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






2. 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.






3. 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 ______.






4. 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 _






5. 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.






6. The spoils system is greatly reduced in modern politics - though not entirely eliminated. Most ________ workers do not have to be concerned about losing their jobs when a new party takes office.






7. 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






8. 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 ________.






9. In 2001 - the US Supreme Court held in Atwater v. Lago Vista that the 4th amendment did not ________ warrantless arrests for minor offenses.






10. 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






11. There are around _____ federal - state and local law enforcement agencies in the US.






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






13. 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.






14. 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.






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






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






17. Citizen ______ and vigilante groups were the main means of policing the frontier and well-known figures who took up this challenge in the 19th Century include Wild Bill Hickok and Wyatt Earp.






18. 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.






19. In this case - the Defendants were suspected of evading taxes but they refused to hand over their company books. An illegal search and seizure was performed and the books returned soon after - when the Defendant's lawyer objected. At the trial - the






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






25. Affirmative action is mandated by a Presidential _________ Order in 1965 - so that all private employers and government agencies who receive federal monies have to develop written affirmative action plans.






26. 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 _________.






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. 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






35. The controversial 'broken window' theory made the connection between disorder - neighborhood decay and _____.






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






37. This describes the Pendleton Act. This was a big step in the government becoming the huge _____________ it is today.






38. 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.






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






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






41. There is usually a degree of competition between detectives and _______ officers. The latter sometimes withhold information in the hope of beating detectives to solving a case.






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






43. 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






44. 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.






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






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






47. Upon conviction - the defendant is punished through a sentence passed by the judge and if convicted of more than one crime - then may be subject to a ___________ or concurrent sentence.






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






49. 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.






50. 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.