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1. The first modern detective force was
A. the Bow Street Runners.
B. established by the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829.
C. created by Patrick Colquhoun.
D. headed by attorney Howard Vincent.
2. When the London Metropolitan Police force was established in 1829, the British public was at first
suspicious and at times even hostile towards it because
A. King Edward II had supported its creation.
B. Rowan and Mayne had intimate ties to the royal family.
C. social reformers such as Jeremy Bentham had long argued that it was a danger to personal liberty.
D. French citizens had experienced oppression under centralized police.
3. In 1833, _______ an ordinance creating America's first paid, daylight police force?
A. Philadelphia
B. Chicago
C. New York City
D. Baltimore
4. After the Civil War, Pinkerton's National Detective Agency engaged in the two broad areas of
___________?
A. Locating war criminals and providing protection to the President of the United States.
B. Controlling a discontented working class and protection of the President of the United States.
C. Pursuing bank robbers and arresting train robbers.
D. Controlling a discontented working class and pursuing bank and railroad robbers.
5. Which state and city was the first to create a unified police force in this country?
A. New Orleans, LA.
B. New York, NY.
C. Baltimore, MD.
D. Philadelphia, PA
6. Which of the following is not one of the reasons cited in the textbook for having reliable detectives in
American the 1800's?
A. Graft and corruption were common among America's big city police officers.
B. Police jurisdictions were limited.
C. There was little information sharing among police departments.
D. All of the above are reasons cited in the textbook.
7. A rogues' gallery is
A. only practical in cities of 100,000 population or more.
B. photographs of known criminals arranged by criminal specialty and height.
C. a line-up of known offenders for viewing by detectives so they can recognize the criminals later on the
street.
D
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only practical in cities of 100,000 population or more and are photographs of known criminals arranged
by criminal specialty and physical height.
8. What was the original mission of the Secret Service when created by Congress in 1865?
A. Combat counterfeiting.
B. Provide protection for Presidents.
C. Prevent drug importation into this country.
D. All of the preceding was addressed in the Secret Service's original Charter.
9. What municipal agency was the first to establish a Criminal Identification Bureau?
A. Chicago, Ill.
B. Atlanta, GA.
C. Philadelphia, PA.
D. New Orleans, LA.
10. Which agency was the prototype for modern state police organizations?
A. New York State Police.
B. Georgia State Police.
C. Pennsylvania State Police.
D. Pinkerton International Detective Agency.
11. The Harrison Act of 1914 mad the distribution of nonmedical drugs a crime. The agency currently
charged with enforcing its provisions is ________________.
A. Federal Bureau of Investigations
B. Narcotics Bureau
C. Drug Enforcement Agency
D. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
12. During 1961-1966, the U.S. Supreme Court became unusually active in hearing cases involving the rights
of criminal suspects and defendants. This is referred to as the ____________
A. radical court era.
B. conservative court era.
C. due process revolution.
D. ex-post facto period.
13. The first major book describing the application of scientific disciplines to criminal investigation was
written in 1893 by Hans Gross. Translated into English in 1906, it remains highly respected today as a
seminal work in the field. What is the book's title?
A. Criminal Investigation.
B. The Scientific Method of Criminal Inquiry.
C. Science and Criminal Conduct.
D. Forensic Science and Crime.
14. What early method of criminal identification is based on the fact that every human being differs from
every other one in the exact measurements of their body, and that the sum of these measurements yields a
characteristic formula for each individual?
A. Dactylography.
B. Ectomorphism.
C. Anthropometry.
D. Meso-morphism.
15. The father of criminal identification is:
A. Hans Gross.
B. Alfonse Bertillon.
C. Edward Henry.
D. William Herschel.
16. The first country to use fingerprints as a system of criminal identification was:
A. Germany.
B. France.
C. China.
D. England.
17. Which 1903 case was the most important incident to advance the use of fingerprints in America?
A. Lindberg kidnapping.
B. "James Jones."
C. West.
D. Faurot.

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