History of Policing

The Bow Street Runners

• Was an early English law enforcement unit formed by Henry Fielding.

• was a criminal organization led by Jonathan Wild

• Was created by the Metropolitan Police Act.

• Was created by the Statute of Winchester.

The modern-day sheriff is derived from which early English official?

• Parish Constable

• Shire Reeve

• Henry Fielding

• Magistrate

Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Statute of Winchester?

• It required all citizens to respond to the Hue and Cry.

• It required participation in the Night Watch and Day Ward.

• It required citizens maintain weapons in their homes.

• It established a paid police force in London.

The first ever London Metropolitan Police Force was created by?

• Pharaoh Hur Moheb

• Sir Robert Peel

• Jonathan Wild

• Henry Fielding

Because formal law enforcement frequently did not exist on the American Frontier,_________ were often the only law available to early settlers.

• Night Watches and Day Wards

• Vigilantes

• Shire Reeves and Comites Stabuli

• Thief Takers

The First ever Policewoman served with the...

• New York Police Department

• London Met

• Pennsylvania State Police

• Los Angeles Police Department

The 1931 report of the _______________ recognized prohibition as unenforceable as well as catalyst to police corruption.

• Knapp Commission

• President's Crime Commission

• Wickersham Commission

• National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals.

Local level individuals who assisted the shire reeve and organized posses to chase and apprehend criminals

• Constables

• Tithing

• Sir Robert Peel

• Henry Fielding

The __________ was a federal agency that provided huge amounts of funding for research in the 1960s and the 1970s and established the tradition of scientific police management.

• Wickersham Commission

• Law Enforcement Assistance Administration

• National Institute of Justice

• Office of Justice Programs

_______ uses research into everyday police procedures to evaluate current practices and to guide officers and police executives in future decision making.

• Evidence-Based Policing

• Scientific Police Management

• Direct Patrol

• The LEAA