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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. They believe that _____-reporting provides more accurate information than police reports.






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






3. 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






4. 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.






5. 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.






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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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 __________.






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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






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






17. 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.






18. The public perception of the police is of a distant and alienated law enforcement unit. Through community policing - police-community relations should ________ as the public have a greater stake and say in their problems and needs.






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






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






21. Apart from reducing crime - the mission of community policing is to _______ the trend of the negative public perception of the police






22. 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.






23. 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 _________.






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






25. The assessment stage evaluates the response based on detailed _________ and surveys. The police are also encouraged to conduct a self-analysis to see if they identified the problem correctly in the first place and revise that response if needed.






26. 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 _______.






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






28. 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.






29. 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






30. 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.






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. 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






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






34. The ________ rule was further emphasized in Edwards v. Arizona (1981) - when the court prohibited investigators from continuing questioning once the suspect has requested an attorney.






35. 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.






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






37. When an appellate court is asked to review a judgment - they may ______ it - require the lower court to set it aside or modify it.






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






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






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






41. After the arrest - suspects are brought before a __________ for their first appearance so that the charges brought against them can be read out and if appropriate they may be released on their own recognizance.






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






43. 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.






44. 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.






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






46. 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.






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






48. This was the step taken in 1965 to remedy _________ discrimination.






49. 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.






50. 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.