Criminal Justice

The vast majority of Americans law enforcement agencies are:

-Local
-federal
-multi-jurisdictional
-state

The basic concepts of American Law enforcement and criminal justice originated in:

-New England
-Texas
-New York
-England

Under the tithing system groups of ten families or a tithing would follow three principles, which oneis not a principle?

-Agree to follow the law
-Keep the peace in their areas
-Select one man from each parish as chief peacekeeper
-Bring law violators to justice

The statue of Winchester formalized the _____system of protection.

-Constable Watch
-Shire reeve
-tithing
-hue and cry

According to Peel, the main function of the police was to ___ by ___ of the community.

-solve crime; active investigation
-prevent crime; preventive patrol
-solve crime; preventive patrol
-prevent crime; active investigation

Earlier in American history, two forms of police protection began to evolve-- the ____ in the villages, towns, and cities, and the _____ in the rural areas unincorporated areas, and counties.


-sheriff; tithing system
-sheriff; constable-watch system
-constable watch system; sheriff
-constable watch system; tithing system

Early American citizens ___ the formation of the first police departments.

-resisted
-encouraged
-controlled
-privately funded

Which was the first American city to create a paid and unified municipal police force?

-Boston
-Chicago
-Philadelphia
-New York

After the Civil War, municipal police officers began to take on the characteristics of today's police. Three of these characteristics are listed below. Which one of these do NOT belong?


-They began to carry nightsticks
-They began to carry firearms
-They began to wear uniforms
-They began to form posses

Which of the following statements is NOT true of the first black police officers?
-they were "free men of color"
-they were slaves
-they were hired around 1805 to serve as members of the New Orleans city watch system
-they were hired primarily because other people did not want the job

Following the backlask to reconstruction and the loss of jobs of black police officers during which of the following periods were black police officers hired again in most southern cities?

-1890s and 1900s
-1920s and 1930s
-1940s and 1950s
-1960s and 1970s

In the south the earliest form of policing was the:

-slave patrols
-hue and cry
-sheriff and posse
-constable watch system

The slave codes held by slaves responsible for their crimes and other acts that were not crimes if committed by free persons. Three typical restrictions against slaves are listed below. Which one does not belong?


-Enslaved People could not hold meetings
-enslaved people could not learn to read and write.
-enslaved people could not learn skilled trades.
-enslaved people could not carry a firearm.

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