CHAPTER 1: THE EVOLUTION OF COMMUNITY POLICING
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The first strategic era of policing was known as the ________________ era.
a.
community
b.
progressive
c.
reform
d.
political
2. Community policing:
a.
is the result of government intervention techniques.
b.
is focused on its evolving strategy of community efforts.
c.
is an organization-wide philosophy.
d.
works to direct citizens toward management goals.
3. “Modern” policing began with the formation of the London Metropolitan Police in what year?
a.
1750
b.
1809
c.
1829
d.
1845
4. Which of the following is considered the father of modern policing?
a.
Robert Peel
b.
August Vollmer
c.
Robert Palmer
d.
William Parker
5. Peel, when appointed as home secretary, proposed that unpaid citizen volunteers be enlisted to serve
as:
a.
police officers.
b.
night watch.
c.
street watchers.
d.
hue and cry callers.
6. If a watchman or any other citizen saw a crime in progress, he was expected to __________,
summoning all citizens within earshot to join in pursuing and capturing the wrongdoer.
a.
perform the tithing
b.
give the hue and cry
c.
identify and pursue
d.
none of the above
7. In 1833, ____________ became the first city to pay both day and night watchmen.
a.
Boston
b.
New York
c.
Philadelphia
d.
New England
8. At the time the Metropolitan Police Force was established in London, the United States was still
operating under:
a.
a day-and-night watch system.
b.
the frankpledge system.
c.
the hue and cry system.
d.
the tithing system.
9. The Norman system requiring all free men to swear loyalty to the king’s law and take responsibility
for maintaining the local peace is called:
a.
tithing system.
b.
frankpledge system.
c.
hue and cry system.
d.
community system.
10. August Vollmer:
a.
helped spearhead the reform movement in policing.
b.
helped institute the patronage system.
c.
helped institute the spoils system.
d.
both a and b
11. The Anglo-Saxons grouped their farms around small, self-governing villages that policed themselves.
This informal arrangement became more structured under which ruler?
a.
King Edward
b.
Queen Victoria
c.
King Alfred
d.
Queen Elizabeth
12. The system that required every male to enroll for police purposes in a group of 10 families was known
as:
a.
frankpledge.
b.
hue and cry.
c.
tithing.
d.
warden.
13. The tithing system was replaced by William the Conqueror with 55 military districts called:
a.
home rule.
b.
home forts.
c.
shires.
d.
garrisons.
14. The father of American police professionalism is known as:
a.
August Vollmer.
b.
Darrel Gates.
c.
William Parker.
d.
William Bratton
15. Twentieth-century Southern law enforcement was essentially a direct outgrowth of the 19th-century:
a.
carpetbaggers.
b.
slave patrols.
c.
Jim Crow laws.
d.
slave threat.
16. The requirement that police officers advise criminal suspects of their rights before custodial
interrogation is required by the decision of which Supreme Court case?
a.
Mapp v. Ohio
b.
Miranda v. Arizona
c.
Terry v. Ohio
d.
Gideon v. Wainwright
17. The law that evidence gathered in an illegal search and seizure could not be used against the defendant
was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in which 1914 case?
a.
Weeks v. United States
b.
Miranda v. Arizona
c.
Terry v. Ohio
d.
Gideon v. Wainwright
18. The 1972 police research experiment that tested the effect of different levels of patrols and challenged
the basic assumptions about the effect of patrol on crime was known as the:
a.
Michigan Foot Patrol Study.
b.
Wickersham Commission Experiment.
c.
Community Policing Experiment.
d.
Kansas City Preventive Patrol Study.
19. Crime prevention and organization structure: Americans borrowed most of this model of modern
policing from the:
a.
military model.
b.
London model.
c.
French model.
d.
European model.
20. In the first quarter of the 19th century, one major component that influenced American -policing was:
a.
politics.
b.
incompetence.
c.
minorities.
d.
inefficiency.
21. Giving officers permanent assignments so they can get to know the citizens within their area is part of
the ____________ dimension.
a.
philosophical
b.
strategic
c.
relative
d.
progressive
22. Politicians rewarding those who voted for them with jobs or special privileges was called:
a.
the community system.
b.
the progressive system.
c.
the political system.
d.
the patronage system.
23. During the reform era the police relationship with the community they served was:
a.
more reactive.
b.
exemplified by stronger communication with the public.
c.
professionally remote.
d.
an equal partnership.
24. During the reform era, the concept of ____________ developed, a phrase referring to the line that
separates law-abiding, peaceful citizens from the murderous, plundering villains who prey upon them.
