Exam 4: The Police and Law Enforcement Its Come a Long Way

Bratton completely reengineered the NYPD to make reducing crime its primary objective. And the primary idea behind Bratton's reengineering was a process known as ______________.

When uniformed officers arrive at the crime scene, they have an important set of tasks to carry out, especially to:

The major roles played by the police today are patrol, traffic enforcement, peacekeeping and order maintenance and ______________.

In the 1990s, New York City had some of the most dramatic reductions in crime of all major cities in the U.S. One explanation for the crime decline in New York City was ______________, like those introduced by the city's police commissioner William J. Bratton.

The primary goals of police patrol are to deter crime, enhance feelings of public safety and be available for _______ ______________.

In the U.S., we have a dual system of law enforcement

The great benefit of CAD is that it allows instantaneous communication between the police dispatcher and ______________.

The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Project in 1974 tested whether no patrol, increased patrol or patrol remaining the same made a difference. The outcome was that:

The Wickersham Commission's report, released in 1931, also found that:

The process of investigation of a crime follows the same general format no matter what the crime is. That format includes identification of the crime scene, victims and witnesses and _______.

Throughout the 1920s, for the most because of Prohibition, the police were:

The major roles played by the police today are patrol, traffic enforcement, peacekeeping and order maintenance, and investigating crimes

Although a number of studies were carried out to study crime in the U.S., one of the most important was initiated by President Herbert Hoover in 1929

The National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement was also known as:

In weekly Compstat meetings in New York City, precinct commanders are held responsible for:

Another form of early policing was established in the key slave states of the south. This form of policing was called the _______ ______________.

CAD is a method for deploying police and emergency services with the help of computers

The benefits of Enhanced 9-1-1 include the ability of the dispatcher's computer to receive information from the telephone company about the physical address and ______________ of the caller.

The slave patrols were organized in the South to help slaves to escape

Following the development of the watch system in Boston by 1634, it was the predominant policing system in America for about the next ______________ years.