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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. 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.






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






3. Under the 6th Amendment to the Constitution - every defendant has the right to a ____ trial.






4. The rise of police professionalism and reform was spearheaded by August _______ who served as the chief of police in Berkeley - California from 1905 to 1932.






5. The 3 main approaches to controlling police discretion are removing it - improving the professional judgment of officers through better training and managing it through _______ policies.






6. 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.






7. This is to ensure that ___________ with the administrative rules is maintained.






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






9. 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 __________.






10. 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






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. One of the most controversial incidents in recent American police history occurred in ___________ in 1991 when officers subdued Rodney King using considerable force; resulting in 2 criminal trials and a riot that seriously damaged PCR for several yea






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






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






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






19. This is due to the dominance of the local political structure by ______ persons. Detroit has had a black mayor since 1973 and the police force is dominated by black persons. Thus - the black community can better relate with their local police






20. 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 ______.






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. It is interesting to note that the city of Detroit is the only state in which blacks rate the police force more ______ than their white counterparts.






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






27. This was the bright-line rule (one that can ______ be crossed) that emerged from this case.






28. 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 _________.






29. Officers have very broad discretion - yet this subject is _______ taught or sufficiently taught to better aid the officers in making an appropriate decision.






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 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.






32. This is the venue for police training and the value of training has experienced a dramatic _________ in status since its inception.






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






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






35. 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






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






37. 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.






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. A warrant is a _____ issued by the court to justify the arrest of a suspect. It offers protection to the officer executing the warrant against damages; for example for wrongful arrest.






40. 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






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






42. 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.






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






44. 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.






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. When a 911 call comes in - the operator answers it - makes a decision whether to send out a patrol car and then informs the dispatcher who then communicates the details to the ______ officer.






49. Domestic disturbances are a common order maintenance issue handled by the police but officers generally find them frustrating to handle because there is little that they can do about the _____ of the problem.






50. 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