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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Upon conviction - the defendant is punished through a sentence passed by the judge and if convicted of more than one crime - then may be subject to a ___________ or concurrent sentence.






2. When an appellate court is asked to review a judgment - they may ______ it - require the lower court to set it aside or modify it.






3. This is the way criminal trials are conducted in the US and it is governed by strict rules of __________.






4. The most organized and distinctly American officer force was the _____ patrol based in Charleston - South Carolina.






5. The _________ Act passed by Congress in 1883 put an end to Andrew Jackson's 'spoils system -' and created a system of hiring government employees based on their qualifications.






6. The UCR has a hierarchy rule whereby multiple types of incidents can only be recorded as 1 incident. This is a _________ of the system.






7. Wilson and Kelling believed that the broken window symbolized a deteriorating neighborhood and not repaired led to the eventual decline of an area - thereby encouraging criminal _________.






8. Individuals have the right to live in their homes peacefully and not be subjected to unreasonable searches and seizures by virtue of the ___ amendment.






9. In 1837 - the slave patrol consisted of about 100 officers and they were responsible for finding ________ slaves and ensuring that they were well-behaved.






10. Able-bodied men who could hear the commotion caused by the victim were obliged to form a posse and join the shire reeve (term from which ________ is derived) or mounted officer in pursuit of the offender.






11. Generally - surveys have revealed that ________ people tend to be more dissatisfied with the police than older persons. Some youths seem to believe that the police target them simply because they are young and think that all teenagers are up to no go






12. Their perception of the amount of danger faced in their jobs results in the development of constant __________ of people






13. Another word for uphold is _________. This is the result for most appellate court decisions whereby they confirm the decision of the lower court.






14. Field training consists of practical on-the-job training with a __________ field training officer.






15. These experts contend that officers do not have the authority to subvert the criminal law. Some states have criminalized the failure of criminal justice officials who turn a ______ eye to enforcement.






16. This is one of the main functions of the police academy and ensures that unsuitable recruits do not make it as officers. About 10% of recruits do not _________ from the academy.






17. Research showed that patrol was of little deterrence and speedier response times did not increase the arrest rate nor assisted in the solving of crimes. Community policing is meant to create a _____________ between police and community to develop pro






18. The NCVS Survey is a yearly study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) of specific households to determine the level of criminal _____________ - particularly unreported victimization - in the US.






19. The police ___________ of secrecy - public hostility and solidarity meant they were very isolated from the community - especially the black community.






20. The ATF was previously an organization within the Department of the Treasury but since 24th January 2003 - their agency was transferred to the Department of _______.






21. This is the right granted under the Constitution but the Supreme Court has held that it can be exercised only for offences carrying a term of ______________ exceeding 6 months or where the extra penalties such as fines and community service are suffi






22. This may also be called '________ officer.' The investigative nature of their jobs has resulted in their classification as a local law enforcement agency.






23. Plea bargains avoid an expensive court trial. Prosecutors may offer and defendants may accept a bargained plea to avoid the uncertainty of a jury trial. In many cases - the Defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge or for a ________ sentenc






24. They believe that _____-reporting provides more accurate information than police reports.






25. Campus police are a type of _______ district police force - and many of these larger forces have been state certified as law enforcement agencies with general arrest powers.






26. The exclusionary rule relates to illegally seized evidence. In this case - the police searched and seized personal effects as well as incriminating evidence from the Defendant's house without a warrant. On the basis of this evidence - the Defendant w






27. Some departments allow for bidding of new patrol areas once or twice _________.






28. The professionalization movement started by Vollmer was nurtured by his prot






29. The ________ rule was further emphasized in Edwards v. Arizona (1981) - when the court prohibited investigators from continuing questioning once the suspect has requested an attorney.






30. The drawbacks of the administrative rule-making route are that they can never cover every conceivable situation; it may promote lying - avoidance - confusion and a negative ________ from officers.






31. Law enforcement in the US is extremely large and ___________ and hence this many agencies currently exist.






32. The role of the police academy is to provide formal training - root out ___________ recruits and immerse the trainees in the police subculture.






33. Wilson believed in the necessity to continue and encourage _____________________ within the police force. He was the chief of police in Wichita from 1928 to 1935 - the Dean of Criminology at the University of California from 1950 to 1960 and the supe






34. Apart from reducing crime - the mission of community policing is to _______ the trend of the negative public perception of the police






35. Where offenders are not captured red-handed - an arrest _______ issued by an officer of the court is required to supply the legal foundation for the act of detention.






36. The CIA also engages in ______ operations sanctioned by the President as part of their role in ensuring national security.






37. Criminalistics relies on __________ to analyze firearms and munitions as well as various forensic techniques to determine issues such as time of death.






38. The spoils system is greatly reduced in modern politics - though not entirely eliminated. Most ________ workers do not have to be concerned about losing their jobs when a new party takes office.






39. This is the venue for police training and the value of training has experienced a dramatic _________ in status since its inception.






40. Some police departments may have a separate detective unit with further specialized units such as homicide and vice. ________ ones will have a single department to handle all cases or no department at all.






41. The local police cover a wide range of law enforcement agencies such as the municipal police - sheriff's departments - campus and _______ police.






42. According to the doctrine of ______ patriae - the state has a duty to care for children who are neglected or delinquent - and to assume the role of parent if necessary.






43. The UCR statistics are used to create the FBI Crime Clock which creates a picture of crime _________ in the US.






44. Tensions between the police and racial minorities continue despite the many advances made since the 1960s; major complaints are still made regularly and these include use of excessive force and ______ profiling.






45. In this case - the Defendants were suspected of evading taxes but they refused to hand over their company books. An illegal search and seizure was performed and the books returned soon after - when the Defendant's lawyer objected. At the trial - the






46. Some legal experts believe that police discretion should be abolished because it is _______.






47. This is the term coined to describe this diagrammatic representation. It differentiates between ________ crimes such as murder and rape and property crime such as burglary and arson.






48. In this case - the police applied for and obtained a search warrant from a magistrate for the Defendant's homes. Drugs were found there and the Defendant convicted. He appealed on the grounds that the original affidavit drawn up to obtain the search






49. The majority of criminal cases do not go to trial but are instead settled via a plea _______.






50. One of the major problems facing patrol officers is high-speed pursuits is a high ________ rate.