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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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






2. 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.






3. 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






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






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






6. 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






7. 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.






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






16. 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






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. 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






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. Officers are allocated to specific shifts and patrol areas based on _________ or using a rotation system.






24. Officers must file written _______ in certain circumstances when they exercise their discretion - for example when they fire their weapon and these reports must be reviewed by their superiors.






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






26. Criminalistics relies on __________ to analyze firearms and munitions as well as various forensic techniques to determine issues such as time of death.






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






28. Apart from police corruption - another form of police deviance is ____________ deviance.






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






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






31. Tensions between the police and racial minorities continue despite the many advances made since the 1960s; major complaints are still made regularly and these include use of excessive force and ______ profiling.






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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 __________.






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. 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






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






47. The first ___ amendments of the Constitution are commonly called the Bill of Rights and offer the individual considerable protection in the criminal justice system.






48. 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.






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






50. Officers appointed to carry out investigative work are known as __________.