CJ 485 Exam 1
What are the factors that influenced demand for private security - ANS-Increase in fraud and
embezzlement in commercial establishments
Increase in property crimes: robberies, burglaries •
Fires and arson - insurance issues
Counterfeiting - brand protection - major about of loss
Trade secrets • Computer viruses
Why? LE is unable to respond and cope with the demand for protection or crime response -
ANS-Focus on personal crimes
Spend only a third of time on crime-prevention activities
Mass private property
Role of Hobbes - ANS-Hobbes developed ideas of human motivation and social contract
Why militaristic in nature? - ANS-Highly disciplined organization
What was the basic concept of private security modes of operation - ANS-Money is paid directly
to agents in the field
Early private police behavior that earned bad reputation - ANS-Strikebreakers for hire
Who are the Molly Maguires? - ANS-Named after irish anti british landlord agitators in 1840
Flourished in coal mines
Coal miners faced employment discrimination
Lived in oppressive and dangerous conditions
Ludlow Massacres - ANS-1914 - colorado fuel and iron company were on strike
what was the fords relationship to the workers - ANS-Began as benevolent paternalism
duties of ford security company - ANS-Evolved into brutal repression and demanded absolute
discipline and blind obedience
Ford service at its peak at 3.5k officers
Patrolled company premises
, what happened when unions began to emerge around 1930s - ANS-Around this time union
movement began
Ford service ceased to exist
role of Taft Hartley act - ANS-Discipling workers
Transformed worker control and industrial relations
Defining Private Security - ANS-condition of being protected from danger, providing safety
applies to both private and public safety
Bentham - ANS-English philosopher who states you're always under surveillance, using the
panoptic society
Determinants of PS Growth - ANS-Social control is shifting from the public sector to private
sector
Public vs Private - ANS-The Hallcrest Report (1981, 1990) • Some mutual admiration
established
• Nalla & Hummer (1999)
Increase law enforcement knowledge of private security • Upgrade training requirements for
frontline PS employees • Improve communications
What was the primary function of early American policing? - ANS-Protection of physical property
- particularly the perimeters of isolated villages
Perimeter protection offered by the military is linked to private security? Why? - ANS-Protected
the community and controlled access of the gates. Military protected the perimeter or town
boundaries.
What were the sources of threats to early American settlements? - ANS-Native Indians, Pirates,
Marauding bands (criminal gangs)
In which ways did the early colonial settlements resemble medieval kingdoms in terms of the
physical structures? - ANS-Built like a fortress with high timber walls as the perimeter of
settlements
In which ways did the early colonial settlements resemble medieval kingdoms in terms of
perimeter security tasks? What is the military label apt for early policing - ANS-Access control,
look-outs placed on elevated parts of the village
Adult males work as sentries
Organization and method of carrying out the tasks were distinctly military
Men organized into squads and supervised by "commander"
What was the model on which the London Metropolitan Police was formed - ANS-British military
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