Deck 1: Introduction to Police Administration

Question 1

Which of the following is not one of the fundamental principles of the Peelian reform?

A) The police should be under government control
B) The police force should focus on crime prevention
C) Police should be hired on a probationary basis
D) Police headquarters should be centrally located

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following helped subvert the implementation of stringent personnel standards in the early days of American policing?

A) the militaristic nature of police organizations
B) local politics
C) police unions
D) private security

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Through the mid-1960s, in the professional era, the need for __________________ dominated the literature and practice of police administration.

A) closer relationships with the community
B) increased numbers of police officers
C) better information about how best to reduce crime
D) better police personnel and stricter organizational controls

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Key strategies of the professional model found to be far less effective than originally thought were:

A) preventive patrol
B) rapid response
C) follow-up investigations
D) all of the above

Question 5

Community policing attempts to address the complex social context of policing by:

A) closer contact with individual citizens and community groups
B) enforcing all laws to the same standards in all neighborhoods
C) employing more stringent personnel standards
D) implementing more centralized organizational structures

Question 6

Policing in America is primarily provided by:

A) local governments
B) state governments
C) the federal government
D) special-purpose jurisdictions

Question 7

One of the two fundamental principles of Peelian reform was that the police should be organized along military lines.

Question 8

The main accomplishment of the professional model was significant reductions in crime.

Question 9

More diverse communities are generally easier to police effectively.

Question 10

The police are part of the executive branch of government.

Question 11

According to the text, in the modern era, the most promising and effective response to the difficult challenges of policing in a free society has been intelligence-led homeland security.

Question 12

Which of the following is a component of democracy that may also create challenges to success for police administrators?

A) Police transparency
B) Police accountability
C) Police legitimacy
D) All of the above

Question 13

The Wickersham Commission and the President's Crime Commission both called for substantial upgrading of police personnel.

Question 14

The courts' interpretation of passages in constitutional law may affect police authority and individual rights that the police must protect.

Question 15

The ___________ dimension includes the central ideas and beliefs underlying community-oriented policing.

A) strategic
B) philosophical
C) organizational
D) tactical