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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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1. 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






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






3. 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.






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






16. The office of coroner is considered a local law enforcement agency because they determine the cause of _____ of victims and perpetrators in criminal cases.






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. This is one of the reports produced by the FBI in its law _____________ role.






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






20. The drawbacks of the administrative rule-making route are that they can never cover every conceivable situation; it may promote lying - avoidance - confusion and a negative ________ from officers.






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Since the 1980s - there have been some very public crackdowns on _____ driving but rates of this offence which creep down during the crackdown soon return to the original levels because the publicity forces a temporary change in behavior which is not






32. 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.






33. 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






34. 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.






35. The role of the police academy is to provide formal training - root out ___________ recruits and immerse the trainees in the police subculture.






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






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






38. Research into police work and activities conducted between the 1950s and 1970s concluded that police-community relations were very ____ and officers regularly breached legal rules






39. 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






40. 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.






41. 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






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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