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TEST BANK
Policing America: Challenges and Best Practices, 10e (Peak)
Chapter 1 History: From English Origins to the United States
1.1 Multiple Choice
1) The sheriff was formerly known as the ________.
- deputy
- shire reeve
- constable
- tax collector
Answer: B
Page Ref: 3
Objective: Explain the four major police-related offices and their functions during the early English and colonial periods.
Level: Basic
2) The coroner's inquest closely resembles a ________.
- grand jury
- pre-plea conference
- court work group
- juvenile court hearing
Answer: A
Page Ref: 6
Objective: Explain the four major police-related offices and their functions during the early English and colonial periods.
Level: Basic
3) The origins of modern policing in America can be linked to ________.
- colonial policing
- English heritage
- change in laws
- change in policing procedures
Answer: B
Page Ref: 7
Objective: Explain the four major police-related offices and their functions during the early English and colonial periods.
Level: Intermediate
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4) When Henry Fielding died, his "thief-takers" evolved into a group called the ________ Runners, under John Fielding.
- Bow Street
- Ryland Street
- Rommero Street
- Pembroke Street
Answer: A
Page Ref: 10
Objective: Explain the old English and colonial systems of policing and their legacies.
Level: Intermediate
5) Patrick Colquhoun, serving as London's ________, focused on ________.
- mayor/elections
- sheriff/capturing felons
- magistrate/reform of police
- constable/social reform
Answer: C
Page Ref: 10
Objective: Explain the old English and colonial systems of policing and their legacies.
Level: Intermediate
6) Peel's nine "principles of policing" emphasized ________.
- maximum punishment to the offender
- setting an example to the community
- rehabilitation
- prevention of crime
Answer: D
Page Ref: 13
Objective: Describe changes in policing in the nineteenth century in England and the United States.
Level: Intermediate
7) Which of the following early forms of policing strictly performed an enforcement function and had no nonpolice functions?
- Constables
- Watchmen
- Slave patrols
- Sheriffs
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