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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. 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.






3. Community policing is widely implemented in the US today but critics are concerned that the police role of crime control has been hijacked - the police are increasingly getting involved at a political level and ________________ will lead to the loss






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






7. One of the major problems facing patrol officers is high-speed pursuits is a high ________ rate.






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. Their perception of the amount of danger faced in their jobs results in the development of constant __________ of people






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. The FBI has the responsibility to investigate - analyze and neutralize any potential terrorist threats and to investigate and analyze terrorist __________ in the US.






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






20. 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






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






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






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. Due to an increase in _________ and disorder by citizens - officers turned to weaponry to protect themselves.






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






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






29. 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






30. 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.






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






32. The CIA also engages in ______ operations sanctioned by the President as part of their role in ensuring national security.






33. 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.






34. This was the only way they could ________ themselves and their property from the bandits. They did try to apply the accepted standards of decency of the day to their actions.






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






36. 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.






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






38. 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.






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. 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






44. 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 _______.






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. 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 _






48. Since these crimes are usually not reported - in order to discover them - undercover work using devices such as _________ are utilized.






49. 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.






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