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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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1. The ATF was previously an organization within the Department of the Treasury but since 24th January 2003 - their agency was transferred to the Department of _______.






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






3. This describes the Pendleton Act. This was a big step in the government becoming the huge _____________ it is today.






4. In US v. Irizarry (1982) - the US Supreme Court held that evidence found above a ceiling panel that was out of place was _______ the scope of the plain-view doctrine






5. This has resulted in an under ________________ of blacks - women and ethnic minorities in the police force.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Officers may feel that the rules are there to catch them out and that the system mistrusts them. This may encourage officers to work at a deliberately _____ pace.






14. 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.






15. 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 _________.






16. Prospective police officers are trained at police _________ - with the average pre-service training program lasting about 1000 hours.






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






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






20. 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.






21. In US v. __________ (1950) - the US Supreme Court ruled that a warrantless search upon a lawful arrest was permitted as long as it was reasonable given the circumstances.






22. 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






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. This is because patrol consists of the majority of police work and this is ________ through the police communications network - which is triggered by 911 calls.






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






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






28. 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






29. 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.






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. Racial profiling is the practice of stopping and or __________ a person not because of any suspected criminal activity but because of that person's race.






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






34. When called to attend to a non-crime incident - the police have to exercise discretion and can usually handle the situation _______ taking formal police action.






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






36. The 3 main approaches to controlling police discretion are removing it - improving the professional judgment of officers through better training and managing it through _______ policies.






37. Field training consists of practical on-the-job training with a __________ field training officer.






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






39. The county level of government supplies citizens with police services - for example the county ________.






40. 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






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. 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 __________.






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






48. The 1980s and 1990s saw the creation of _______ oversight of police groups to monitor or investigate complaints by individuals against police actions.






49. 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






50. 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.







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