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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. This is because patrol consists of the majority of police work and this is ________ through the police communications network - which is triggered by 911 calls.






2. Bail describes the circumstance when suspects are released from custody but on condition that money or property is offered as __________ against flight.






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






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






5. 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.






6. One of the most controversial incidents in recent American police history occurred in ___________ in 1991 when officers subdued Rodney King using considerable force; resulting in 2 criminal trials and a riot that seriously damaged PCR for several yea






7. Officers must file written _______ in certain circumstances when they exercise their discretion - for example when they fire their weapon and these reports must be reviewed by their superiors.






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. This is the problem of case __________. Research has shown that only about half of felony arrests result in convictions. The question is whether this is due to poor police work or some other reason.






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. A concurrent sentence is one that is served at the __________ as another sentence.






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






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






23. Campus police is probably the most important example of the special district police force. The also participate in the ____ program.






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






25. When called to attend to a non-crime incident - the police have to exercise discretion and can usually handle the situation _______ taking formal police action.






26. 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






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






28. 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.






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






30. 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.






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






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






33. 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






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






35. The office of coroner is considered a local law enforcement agency because they determine the cause of _____ of victims and perpetrators in criminal cases.






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






37. 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 _________.






38. 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






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






43. Incapacitation refers to the act of confinement so that the offender is restrained from committing the crime again whereas the deterrence has the overall aim of crime __________.






44. The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) is an annualized report published by the ___ that states the statistical rate of reported crime in the US based on data from police reports.






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






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. 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






48. ____ did not become regulated officer equipment until the late 19th Century.






49. The Supreme Court created a good faith exception to the exclusionary rule when police officers use search warrants (US v. ____ - 1984).






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