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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

Subjects : dsst, law-enforcement
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. 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 __________.






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. Police training programs do suffer from ___________ - particularly as important areas such as domestic violence - ethics and police discretion - which are not usually covered






7. Research showed that patrol was of little deterrence and speedier response times did not increase the arrest rate nor assisted in the solving of crimes. Community policing is meant to create a _____________ between police and community to develop pro






8. Their perception of the amount of danger faced in their jobs results in the development of constant __________ of people






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. This is the term coined to describe this diagrammatic representation. It differentiates between ________ crimes such as murder and rape and property crime such as burglary and arson.






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






21. Officers at the academy undergo _________ training and most academies also offer field training.






22. 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






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






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






28. The Supreme Court created a good faith exception to the exclusionary rule when police officers use search warrants (US v. ____ - 1984).






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. The number of homeless people in the US has spiraled upwards in the last 2 decades so that the function of the police in dealing with them is shifting from one of containment and peacekeeping to the delivery of proactive strategies to deal with the _






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






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






45. The first landmark case that forms the foundation of the exclusionary rule is the US Supreme court decision of _____ v US (1914).






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






47. Sheriff departments are usually responsible for _______ court papers - civil summons - and managing security in state courtrooms.






48. 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 _________.






49. 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






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