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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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






2. 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.






3. 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






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






5. 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






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






7. 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 ______.






8. 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.






9. Domestic violence must be distinguished from a domestic ___________ in the sense that in the former a serious crime has been committed and so the officers can exercise their powers of arrest - if they choose to do so although research shows that offi






10. 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






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






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






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






14. The next most critical factor that impacts on PCR after race and ethnicity is ___.






15. 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.






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






17. The nature of police work also promotes deviant activities because officers are often offered ______ - they are regularly unsupervised and so think they can get away with it and fed on a diet of illegality may succumb to criminality too.






18. The courts of general jurisdiction utilize a fact-finding foundation known as the ___________ process which pits the State's interest - as represented by the prosecution against the Defendant's - as represented by defense counsel.






19. Training is one of the roles a ______-level enforcement agency usually engages in.






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






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






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






25. This was the only way they could ________ themselves and their property from the bandits. They did try to apply the accepted standards of decency of the day to their actions.






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






27. This is the problem of case __________. Research has shown that only about half of felony arrests result in convictions. The question is whether this is due to poor police work or some other reason.






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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 __________.






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






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. 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.






37. Where offenders are not captured red-handed - an arrest _______ issued by an officer of the court is required to supply the legal foundation for the act of detention.






38. It can be argued that __________ officers possess an additional skill and therefore the extra pay can be justified on those grounds.






39. Some police departments may have a separate detective unit with further specialized units such as homicide and vice. ________ ones will have a single department to handle all cases or no department at all.






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. 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 _________.






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






49. The Hispanic community is growing faster than expected and therefore police departments should take steps to hire more Hispanic officers through active recruitment processes and offering incentive ___ for bilingual officers.






50. 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







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