PS1 5 to 7

The modern-day sheriff is derived from which early English official?

• Parish constable

• Justice of the peace

• Shire reeve

• Magistrate

Which of the following was not a provision of the Statute of Winchester?

• It required all citizens to respond to the hue and cry.

• It established a paid police force in London.

• It required participation in the night watch and day ward.

• It required citizens maintain weapons in their homes.

The Bow Street Runners

• was an early English law enforcement unit formed by Henry Fielding.

• was a criminal organization led by Jonathan Wild.

• was created by the Metropolitan Police Act.

• was created by the Statute of Winchester.

The London Metropolitan Police Service was created by

• Henry Fielding.

• Jonathan Wild.

• Robert Peel.

• Stephen Girard.

One of the basic principles of the London Metropolitan Police was

• the need for decentralized policing.

• the practice of preventive patrol.

• evidence-based policing.

• vigilante justice.

Because formal law enforcement frequently did not exist on the American frontier, ________ were often the only law available to early settlers.

• vigilantes
• thief takers

• shire reeves

• night watches

The first policewoman served with the

• New York City Police Department.

• Chicago Police Department.

• Los Angeles Police Department.

• Pennsylvania State Police.

The 1931 report of the __________ recognized prohibition as unenforceable as well as a catalyst to police corruption.

• Wickersham Commission

• National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals

• Knapp Commission

• President's Crime Commission

The __________ was a federal agency that provided huge amounts of funding for research in the 1960s and 1970s and established the tradition of scientific police management.

• Wickersham Commission

• Law Enforcement Assistance Administration

• National Institute of Justice

• Office of Justice Programs

The results of the 1974 Kansas City experiment on preventive patrol suggest that __________.

• preventable crimes will decrease when patrol frequency is increased.

• preventable crimes will increase in areas where the police do not patrol.

• citizens' fear of crime will decrease in areas where the police reduce patrol frequency.

• preventable crimes are not affected by police patrol.