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






2. 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






3. 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.






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






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






6. The first ___ amendments to the Constitution are called the Bill of Rights. They were created to restrict government actions against the individual.






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






8. 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






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






10. 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.






11. 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.






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






13. Some departments allow for bidding of new patrol areas once or twice _________.






14. In 1837 - the slave patrol consisted of about 100 officers and they were responsible for finding ________ slaves and ensuring that they were well-behaved.






15. 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.






16. The exclusionary rule was modified by the __________ exception in the US Supreme Court decision of US v. Leon (1984).






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






18. 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.






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






20. This is the definition of bail. If the suspect fails to appear for the next court hearing - then the money or property pledged may be __________.






21. By dealing with the underlying issues - for example mental health or financial service problems - then a solution may be found to get them off the street and back into a more ___________ existence.






22. The role of the ___ is to investigate breaches of federal criminal law - to protect the country from foreign counterintelligence and terrorist activities and to provide law enforcement assistance to other agencies.






23. In dealing with federal criminal law enforcement - the duty of the FBI upon investigation is to gather evidence and perform personnel investigations - especially in major programs such as _________ crime and white-collar crime.






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. When considering detective productivity and _____________ - more important than the number of arrests is the quality of those arrests.






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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 __________.






34. 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.






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






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






37. The majority of criminal cases do not go to trial but are instead settled via a plea _______.






38. A concurrent sentence is one that is served at the __________ as another sentence.






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






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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






47. 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 ________.






48. Another word for uphold is _________. This is the result for most appellate court decisions whereby they confirm the decision of the lower court.






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






50. 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.