The phrase also suggests a distance between the police and the public they serve.
a.
psychological distancing
b.
us against them
c.
enemy and pigs
d.
the thin blue line
25. Cordner’s four dimensions of community policing include all of the following except:
a.
tactical.
b.
organizational.
c.
standardization.
d.
strategic.
26. According to some historians, the community era had its roots in the ______________, -released in
February 1968 by the President’s National Advisory Committee on Civil -Disorder.
a.
Kerner Commission Report
b.
Vollmer study
c.
Rand Corporation study
d.
CID Efficiency Measures study
27. This court case, decided by the Unites States Supreme Court in 1963, required states to -provide free
counsel to indigent defendants in all felony cases.
a.
Mapp v. Ohio
b.
Escobedo v. Illinois
c.
Weeks v. United States
d.
Gideon v. Wainwright
28. In 1929, President Herbert Hoover appointed the National Commission on Law Observance and
Enforcement (Wickersham Commission) to study:
a.
the criminal justice system.
b.
juvenile delinquency.
c.
crime trends in the general population.
d.
corruption in the private business sector.
29. All of these are essential elements of community policing except:
a.
partnerships.
b.
problem solving.
c.
organizational change.
d.
All are elements of community policing.
TRUE/FALSE
1. August Vollmer and O.W. Wilson are credited with spearheading the “reform movement,” which
called for a drastic change in the organization and function of police departments.
2. Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organization strategies, which supports the
systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques.
3. Community policing is a philosophy of full-service, personalized policing, where the same officer
patrols and works in the area on a permanent basis from a decentralized place, -working in a proactive
partnership with citizens to identify and solve problems.
4. The London Police was founded by Sir Robert Palmer.
5. The requirement that police officers advise criminal suspects of their rights before custodial
interrogation is required by the decision in the 1961 U.S. Supreme Court case of Mapp v. Ohio.
6. The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Study found that increased patrol reduced crime and had a
significant effect on public awareness about police presence.
7. Community policing is an organizational strategy that emerged in the 1980s and 1990s for
dramatically improving the delivery of police services.
8. According to the text, the earliest record of an ancient society’s need for rules to control human
behavior dates back to 640 CE.
9. Every Southern state had slave patrols that formally required all Black men to serve as -patrollers.
10. Community policing is one of the most significant trends in policing history.
11. Community policing is a philosophy that can be translated into practice in as many ways as there are
communities.
12. One of the four general principles that define community policing is community engagement.
13. Police officer uniforms were successfully introduced at the same time the first U.S. police forces were
established.
14. During the reform era the police sought to reestablish a close relationship with the -community.
15. According to the text, team policing, community resource officers, and school liaison -officers are part
of public relations.
SHORT ANSWER
1. Community policing is a philosophy of full-service, _______________ policing where the same
officer patrols and works in the area on a permanent basis from a decentralized place.
2. 2300 BCE is the date of the earliest record of an ancient society’s rules to control human -behavior
when ___________ rulers codified their concept of offenses against society.
3. The Anglo-Saxons grouped their farms around small, self-governing villages that policed themselves.
This informal arrangement required every male to enroll for police purposes in a group of 10 families,
known as a __________.
4. During the 1960s and early 1970s, considerable turmoil existed throughout the country related to
issues of police and race relations, corruption, and use of force. During that period, according to
Walker and Macdonald (2009), five national ___________________, or ad hoc, short-term
investigations of law enforcement, were initiated.
5. Modern policing began in 1829 with the formation of the London Metropolitan Police, founded
by______________.
6. During the ___________ era the police were decentralized under the authority of the -municipality in
which they worked.
7. A ___________________ shift is a new way of thinking about a specific subject.
8. Whereas traditional policing has been reactive, responding to calls for service, community policing is
____________, anticipating problems and seeking solutions to them.
9. According to some historians, the community era had its roots in the ___________
________________, released in February 1968 by the President’s National Advisory -Committee on
Civil Disorder.
10. When the police separate the law-abiding, peaceful citizens from the murderous, plundering villains
who prey upon them, this is called the ____________________________________.
ESSAY
1. Describe another way to view community policing. The text describes community -policing as a
organization-wide philosophy and management approach. How would you describe community
policing in your community?
2. Explain policing in the South during the 1700s. How and why did certain types of patrols form? What
authority did they have?
3. Define community policing and describe its essential elements. Include a discussion about the various
dimensions used to view community policing.
4. Discuss Peel’s principles and how they apply to law -enforcement today.
5. Describe the Graffiti Hurts® program, its goals and how it helps the community.