Question 1

Describe the working conditions for the first policewomen.

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Question 2

In the twentieth century, the two principal forces that underwent dramatic change were

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A)  academies and salaries.
B)  training and equipment.
C)  reduction in corruption and increase in professionalism.
D)  police professionalism and communications technology.

Question 3

How did the inventions of new communications change policing?

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Question 4

In the nineteenth century, the one major component that influenced every aspect of American policing was

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A)  politics.
B)  incompetence.
C)  minorities.
D)  inefficiency.

Question 5

In response to the rise of crime and violence against police officers in the late nineteenth century, the police were issued as standard equipment

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A)  TASERS.
B)  vehicles.
C)  firearms.
D)  tactical training manuals.

Question 6

The early method of policing used to guard against fires, crime, and disorder throughout different parts of the day was known as the

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A)  constable.
B)  fragmented system.
C)  watch.
D)  maintenance of order.

Question 7

Communications technologies like the two-way radio and the telephone changed policing by

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A)  lowering crime and raising arrests.
B)  changing the nature of police-citizen contacts and police management.
C)  reducing response times and lowering insurance costs.
D)  reducing fires and lowing juvenile delinquency.

Question 8

The Germans had the greatest influence in the development of American policing.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The romanticized public image of police officers in the nineteenth century is actually

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A)  inaccurate.
B)  very true.
C)  most likely unknown.
D)  best described in novels.

Question 10

Almost every other country in the world has a centralized, national police force.In American policing there is a tradition of

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A)  local control.
B)  continuous reform.
C)  racial profiling.
D)  strategic planning.

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