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Dna profiling gained national attention because of the ____ trial.

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Correct Answer: O.J. Simpson

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_____ is defined as in the early English system of policing, a semiformal guard for daytime.

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Correct Answer: Ward

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_____ is people generally acting as self-appointed groups without legal authorization to address problems of crime and disorder.

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Correct Answer: Vigilantism

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Is tribal Police police agencies that over-see law enforcement on Native American reservations?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as a 19th-century police practice that involved using force to keep people in line and beating confessions out of people.

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Correct Answer: Third Degree

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_____ is defined as a law enforcement agency that represents the state government, often through state-level criminal investigations and the highway patrol.

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Correct Answer: State Police

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_____ is a politically corrupt system in the 19th century, by which those in political power shared in extortion and bribery money.

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Correct Answer: Spoils System

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Is special Jurisdiction Police police agencies that do not represent a city, county, or state, but rather have a unique jurisdiction or law enforcement responsibility?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as the highest law enforcement position in a county, providing police services to county residents.

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Correct Answer: Sheriff’s Department/Office

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_____ is defined as the highest law enforcement position in a county, providing police services to county residents.

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Correct Answer: Sheriff’s Department/Office

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_____ is in the early English system of policing, the king’s representative of law and order; later adopted in the United States, developing into the county sheriff.

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Correct Answer: Sheriff

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Is police-Community Relations developed in 1955 and implemented throughout the 1960s, the program that educated police officers on the varying needs of the populations they serve?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as a politically corrupt system in the 19th century, by which government positions (including as police officers) were handed out for political gain.

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Correct Answer: Patronage System

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_____ is defined as in the early English system of policing, a semiformal guard for nighttime.

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Correct Answer: Night Watch

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_____ is the predominant type of law enforcement agency in the United States, representing a municipal government such as a town or city.

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Correct Answer: Municipal Police

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Is metropolitan Police Act of 1829 the act that created the first formally recognized police department in the world in London, England?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as an early form of policing that relied on family and clans to be responsible for the behaviors of their people.

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Correct Answer: Kin Policing

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_____ is defined as the geographic area and boundaries where police have the authority of office to enforce the law.

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Correct Answer: Jurisdiction

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_____ is the requirement for good people to shout and come to the aid of people in distress from a crime.

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Correct Answer: Hue and Cry

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Is homeland Security the mechanisms put into place after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 in order to better respond not only to terrorist attacks, but also to natural disasters?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as the early English system for kin policing that organized 10 families into tithings and 10 tithings into hundreds in order to police their own.

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Correct Answer: Frankpledge System

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_____ is defined as in the early English system of policing, the individual selected to oversee the watch and ward; today, law enforcement officers who work for the courts and may have arrest powers.

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Correct Answer: Constable

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_____ is served as an early police force, patrolling the Bow Street District and investigating crimes.

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Correct Answer: Bow Street Runners

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The position that was added to protect the king’s interests throughout England was the appointment of the ....

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Correct Answer: Sheriff

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During the political era, police agencies were truly organized to protect and serve the public.

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Correct Answer: False

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The parliamentary reward system, or more informally the thief-taker system, could be viewed as an early informant program.

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Correct Answer: True

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The police became the extortionists for the political machines by telling the owners of brothels, gambling halls, and saloons that they had to pay the police weekly for protection, and if they did not, the police would close them down. This form of bribery was called ______.

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Correct Answer: The spoils system

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According to the text, the Central Intelligence Agency is the lead agency in the United States for investigating terror threats and working with the local police agency where the investigation is being conducted.

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Correct Answer: False

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A process by which suspects were tortured and beaten in order to gain a confession is termed ______.

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Correct Answer: The third degree

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The English first established a ______ in order to protect the interests of the cities.

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Correct Answer: Night watch

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In 1748, the ______ were/was developed by Fielding and acted as a modern-day policing unit.

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Correct Answer: Bow Street Runners

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The majority of police departments in the United States tend to be much smaller than those of the largest municipal departments; most have an average of ______ officers.

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Correct Answer: 25

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Traditionally, the members of the watch and ward were typically the dregs of society, people that today would be called homeless.

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Correct Answer: True

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______ became the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was instrumental in its creation and implementation.

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Correct Answer: J. Edgar Hoover

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In 1895 in New York, individuals had to pay bribes just to become police officers.

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Correct Answer: True

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The only state in the United States that does not have a state police agency is ______.

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Correct Answer: Hawaii

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The Judiciary Act of 1789, the office of the U.S. Federal Marshal was created.

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Correct Answer: True

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Policing in America is a very decentralized system.

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Correct Answer: True

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