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Chapter 5: Law Enforcement Today

Quiz by Debbie Rowell

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  • Q1
    Which of the following is NOT one of the basic responsibilities of the police?
    to prosecute offenders
    to prevent crime
    to enforce laws
    to provide services
    45s
  • Q2
    What is the most controversial responsibility of police?
    enforcing laws
    providing services
    preserving the peace
    preventing crime
    45s
  • Q3
    According to the public, what is the primary role of the police?
    enforce laws
    preserve the peace
    provide services
    prevent crime
    45s
  • Q4
    What year did the Community Era of policing begin?
    1929
    1968
    1840
    1983
    45s
  • Q5
    What were policing efforts in the first American cities directed at?
    controlling certain groups of people
    fighting crime
    preventing fires and other disasters
    providing military support against the British
    45s
  • Q6
    Where did the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 create the first modern police force?
    Paris
    London
    Boston
    New York
    45s
  • Q7
    The police professionalism model emphasizes all the following except
    implementing technology
    limiting police officer discretion through policy guidelines
    merit-based compensation, or pay for performance
    centralized police organization
    45s
  • Q8
    What era of policing is the Wickersham Commission associated with?
    Spoils
    Community Policing
    Reform
    Turbulent 60s
    45s
  • Q9
    Which of the following is NOT one of the three eras of policing?
    the political era
    the metropolitan era
    the reform era
    the community era
    45s
  • Q10
    What policing approach evaluates past crime patterns in order to predict future crime patterns?
    proactive policing
    problem-oriented policing
    intelligence-led policing
    community policing
    45s
  • Q11
    Which of the following is NOT one of the basic requirements for a career as a police officer?
    meet height requirements
    U.S. citizen
    meet eyesight requirements
    at least twenty-one years of age
    45s
  • Q12
    The suspicion that police officers of a racial or ethnic minority face from their white colleagues and from members of the minority community to which they belong is called
    double marginality
    sexual harassment
    the second wound
    reverse discrimination
    45s
  • Q13
    What state does not have Sheriffs?
    Alaska
    Hawaii
    New Mexico
    Rhode Island
    45s
  • Q14
    What is the Internal Revenue Service a member of?
    Department of the Interior
    Department of Justice
    Department of the Treasury
    Department of Homeland Security
    45s
  • Q15
    Who enforces the Gun Control Act of 1968?
    US Department of the Treasury
    US Secret Service
    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
    Federal Bureau of Investigation
    45s

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