An Introduction to Policing 8th Edition by John S. Dempsey - Test Bank Chapter (1 to 15)

An Introduction to Policing 8th Edition by John
S. Dempsey - Test Bank Chapter (1 to 15)

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Chapter_1_Police_History

Chapter_2_Organizing_Public_Security_in_the_United_States

Chapter_3_Organizing_the_Police_Department

Chapter_4_Becoming_a_Police_Officer

Chapter_5_The_Police_Role_and_Police_Discretion

Chapter_6_Police_Culture_Personality_and_Stress

Chapter_7_Minorities_in_Policing

Chapter_8_Police_Ethics_and_Police_Deviance

Chapter_9_Patrol_Operations

Chapter_10_Investigations

Chapter_11_Police_and_Their_Clients

Chapter_12_Community_Policing

Chapter_13_Police_and_the_Law

Chapter_14_Computers_Technology_and_Criminalistics_in_Policing

Chapter_15_Homeland_Security

,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