CJ 485: Issues in Private Security Exam #1
What was Hobbes' suggestion for dealing with war of all against all? - ANS-To establish an
entity that existed over and above individuals. It would impose its superior will upon others in
order to maintain order, to prevent individuals from perpetual violence against each other. The
State must be a political entity, all powerful. This power must be given to it by the individuals in
society, and in return the State must guarantee to establish and maintain order
What was the relationship of Jonathon Wild to the study of private security? - ANS-Wild's
operation fulfilled an important function of maintaining order and of being separated from the
public authorities who, suspected the power of public police
The first public police agency in the US was established in which city? - ANS-New York
What were some reasons for the development of private security in the US? - ANS-Public police
could not be trusted to be politically clean
Wealthy industrialists perceived the world as theirs to own
Demand for private agencies great during this time
What was/were some popular strategy used by Pinkertons to control worker dissent and
strike-breaking in railroad companies? - ANS-The use of spies placed among the railway
workers
Which US police organization served as a framework for the development of early private
security companies? - ANS-US Secret Service
Why was the first private security company said to resemble the US's first national police
organization? - ANS-Due to its modus operandi: the collection of information, dossiers on
suspects, extensive case files, methods of surveillance and undercover operations
Why were the earliest private security companies more militaristic in nature? - ANS-Due to high
discipline, concern with larger issues of the day, and to separate themselves from the private
eye
What were the basic concepts or mode of operations style dominated by early private police
agencies operations? - ANS-Highly structured, centralized organizations
All money was paid direct to the central office
Loyalty was valued and demanded above all else
A system of spies and undercover agents
Constant requirement of daily reports, record-keeping,
Use of physical evidence
, What kinds of activities undertaken by early private police earned them bad reputation? -
ANS-Strike breaking, killed steel workers striking, false testimony on Albert Parsons,
Which company's name was associated with the Homestead riots of 1877? - ANS-Carnegie
Steel Company
Who are Molly Maguires? - ANS-Irish terrorist group who killed anyone tyrannical to workers,
mainly managers and foreman
What do we know about the Ludlow Massacre? - ANS-19 died in the massacre when coal mine
guards and the Baldwin-Felts agency attacked workers and their families who were striking
against the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
What was the name of Fords in-house security? - ANS-The Ford Service
What were among the duties of Ford company's security department? - ANS-Police the Ford
Factory and the whole community of Detroit
What happened to the chief of security at Ford when unions began to form in the late 1930s? -
ANS-Forced to sign a contract recognizing the UAW
In the corporate sector who controlled the labor during the 1940s and 50s? - ANS-
How has the Taft-Hartley Act transformed worker control and industrial relations in the 1940s? -
ANS-Increased institutional power of trade unions, severe penalties against strikers, boycotts,
and undisciplined actions
What is the relevance of Kissinger's quote at the beginning of Chapter 1 for the story of private
security? - ANS-Because we always seem to be reacting to events that
have happened instead of spending much more time, as we should, planning for possible
adverse events that will affect our ability to protect corporate assets a day, a week, or even a
year or two from now.
What are the key ideological frameworks that govern government spending on services to the
public? - ANS-Global, technology-driven environment in which all corporate employees must
work??
H&K reminds readers of the big failure of security managers. What is it? - ANS-They fail to see
what affects our working world, what is happening a world away today will have an effect on our
ability to protect corporate assets tomorrow
What is the abbreviation H&K uses to refer to corporate security managers in this book? -
ANS-CSM
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