Exam 5: History and Structure of American Law Enforcement

FBI Director Hoover insisted that organized crime in the United States (at least an Italian-dominated national syndicate) did not exist.

Which of the following cities had the first modern police force?

________ is a technological and management system that aims to make the police better organized and more effective crime fighters.

Which of the following forms of policing has been called "the first distinctively American police system"?

The Department of Homeland Security is comprised of many components: directorates, offices, advisory panels, and committees. Name and describe six of these components.

Approximately how many municipal police departments operated in the United States in 2008?

"Rewards for Justice," a federal program that provides rewards for information that prevents or favorably resolves acts of international terrorism against U.S. citizens or property anywhere in the world, has paid more than $100 billion to more than 700 people as of October 2012.

________ refers to protective services that a private security firm provides to people, agencies, and companies that do not employ their own security personnel or that need extra protection, while ________ refers to in-house protective services that a security staff provides for the entity that employs it.

More than one-half of all local police departments in the United States employ fewer than ten officers, and fewer than one percent employ more than 1,000 sworn personnel.

The majority of private security personnel receive no training before starting their jobs.

More people work in public law enforcement in the United States than work in private security.

Why was the U.S. Secret Service created?

When the FBI was created, it was limited to investigating only a few types of crimes. Which of the following crimes was NOT one that the FBI investigated?

The responsibilities of the eighteenth-century Paris police were much more restricted than their modern counterparts. The police of Paris provided far fewer municipal services than today's police.

Currently, the FBI has several priorities. Which of the following is NOT among the FBI's current priorities?

Which of the following is NOT a new development in the FBI under the Obama administration?

It has been reported that more than half the counterfeit money in circulation is made with ink-jet printers.

The fatality rate for security guards and gaming surveillance officers is at least twice as high as the rate for all workers.

Which of the following events likely made the FBI a major factor in policing?

In 2008, the United States had about one city, county, or state law enforcement officer for every ________ residents.