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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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 __________.






2. 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.






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. Criminalistics relies on __________ to analyze firearms and munitions as well as various forensic techniques to determine issues such as time of death.






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. Police subculture is determined by the potential of ______ and because of this they stereotype certain categories of persons - such as low-income males - as possible threats.






23. The role of the ___ is to investigate breaches of federal criminal law - to protect the country from foreign counterintelligence and terrorist activities and to provide law enforcement assistance to other agencies.






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






31. 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.






32. There was no __________ form of criminal justice law in those days. Guilt was assumed; the execution carried out and accepted by all as an act of retribution.






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






34. 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






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. 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






46. 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.






47. Police training programs do suffer from ___________ - particularly as important areas such as domestic violence - ethics and police discretion - which are not usually covered






48. It can be argued that __________ officers possess an additional skill and therefore the extra pay can be justified on those grounds.






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






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