Exam 5: The History and Organization of Law Enforcement

J. Edgar Hoover built the Secret Service into one of the premier law enforcement agencies in the world.

This program began in 1983 in Los Angeles to give children information about illegal drugs.

The development of U.S. law enforcement agencies was rigidly planned.

Law enforcement agencies are influenced by their structural components.

According to this case, the exclusionary rule is applicable to federal criminal proceedings.

This pivotal factor advanced the development of law enforcement in England.

List three early civilizations that contributed to the development of the modern police.

This Supreme Court decision set forth that confessions made by suspects who have not been advised of their due-process rights cannot be used as evidence.

List the five ways that the bureaucratic model inhibits police organizations according to Regoli and Hewitt.

This experiment attempted to determine how effectively detectives solved cases.

What is the original mission of the Secret Service?

The watchman system proved to be an excellent method of law enforcement.

Which issue makes supervising the police a different and more difficult job than supervising the military?

The organization of police departments determines what type of occupational culture will exist.

August Vollmer was among the first police chiefs to recruit college graduates and organized the first university police science courses.

Which is one of the crucial differences between the police and the military?

The move toward police professionalism instituted functions not normally concerned with crime control, such as chasing stray dogs and enforcing minor morals laws.

Police organizations are not bureaucracies.

This agency is recognized as the first uniformed, professional state police department in the United States.

Regoli and Hewitt suggest that formal police organization truly reflects the realities of police work because there is little difference between the organizational chart and how power is really distributed within the force.