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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. 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 _______.






3. 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






4. 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.






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. When an appellate court is asked to review a judgment - they may ______ it - require the lower court to set it aside or modify it.






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






12. 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.






13. Upon conviction - the defendant is punished through a sentence passed by the judge and if convicted of more than one crime - then may be subject to a ___________ or concurrent sentence.






14. 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






15. 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.






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. Campus police are a type of _______ district police force - and many of these larger forces have been state certified as law enforcement agencies with general arrest powers.






19. Citizen ______ and vigilante groups were the main means of policing the frontier and well-known figures who took up this challenge in the 19th Century include Wild Bill Hickok and Wyatt Earp.






20. In this case - the Defendants were suspected of evading taxes but they refused to hand over their company books. An illegal search and seizure was performed and the books returned soon after - when the Defendant's lawyer objected. At the trial - the






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






22. Domestic disturbances may be fuelled by alcohol and drug abuse - financial difficulties or many other reasons that are beyond the ________ of the officers.






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. The professionalization movement started by Vollmer was nurtured by his prot






36. Parens patriae is Latin for 'the ______ as parent'.






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. 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 __________.






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






43. 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 ______.






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. The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) is an annualized report published by the ___ that states the statistical rate of reported crime in the US based on data from police reports.






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. 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 _________.