Administration of Criminal Justice- Module 9 Comprehension Assignment

1. Which of the following is not true of night watchmen in colonial America?

a. They patrolled the borders of towns protecting citizens

b. They were well compensated

c. Their activities were primarily reactive

d. They were subject to corruption

2. The first police forces in the United States were modeled after the force created in 1829 in ____________.

a. Spain

b. Germany

c. England

d. France

3. Attempts to professionalize the police began to occur in the ________________.

a. 1840s

b. 1900s

c. 1970s

d. 2000s

4. The chief of the Berkeley, California police department credited with pushing for police professionalization was _______________.

a. Robert Peel

b. August Vollmer

c. Herbert Goldstein

d. Barney Fife

5. Modern police forces have attempted to increase the proportion of _______________ in their ranks.

a. Hispanic officers

b. Female officers

c. African-American officers

d. All of the above

6. Early private police forces were usually created to deal with ____________.

a. Labor unions

b. Train passengers

c. Courtroom security

d. Banks

7. The _______________ Committee criticized private police for acting in the name of private interests, for being paid by private rather than government funds, and for owing their positions to their employers rather than entire communities.

a. Wickersham

b. Kerner

c. LaFollette

d. Christopher

8. The _______________ concentrates on suppressing counterfeiting and protecting presidents and other U.S. dignitaries.

a. U.S. Marshals Service

b. U.S. Secret Service

c. Federal Bureau of Investigation

d. Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization

9. The Department of Homeland Security combined _______ federal agencies into one government department.

a. 8

b. 14

c. 22

d. 47

10. Police officers are considered agents of control except when they are performing which of the following tasks?

a. Crime-related

b. Order maintenance

c. Crime-prevention.

d. None of the above

11. The bulk of police work is spent on ________________ tasks.

a. Crime-related

b. Order maintenance

c. Crime-prevention

d. All three are worked on equally

12. The police spend a lot of their time resolving conflicts between family members, friends, and neighbors. This activity generally falls into which category of police activity?

a. Crime-related

b. Order maintenance

c. Crime-prevention

d. Service

13. A police officer teaches a citizen how to avoid becoming the victim of theft. He also engraves serial numbers of value objects for the citizen. The officer is fulfilling which police function through his work?

a. Crime-related

b. Order maintenance

c. Crime-prevention

d. Service

14. A city police chief is most likely to be hired/fired by which of the following?

a. The city mayor

b. The state senate

c. The head of the state police

d. The local prosecutor

15. Which of the following functions would most likely fall under the operations division of a police department?

a. Record-keeping

b. Training

c. Communications

d. Traffic enforcement

16. The operations division of a police department would likely include all of the following except __________.

a. Detective work

b. Patrol

c. Juvenile investigations

d. Public relations

17. A shift sergeant is best considered ____________________.

a. Upper management

b. Middle management

c. Lower management

d. None of the above

18. Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certification typically uses which of the following to certify new officers?

a. Written examinations

b. Training

c. Educational standards

d. All of the above

19. Agencies may try to improve their organizations by encouraging officers to report misconductgenerally, encouraging officers to "do the right thing." These departments are stressing _________________.

a. Specialization

b. Accreditation

c. Ethics

d. Community policing

20. The cost of commencing the national accreditation process is approximately ___________.

a. No cost

b. $1,000

c. $5,000

d. $25,000

21. Half of the over one million law enforcement officers in the United States work for _________.

a. Municipal police agencies

b. Sheriff's departments

c. State police agencies

d. Federal law enforcement agencies

22. In a survey of police officers conducted by Allen, Mhlanga, and Khan, over ___________ of police officers reported attending an ethics course or training in the past.

a. 20 percent

b. 40 percent

c. 60 percent

d. 80 percent

23. The informal rules and regulations, tactics, and folklore passed from one generation of police officers to another are known as the _________________.

a. Black book

b. Police subculture

c. Standard operating procedures

d. Field training

24. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the community policing philosophy?

a. Public and police work together to solve community problems

b. Decision making is centralized within the police organization

c. Problem solving is elevated in importance

d. It is more proactive than earlier law enforcement models

25. All of the following are considered traditional measures of police performance except _________.

a. Crime statistics

b. Number of 911 calls for service

c. Response times

d. Number of community meetings attended