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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. 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 _________.






2. 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 __________.






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. When considering detective productivity and _____________ - more important than the number of arrests is the quality of those arrests.






7. The county level of government supplies citizens with police services - for example the county ________.






8. By dealing with the underlying issues - for example mental health or financial service problems - then a solution may be found to get them off the street and back into a more ___________ existence.






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






10. 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.






11. 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






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






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






14. Officers appointed to carry out investigative work are known as __________.






15. Citizen ______ and vigilante groups were the main means of policing the frontier and well-known figures who took up this challenge in the 19th Century include Wild Bill Hickok and Wyatt Earp.






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






24. 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 _






25. This is one of the reports produced by the FBI in its law _____________ role.






26. A centralized state-level agency - which merges patrol with ______________ will usually assist in local criminal investigations when asked - patrol the state's highways - operate identification bureaus - manage criminal records and provide training t






27. 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.






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. 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






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






31. Decentralization means reduced _____________ of rank and file officers who have greater discretion in making decisions.






32. Public concern led to the start of the crackdown and this is viewed as an important police role but it is very difficult to spot the minority of drunk drivers amongst those who are ______.






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






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






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






41. This was the bright-line rule (one that can ______ be crossed) that emerged from this case.






42. Under the ___ system - if last night Jim killed John - then set fire to a car and robbed an old lady - these multiple crimes would be recorded as a single incident.






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






44. 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.






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






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






50. Racial profiling is the practice of stopping and or __________ a person not because of any suspected criminal activity but because of that person's race.