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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. Ballistics is the scientific _________ of firearms - ammunition - projectiles - bombs and explosives.






2. This means that the court releases the suspect into their own custody or into the care of another. This occurs where the suspect poses a low flight risk and is not __________ to the community.






3. 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






4. Law enforcement in the US is extremely large and ___________ and hence this many agencies currently exist.






5. Sheriff departments are usually responsible for _______ court papers - civil summons - and managing security in state courtrooms.






6. Domestic violence must be distinguished from a domestic ___________ in the sense that in the former a serious crime has been committed and so the officers can exercise their powers of arrest - if they choose to do so although research shows that offi






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






8. The 3 purposes of patrol are to deter crime - increase feelings of public ________ and prepare officers for service through effective dispersal in the neighborhood.






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






10. 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






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






14. 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






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






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






17. Patrol is meant to reassure citizens that their environment is _____ and protected from crime.






18. 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.






19. 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






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






21. This was the ruling of the court. Many commentators were surprised but the court decided that although arrest for trivial offences (in this case a seat belt violation) may be embarrassing - it was not so extraordinary as to breach the ____ amendment






22. 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.






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






28. The evidence had to be plainly in sight and even though the officers may have concluded that some items may have been located behind the ceiling panel; it was not in plain view and hence was ______________ as evidence. Furthermore - the officers are






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. Field training consists of practical on-the-job training with a __________ field training officer.






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






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. The exclusionary rule relates to illegally seized evidence. In this case - the police searched and seized personal effects as well as incriminating evidence from the Defendant's house without a warrant. On the basis of this evidence - the Defendant w






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






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






49. 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.






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