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Law & Public Safety ch.1

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Sir ____ _____ established the London Metropolitan Police in 1829
Sir Robert Peel
The first development of a court system came from ______
Egypt
In prehistoric times, crimes committed against individuals were handled by the ______
victim
The first english police officer was the ______
constable
In early english law enforcement, the system that provided citizens protection 24 hours a day was known as the ______ and ______
watch and ward
A _______ is a way of thinking or of viewing the world
paradigm
The _____ system originated when society was so basic that they enforced only 2 laws; murder and theft
tithing
The ____ _____ laid the foundation for requiring rulers to uphold the lax and taxation without representation
magna carta
The basic notion of the code of Hammurabi was
the strong shall not injure the weak
The term police is derived from the greek word ______, meaning city
polis
The Texas rangers were originally established as a military unit responsible for _____ ______
border patrol
Although patterned after the London police, New York City police officers protested wearing _______
uniforms
The first night watch in america was created in _____
boston
______ ______ is considered the "father of american policing"
August Vollmer
The state that adopted legislation creating the first juvenile court was ______
Illinois
The ______ movement refers to settlers taking the new law into their own hands
vigilante
Respectable settlers of average or affluent means organized as ______ in the 17-1800's yo attack and break up outlaw gangs
regulators
O.W Wilson was the primary architect of the reform era and the style of policing known as ____
professional
The first uniformed american police force was established in this city______
New York
_____ ______ was appointed the first detective in Chicago and co-founded the northwestern police agency
Allan Pinkerton
The oldest federal law enforcement agency is the
U.S. Marshals
The agency responsible for protecting the president of the U.S. is
The secret service
Which agency is charged with the full responsibly for prosecuting suspected violators of federal drug laws?
DEA
Who is appointed by the president and responsible for protecting government witnesses?
U.S. Marshals
Who is responsible for the care and custody of persons convicted of federal crimes and sentenced to federal penal institutions?
BOP
The primary investigative agency of the federal government is the _____
FBI
Which agency is the largest bureau of the department of treasury
IRS
The _____ laboratory is the largest criminal laboratory in the world
FBI
The agency responsible for combatting counterfeiting is
Secret service
The first director of the FBI was
J. Edgar Hoover
Many state constitutions has designated the _____ as the chief law enforcement official in that county
Sheriff
The majority of all police officers work for ____ departments
Municipal
There are two types of state police. They are _____ ____ and ______ ______
State police and highway patrol
The _____ state police served as a model for other states and heralded the modern state police
Pennsylvania
A little more than ______ police departments operate in Indian country
200
The _____'s principle tastes is to determine the cause of death and take care of any personal effects of the deceased
Coroner
______ ______ departments are often found when city and county governments have merged
Country police
Most municipal police departments consist of fewer that _____ police officers
10
In some areas the coroner has been replaced by the ___ ___, usually a pathologist
Medical examiner
The first woman hired to actually carry out police duties was
Lola Baldwin
The first era was called the ___ era
Political
The second era was called the ____ era
Reform
Policing durning the reform era was reactive, durning the community era it was
Proactive
What was the outcome of the Kansa city experiment
Patrol had no affect
List the 3 eras of policing
Political, reform, community
The community era lasted from ___ to ____
1980- present
The political era lasted from ___ to ____
1840- 1930
The reform era lasted from ____ to ____
1930-1980
The function of police durning the political era was to provide
Broad social services
In 1947 O.W. Wilson founded the first school of criminology at which university
University of California, Berkeley
The ___ _____ ____ aft prohibits discrimination in employment of any kind
Equal employment opportunity
Due process of law was established by this document
Magna Carta
The legal principle of Lex Talionis means
An eye for an eye
The ____ _____ is the head of the department of justice and the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government
Attorney General
The ancient philosophy of justice centered around
Retaliation
During the 14th century the shire-reeve was replaced by the
Justice of the peace
In 1066 ____ _____ ____ invaded and conquered England
William the conqueror
In England, prior to the employment of police, and person who did riveted a crime would raise the
Hue and cry
Magistrate ____ ____ defied the law in early England by reprimanding prisoners for petty theft instead of issuing the death penalty
Henry Fielding
The first successful detective unit in London was known as
The Bow Street Runners
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