CJ Chapter 4.1 Vocab

What is Amalgamation?

• The process or result of uniting or consolidating things.

• The process or result of uniting or consolidating things.

• A system of government service employment based on merit and examinations rather than on political patronage.

• A set of laws developed by Babylonian King Hammurabi that date back to the 18th century BC; the earliest written legal code known.

Who is August Vollmer?

• An influential leader in policing, popularizing the idea of police professionalism that would shape policing in America for decades to come.

• The chief law enforcement officer of a county; the office originated in feudal England as the shire–reeve.

• A police reformer known for his strong support for higher education and professionalism in policing.

• Magna Carta

What is a Beat?

• A unit of ten tithings (or 100 households) under the old English Frankpledge system.

• The geographical territory to which a patrol officer is assigned.

• A system of government service employment based on merit and examinations rather than on political patronage.

• A set of laws developed by Babylonian King Hammurabi that date back to the 18th century BC; the earliest written legal code known.

What is a civil service?

• A system of government service employment based on merit and examinations rather than on political patronage.

• A Latin legal phrase meaning the "power of the county;" a group of all able bodied men that the sheriff could summon to give chase to a fugitive.

• A policing strategy base on the idea that officers in highly visible uniforms and vehicles will deter crime by their mere presence in the community.

What is Code of Hammurabi?

• A system of policing used in England during the Early Middle Ages whereby communities were divided into small groups (tithings) that were collectively responsible for the conduct of all members.

• A set of laws developed by Babylonian King Hammurabi that date back to the 18th century BC; the earliest written legal code known.

• A charter of liberties that the English Barons forced King John to sign in 1215.

What does 'Decentralized mean?

• A policing system used in Medieval English towns where community members were appointed to serve as guards during the day (the ward) and at night (the watch).

• A group of ten families under the mutual pledge system.

• Not having a single administrative center.

• not centralized