Exam 2: The Development of the Modern Police Institution: Controlling the Dangerous Classes

COINTELPRO was a program begun during the Progressive Era having to do with the counting of intellectual property issues in urban policing.

Crimes of the state are vigorously prosecuted by the United States government.

The "Progressive Era" can best be described in the following way (s):

A major impetus to the formation of a full-time police force in the United States during the 19th century was:

Special "gang units" within most police departments today seem to be little more than the result of efforts to obtain federal funds, rather than any objective threat of gang crime. Short answer/essays

The earliest known police system existed in:

A study of the Buffalo police shows that crimes of violence constituted a major problem facing the police in that city.

Most arrests by the police of the 19th century in the U.S. were for which of the following types of offenses?

There is evidence linking the CIA with drugs getting into the United States after World War II.

The concept of "kin-police' refers to:

A study of the Buffalo police shows that during the late 19th century,

In the United States, during the days of slavery, the police system in the Southern states was established to:

One of the major problems faced by big business during the early part of the 20th century was the threat of a socialist movement. Among the responses of corporations included:

Explain the persistence of corruption within police departments for more than a century.

Following the formation of the London Metropolitan Police in 1829 there was an increase in police efforts to crack down on serious crimes, such as robbery and murder.

Among the duties of the constable, prior to the emergence of full-time policing, included which of the following?

Robert Blauner used the concept "internal colonization" to describe what happened to African- Americans during the 1960s. By this he meant all but which one of the following?

About when was police corruption first identified as a serious problem?

The London Metropolitan Police was in part modeled after:

In the 19th century, the "public" police department concentrated their efforts on maintaining social order, the "private" police departments concentrated primarily on: