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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The exclusionary rule was modified by the __________ exception in the US Supreme Court decision of US v. Leon (1984).






2. A limited amount of streetwalking is tolerated if it is restricted to a particular part of town - usually a business district and it is not too ________.






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. After the arrest - suspects are brought before a __________ for their first appearance so that the charges brought against them can be read out and if appropriate they may be released on their own recognizance.






10. In US v. __________ (1950) - the US Supreme Court ruled that a warrantless search upon a lawful arrest was permitted as long as it was reasonable given the circumstances.






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






12. 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.






13. The written policies method is called '________________ rule-making' and it is presently the most popular method of controlling discretion.






14. 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






15. August Vollmer believed that policing standards needed to be improved and corruption stamped out. He advocated training and __________ for officers.






16. 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.






17. This was the only way they could ________ themselves and their property from the bandits. They did try to apply the accepted standards of decency of the day to their actions.






18. The CIA has operations officers and recruits ________ agents as part of their intelligence activities and this may involve covert operations.






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






20. 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.






21. Patrol is meant to reassure citizens that their environment is _____ and protected from crime.






22. The 1980s and 1990s saw the creation of _______ oversight of police groups to monitor or investigate complaints by individuals against police actions.






23. The public perception of the police is of a distant and alienated law enforcement unit. Through community policing - police-community relations should ________ as the public have a greater stake and say in their problems and needs.






24. 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






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






26. Officers have very broad discretion - yet this subject is _______ taught or sufficiently taught to better aid the officers in making an appropriate decision.






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. This has resulted in an under ________________ of blacks - women and ethnic minorities in the police force.






32. The courts of general jurisdiction utilize a fact-finding foundation known as the ___________ process which pits the State's interest - as represented by the prosecution against the Defendant's - as represented by defense counsel.






33. The first landmark case that forms the foundation of the exclusionary rule is the US Supreme court decision of _____ v US (1914).






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






35. Domestic disturbances may be fuelled by alcohol and drug abuse - financial difficulties or many other reasons that are beyond the ________ of the officers.






36. When it comes to prostitution - low-level street-walking is usually tolerated so that the role of the police is normally ___________ and maintaining the peace.






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






38. This was the ruling of the court. Many commentators were surprised but the court decided that although arrest for trivial offences (in this case a seat belt violation) may be embarrassing - it was not so extraordinary as to breach the ____ amendment






39. 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.






40. Affirmative action is mandated by a Presidential _________ Order in 1965 - so that all private employers and government agencies who receive federal monies have to develop written affirmative action plans.






41. The 911 communications center is the _____ of a modern police department.






42. Domestic violence must be distinguished from a domestic ___________ in the sense that in the former a serious crime has been committed and so the officers can exercise their powers of arrest - if they choose to do so although research shows that offi






43. The 3 main approaches to controlling police discretion are removing it - improving the professional judgment of officers through better training and managing it through _______ policies.






44. The _________ Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)is the term coined for this annual study.






45. In the 1950s training for police officers consisted mainly of firearm skill development but over the years - classroom training has emphasized criminal __________.






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






47. 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






48. The spoils system refers to firing supporters of the opponent and replacing them with one's own supporters upon ________.






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






50. 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.