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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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1. The 3 CIA directorates are the directorate of Intelligence - directorate of Operations and the directorate of Science and ___________.






2. _________ policing took off in the 1980s and 1990s - with the realization that the police could not fight crime on their own.






3. There is no _________ method of centralized policing in the US as police services are provided by the 4 levels of government which are the city - county - state and federal levels.






4. Training is one of the roles a ______-level enforcement agency usually engages in.






5. 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.






6. The exclusionary rule was extended by the US Supreme Court in the case of Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. US (1920) - which held that ______ of illegally seized evidence were inadmissible in court.






7. 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.






8. There are around _____ federal - state and local law enforcement agencies in the US.






9. Research has revealed that in about 80% of such situations - no formal action - such as _______ was necessary.






10. In dealing with federal criminal law enforcement - the duty of the FBI upon investigation is to gather evidence and perform personnel investigations - especially in major programs such as _________ crime and white-collar crime.






11. There are over _____ sheriff's departments in the US.






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






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






14. The next most critical factor that impacts on PCR after race and ethnicity is ___.






15. Increasing ___________ and reducing competition between patrol officers and detectives as well as improving police-citizen relationships are 2 important methods of enhancing the quality of investigative work.






16. The police receive a sizeable number of calls about ________ ill persons and in exercising their discretion these matters are normally dealt with through arrest - hospitalization or informal disposition.






17. J Edgar ______ - the Director of the FBI in the 1930s had a critical impact on local policing in setting educational and training models for officers - the development of the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and the establishment of the FBI crime lab.






18. Apart from police corruption - another form of police deviance is ____________ deviance.






19. Ballistics is the scientific _________ of firearms - ammunition - projectiles - bombs and explosives.






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






21. When a 911 call comes in - the operator answers it - makes a decision whether to send out a patrol car and then informs the dispatcher who then communicates the details to the ______ officer.






22. Another source of PCR tension is discriminatory employment practices of the ______ force.






23. The Defendant was _________ arrested in his office - which consisted of a single room. The search was valid and reasonable given the circumstances of the arrest and small space of the area he was arrested in.






24. 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.






25. The rights of the accused (and of prisoners) have been defined mostly through the _______________'s interpretation of the Bill of Rights.






26. Domestic disturbances are a common order maintenance issue handled by the police but officers generally find them frustrating to handle because there is little that they can do about the _____ of the problem.






27. This means that the court releases the suspect into their own custody or into the care of another. This occurs where the suspect poses a low flight risk and is not __________ to the community.






28. Since these crimes are usually not reported - in order to discover them - undercover work using devices such as _________ are utilized.






29. This is training in relation to _____________ rules and was spurred by the decisions of the US Supreme Court in the 1960s.






30. The first ___ amendments of the Constitution are commonly called the Bill of Rights and offer the individual considerable protection in the criminal justice system.






31. The Hispanic community is growing faster than expected and therefore police departments should take steps to hire more Hispanic officers through active recruitment processes and offering incentive ___ for bilingual officers.






32. This is the definition of bail. If the suspect fails to appear for the next court hearing - then the money or property pledged may be __________.






33. The CID within the FBI is responsible for organized crime - violent crime - ____________ and money laundering.






34. 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 _______.






35. Police training programs do suffer from ___________ - particularly as important areas such as domestic violence - ethics and police discretion - which are not usually covered






36. 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.






37. 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






38. Deterrence prevents crime through using an example or threat of ___________ to persuade the public against committing the crime.






39. The controversial 'broken window' theory made the connection between disorder - neighborhood decay and _____.






40. This is widely recognized as a police role - though they do share the burden with other institutions such as schools and _____________.






41. In order to police __________ crimes - officers generally have to resort to undercover work.






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






46. Various studies have shown that these pursuits have between an 18% to 33% chance of resulting in an accident. As a consequence - many departments have a restrictive - discouraging or discretionary _______ regarding high-speed pursuits for officers to






47. Officers at the academy undergo _________ training and most academies also offer field training.






48. The assessment stage evaluates the response based on detailed _________ and surveys. The police are also encouraged to conduct a self-analysis to see if they identified the problem correctly in the first place and revise that response if needed.






49. This is due to the dominance of the local political structure by ______ persons. Detroit has had a black mayor since 1973 and the police force is dominated by black persons. Thus - the black community can better relate with their local police






50. Officers are allocated to specific shifts and patrol areas based on _________ or using a rotation system.