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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Campus police is probably the most important example of the special district police force. The also participate in the ____ program.






2. 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






3. The FBI has the responsibility to investigate - analyze and neutralize any potential terrorist threats and to investigate and analyze terrorist __________ in the US.






4. The rise of police professionalism and reform was spearheaded by August _______ who served as the chief of police in Berkeley - California from 1905 to 1932.






5. The exclusionary rule was modified by the __________ exception in the US Supreme Court decision of US v. Leon (1984).






6. Officers may feel that the rules are there to catch them out and that the system mistrusts them. This may encourage officers to work at a deliberately _____ pace.






7. 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.






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






9. It is believed that the average citizen plays a vital part in the ________________ of officers.






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






11. The number of homeless people in the US has spiraled upwards in the last 2 decades so that the function of the police in dealing with them is shifting from one of containment and peacekeeping to the delivery of proactive strategies to deal with the _






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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






23. 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 _________.






24. 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.






25. 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.






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. 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 ________.






28. In 2001 - the US Supreme Court held in Atwater v. Lago Vista that the 4th amendment did not ________ warrantless arrests for minor offenses.






29. Good faith means that when the police act with the honest belief that they are following proper rules. According to the ruling in US v. Leon - when officers have acted in good faith reliance on a warrant - the evidence will not be excluded even if th






30. 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.






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






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 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.






34. 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






35. This is to ensure that ___________ with the administrative rules is maintained.






36. 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.






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






38. Officers are commonly offered bribes to let suspects go or to turn a blind eye to ________ activities.






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






40. Since the 1980s - there have been some very public crackdowns on _____ driving but rates of this offence which creep down during the crackdown soon return to the original levels because the publicity forces a temporary change in behavior which is not






41. The first ___ amendments to the Constitution are called the Bill of Rights. They were created to restrict government actions against the individual.






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






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






44. 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.






45. 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






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






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






48. The CIA is divided into 3 ____________ and 5 mission support offices (MSOs).






49. Due to an increase in _________ and disorder by citizens - officers turned to weaponry to protect themselves.






50. A critical function that the police play in society is crime __________ and this role is primarily executed through routine patrolling.