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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. 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 ______.






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






3. 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 _______.






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






12. Some departments allow for bidding of new patrol areas once or twice _________.






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






14. Prospective police officers are trained at police _________ - with the average pre-service training program lasting about 1000 hours.






15. 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.






16. 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






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






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






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






20. 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






21. 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.






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






23. The nature of police work also promotes deviant activities because officers are often offered ______ - they are regularly unsupervised and so think they can get away with it and fed on a diet of illegality may succumb to criminality too.






24. 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.






25. This occurs where criminal and non-criminal actions are used by an officer in the course of his/her working activities or committed when pretending it is within his/her ___________ police authority. An example is sleeping on the job or a racial slur






26. 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.






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






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






29. 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.






30. 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 __________.






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






32. When the offender was apprehended by the posse - trials were rarely held and public __________ were held to dispense justice.






33. 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.






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






36. 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.






37. Parens patriae is Latin for 'the ______ as parent'.






38. 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.






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. The UCR has a hierarchy rule whereby multiple types of incidents can only be recorded as 1 incident. This is a _________ of the system.