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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

Subjects : dsst, law-enforcement
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Training is one of the roles a ______-level enforcement agency usually engages in.






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






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






6. 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 __________.






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. 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.






16. 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 ________.






17. In 1837 - the slave patrol consisted of about 100 officers and they were responsible for finding ________ slaves and ensuring that they were well-behaved.






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






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






24. When a 911 call comes in - the operator answers it - makes a decision whether to send out a patrol car and then informs the dispatcher who then communicates the details to the ______ officer.






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






26. 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






27. 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






28. Organized law enforcement in Britain can be traced back to 1200 AD when identified law breakers were pursued by a _____ led by the shire reeve or mounted officer.






29. 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.






30. Individuals have the right to live in their homes peacefully and not be subjected to unreasonable searches and seizures by virtue of the ___ amendment.






31. 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.






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






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






34. 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 ______.






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






36. 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






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






38. In serious cases - this may be the outcome. However - hospital care for the mentally ill is very disjointed and it may be difficult to hospitalize a person without their ________. Also - these hospitals or shelters may refuse to admit these patients.






39. The ________ stage of SARA refers to the creation of strategies based on the analyzed data to deal with the problem whereas the assessment stage requires an evaluation of the effectiveness of the response.






40. The rights of the accused (and of prisoners) have been defined mostly through the _______________'s interpretation of the Bill of Rights.






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






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






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






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






45. It is interesting to note that the city of Detroit is the only state in which blacks rate the police force more ______ than their white counterparts.






46. Officers at the academy undergo _________ training and most academies also offer field training.






47. 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.






48. Able-bodied men who could hear the commotion caused by the victim were obliged to form a posse and join the shire reeve (term from which ________ is derived) or mounted officer in pursuit of the offender.






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






50. 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 _________.