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The 1972 police research experiment that tested the effect of different levels of patrols and challenged the basic assumptions about the effect of patrol on crime was known as the


A) Michigan Foot Patrol Study.
B) Wickersham Commission Experiment.
C) Community Policing Experiment.
D) Kansas City Preventive Patrol Study.

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Skolnick and Bayley (1988) described four internationally recurring elements of community policing.Which of the following elements was not listed in their study?


A) Community-based crime prevention
B) Increased olice accountability
C) The reorientation of patrol activities
D) A strong central command force

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If a watchman or any other citizen saw a crime in progress,he was expected to __________,summoning all citizens within earshot to join in pursuing and capturing the wrongdoer.


A) perform the tithing
B) give the hue and cry
C) identify and pursue
D) None of the above

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Which of the following is not one of the four general priciples that define community policing?


A) problem solving
B) organizational transformation
C) reactive crime prevention
D) community engagement

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Community policing is a philosophy of full-service,personalized policing,where the same officer patrols and works in the area on a permanent basis from a decentralized place,working in a proactive partnership with citizens to identify and solve problems.

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Community policing is a philosophy of full-service,_______________ policing where the same officer patrols and works in the area on a permanent basis from a decentralized place.

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At the time the Metropolitan Police Force was established in London,the United States was still operating under


A) a day-and-night watch system.
B) the frankpledge system.
C) the hue and cry system.
D) the tithing system.

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The law that evidence gathered in an illegal search and seizure could not be used against the defendant was decided by the U.S.Supreme Court in which 1914 case?


A) Weeks v. United States
B) Miranda v. Arizona
C) Terry v. Ohio
D) Gideon v. Wainwright

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During the 1960s and early 1970s,considerable turmoil existed throughout the country related to issues of police and race relations,corruption,and use of force.During that period,according to Walker and Macdonald (2009),five national ___________________,or ad hoc,short-term investigations of law enforcement,were initiated.

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