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Watchmen used to protect property in England’s larger cities and towns, and in colonial America. These individuals patrolled at night to protect the community from ______

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Self-appointed distributors of justice according to their someone else’s rules are known as Vigilantes.

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Correct Answer: False

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A tithing was a group of all boys and men age _____or older from 10 households.

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Correct Answer: 12

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Early (now outlawed) method used by police officers that included brutalizing an individual in order to gather information is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Third Degree

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Men hired by victims to capture criminal offenders refer to _____

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Correct Answer: Thief Takers

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Slave Patrol is a policing group that originated in 1704 in South Carolina and consisted of a group of _____ White men who regulated the behavior of slaves and hunted down and punished escaped slaves.

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Correct Answer: 3-6

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Precursors to sheriffs are known as _____

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Correct Answer: Shire Reeves

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Early policing agents who were charged to ______ criminals at great personal financial expense refer to Sheriffs.

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Correct Answer: Both

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Title frequently given to women who worked in the early days of policing is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Police Matron

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Peelian Principles refer to widely cited list that described Sir Robert Peel’s philosophy of an ethical police force. Research shows that these excellent principles were never provided by Peel.

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Correct Answer: True

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Nickname of officers in _____ named for Sir Robert Peel. Peelers replaced the existing (and generally corrupt) system of parish constables and night watchmen.

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Correct Answer: Ireland

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Parish Constable refers to a policing agent who operated in smaller towns. Initially elected by the parishioners, the parish constable was generally _____

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Correct Answer: All of these

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An act that established agencies and rules dealing with crime is known as Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of _____

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Correct Answer: 1968

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Modus Operandi is a system for solving crimes that facilitated the identification of crime patterns. This system was first implemented by _____.

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Correct Answer: August Vollmer

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Metropolitan Police Act of _____ is an act introduced by Sir Robert Peel, which established London’s Metropolitan Police Force. This is considered the beginning of modern public policing.

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Correct Answer: 1829

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Literacy Tests are used to deny _____ the right to vote.

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Correct Answer: African Americans

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Ten tythings grouped together into a collective for police and security purposes. A hundred was supervised by a leader known as a_____.

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Correct Answer: Hundredman

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Fugitive Slave Law of _____ is the law passed by the U.S. Congress that addressed fears of a “slave power conspiracy” as the number of slaves grew. This law created the need for slave patrols, which became the purview of police officers.

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Correct Answer: 1850

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A system of policing that replaced the borh. A frankpledge included all boys and men age _____ or older from 10 households into groups referred to as tythings.

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Correct Answer: 18

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Prior to_____, states, cities, or counties that were required to submit proposed voting changes to the U.S. Department of Justice because of their histories of discrimination against people of color refers to Covered Jurisdications.

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Correct Answer: 2013

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Borh is earliest known system of policing in England. The borh, a unit that was responsible for policing and security, was generally a collective of _____ individuals who stood surety for one another’s good behavior.

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Correct Answer: 12

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Bobbies is the nickname of officers in Britain named for ______. Bobbies replaced the existing (and generally corrupt) system of parish constables and night watchmen.

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Correct Answer: Sir Robert Peel

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