Exam 2: A History of Communities and Policing

A main challenge in the United States has been to fashion a structure for the police that insulates departments from the corrupting influence of politics, without risking a department so autonomous that it is isolated from accountability to the people.

During the colonial period in the United States, early law enforcement consisted of:

According to Kelling and Moore, August Vollmer's moral vision and O.W.Wilson's work revolutionized law enforcement in the professional movement by affecting:

August Vollmer and O.W.Wilson had a major effect on police administration in the following areas:

A group of hundreds was organized into a ____________, the rough equivalent of a county.

During the "Spoils Era" of policing, team policing, the concept of team policing was born and implemented.

Slave patrols and night watches were early forms of law enforcement in the United States.

List and explain in detail the three eras of policing in England.What was the importance of the three eras?

Policing does not have a history of controlling individuals or different groups, but has strived to work with them.

Which of the following is NOT an objective of a good police community relations program?

This idea justifies vigilantism by arguing that citizens must be willing to kill or be killed when the official system fails to provide adequate protection.

What were the five interrelated pressures that influenced the shift from informal to formal policing.Explain how these pressures influenced the shift.

In the 1930s, August Vollmer proposed principles for police reform.Which of the following are considered principles of police reform?

The common themes regarding police during and prior to the birth of community policing were:

A ____________ supervised shires.

____________ were charged with surveying land, checking weights and measures, serving warrants, and meting out punishment.