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1. The vast
majority of American law enforcement agencies are:
A) local
B) federal
C) multi-jurisdictional
D) state
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A) local p. 145
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2. The basic
concepts of American law enforcement and criminal justice originated in:
A) New England
B) Texas
C) New York
D) England
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D) England p. 146
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3. Under the tithing
system, groups of 10 families (or a tithing) would follow three of
the principles listed below. Which one does NOT belong?
A) Agree to
follow the law
B) Keep the
peace in their areas
C) Select one man from each parish as chief
peacekeeper
D) Bring law
violators to justice
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C) Select one man from each parish as chief
peacekeeper P.146
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4. The
Statute of Winchester
formalized the ____ system of protection.
A) shire reeve
B) constable-watch
C) tithing
D) hue and cry
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B) constable-watch
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5. According
to Peel, the main function of the police was to ____ by ____ of the community.
A) solve
crime; active investigation
B) prevent crime; preventive patrol
C) solve
crime; preventive patrol
D) prevent
crime; active investigation
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B) prevent crime; preventive patrol
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6. 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.
A) sheriff;
tithing system
B) sheriff;
constable-watch system
C) constable-watch system; sheriff
D) constable-watch
system; tithing system
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C) constable-watch system; sheriff p.149
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7. Early
American citizens ____ the formation of the first police departments.
A) resisted
B) encouraged
C) controlled
D) privately
funded
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A) resisted p.149
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8. Which was
the first American city to create a paid and unified municipal police force?
A) Boston
B) Chicago
C) Philadelphia
D) New
York
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D) New
York p.149
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9. 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 does
NOT belong?
A) They began
to carry nightsticks
B) They began
to carry firearms
C) They began
to wear uniforms
D) They began to form posses
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D) They began to form posses
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10. Which of
the following statements is NOT true of the first black police officers?
A) they were
“free men of color”
B) they were slaves
C) they were
hired around 1805 to serve as members of the New Orleans city watch system
D) they were
hired primarily because other people did not want the job
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B) they were slaves
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11. Following
the backlash 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?
A) 1890s and
1900s
B) 1920s and
1930s
C) 1940s and 1950s
D) 1960s and
1970s
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C) 1940s and 1950s
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12. In the
South, the earliest form of policing was the:
A) slave patrols
B) hue and cry
C) sheriff and
posse
D) constable-watch
system
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A) slave patrols
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13. The slave
codes held 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?
A) Enslaved
people could not hold meetings.
B) Enslaved
people could not learn to read and write.
C) Enslaved people could not learn skilled
trades.
D) Enslaved
people could not carry a firearm.
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C) Enslaved people could not learn skilled
trades.
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14. One
similarity between the slave patrols and the constable-watch system was that:
A) people could hire others to perform
their duties for them.
B) citizens
resented their use of firearms.
C) they had many
of the trappings of today's police.
D) they
developed into today's sheriffs’ departments.
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A) people could hire others to perform
their duties for them.
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15. The idea of
____ remains very popular in the South and the West.
A) federal
police protection
B) police
commissioners
C) self-protection
D) mounted
militia units
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C) self-protection p.152
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