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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Between the data in the UCR and NCVS - most experts tend to prefer the ____.






10. The _________ Act passed by Congress in 1883 put an end to Andrew Jackson's 'spoils system -' and created a system of hiring government employees based on their qualifications.






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






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






13. In serious cases - this may be the outcome. However - hospital care for the mentally ill is very disjointed and it may be difficult to hospitalize a person without their ________. Also - these hospitals or shelters may refuse to admit these patients.






14. The 911 communications center is the _____ of a modern police department.






15. 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






16. 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.






17. Various studies have shown that these pursuits have between an 18% to 33% chance of resulting in an accident. As a consequence - many departments have a restrictive - discouraging or discretionary _______ regarding high-speed pursuits for officers to






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. 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.






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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. This is widely recognized as a police role - though they do share the burden with other institutions such as schools and _____________.






26. Increasing ___________ and reducing competition between patrol officers and detectives as well as improving police-citizen relationships are 2 important methods of enhancing the quality of investigative work.






27. 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.






28. The local police cover a wide range of law enforcement agencies such as the municipal police - sheriff's departments - campus and _______ police.






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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 ________.






36. Some legal experts believe that police discretion should be abolished because it is _______.






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






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






39. 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






40. 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.






41. 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.






42. The UCR statistics are used to create the FBI Crime Clock which creates a picture of crime _________ in the US.






43. 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 _________.






44. 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.






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






46. The ________ rule was further emphasized in Edwards v. Arizona (1981) - when the court prohibited investigators from continuing questioning once the suspect has requested an attorney.






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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