Author Question: Outline the European roots of our current police departments. What will be an ideal ... (Read 87 times)

kfurse · **on:** Aug 17, 2018

Outline the European roots of our current police departments.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Match up the descriptions in the left column with the appropriate person in the right column.

A) Henry Fielding
B) Alphonse Bertillon
C) Howard Vincent
D) Sir Conan Doyle
E) Sir Robert Peel
F) Jesse James
G) Stephen F. Austin
H) Jonathan Wild
I) Eugene-Francois Vidocq
J) William J. Herschel

1) Discovered that fingerprints were unique and unchanging.
2) Bow Street Runners
3) Director of the criminal identification section of the Paris Police Department.
4) The father of criminal investigation.
5) Creator of Sherlock Holmes
6) London Metropolitan Police
7) Elusive outlaw of the Wild West
8) Set a thief to catch a thief
9) Unofficially created the Texas Rangers
10) Restructured the Scotland Yard

Question 3

________ is the employment of the rule of thumb that substitutes simple questions for more complex ones.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

joechoochoy · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer:
I. The Bow Street Runners
a. Founded by Henry Fielding, the magistrate in Westminster, near central London
b. Forerunners of a trend in policing for specialization within the police force
c. By 1800, they were considered to be the leading law enforcement organization in London.
II. London Metropolitan Police
a. Established in 1829 by Sir Robert Peel, the Home Secretary
b. England's first paid, full-time police force j Consisted of about 1,000 uniformed officers who were known as bobbies after the department's founder
c. Officers were required to meet rigid standards of professionalism, including minimum weight and height requirements and standards of literacy and character
d. Detective bureau created in 1842
e. Scotland Yard was created 10 years after the establishment of the Metropolitan Police Department

Answer to Question 2

Answers: 1) J 2) A 3) B 4) I 5) D 6) E 7) F

H 9) G 10) C

Answer to Question 3

Answer: Heuristics