Quiz on the History of Policing

Which of the following are known as the four eras of policing?

• Sovereign Era, Improvement Era, Brotherhood Era, and Advanced Era

• Federal Era, Restoration Era, Association Era, Unique Era

• Political Era, Reform Era, Community Era, and New Era

• Bureaucratic Era, Rebuilding Era, Colony Era, Original Era

To establish a more uniform court system, the framers of the U.S. Constitution borrowed ideas from the British legal system.

• True

• False

John Irwin (prison reformer) characterized imprisonment in the 20th Century as three types of institutions. They are:

• The "mad house," the "alteration institution," and the "former hysterical prison."

• The "hot house," the "modification institution," and the "current savage prison."

• The "big house," the "correctional institution," and the "contemporary violent prison."

• The "dog house," the "amelioration institution," and the "temporary brutal prison."

The court system in the U.S. is made up of two distinct systems which is referred to as a:

• Linear court system.

• Dual court system.

• Binary court system.

• Bifurcated court system.

The court systems that make up the dual court system in the U.S. are the:

• Senior and junior court systems.

• Public and private court systems.

• Republican and democratic court systems.

• Federal and state court systems.

The court’s authority to hear and decide cases is called:

• Jurisdiction.

• Domination.

• Purview.

• Selection.

In the federal court system, the lower trial courts are the:

• District courts.

• Courts of Appeal.

• Magistrate courts.

• Probate courts.

In the state court system there are 3 types of courts. They are courts of ________, ________, and ________ jurisdiction.

• Exclusive, provincial, and definite

• Unrestricted, defined, and conditional

• Appellate, general, and limited

• Aggregate, specific, and reserved

The court officer that presides over all aspects of the courtroom, rules on motions, and charges the jury before deliberations is the:

• Public defender.

• Prosecuting attorney.

• Judge.

• Court Reporter.

The system of law concerned with private matters/disputes between members of a community rather than criminal matters is known as:

• Criminal law.

• Civil law.

• Common law.

• Contra law.