform
- police chief Berkley, CA
- most influential and innovative police figure in history
- father of police professionalism
What was Vollmer's agenda? - Correct answer - working toward eliminating political
influence (most important)
- appoint qualified chief executives
- establish a mission
- raise personnel standards
- introduce principles of scientific management
- emphasize military style of discipline
- develop specialized units
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