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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. _________ policing took off in the 1980s and 1990s - with the realization that the police could not fight crime on their own.
Improperly
Community
Collateral
Self
2. 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
Professionalization
Uphold
Jury
Same time
3. This means that the court releases the suspect into their own custody or into the care of another. This occurs where the suspect poses a low flight risk and is not __________ to the community.
Drawback
Previous
Covert
Dangerous
4. This was the step taken in 1965 to remedy _________ discrimination.
Escobedo
Previous
Obvious
Federal
5. In order to police __________ crimes - officers generally have to resort to undercover work.
Accident
Victimless
Searching
Bribes
6. The first ___ amendments to the Constitution are called the Bill of Rights. They were created to restrict government actions against the individual.
Safe
Ten
Wiretaps
Response
7. This is the way criminal trials are conducted in the US and it is governed by strict rules of __________.
Due process
Victimless
Patrol
Procedure
8. 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
Previous
Wilson
Legitimate
3100
9. Under the 6th Amendment to the Constitution - every defendant has the right to a ____ trial.
Good-faith
Writ
Reverse
Jury
10. 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.
Mentally
Increase
Cause
Rabinowitz
11. 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.
Prohibit
Uphold
Parens
Real problem
12. Research has revealed that in about 80% of such situations - no formal action - such as _______ was necessary.
Qualified
Previous
Reaffirm
Arrest
13. Some departments allow for bidding of new patrol areas once or twice _________.
Annually
Seniority
Illegally
Valid
14. In 1837 - the slave patrol consisted of about 100 officers and they were responsible for finding ________ slaves and ensuring that they were well-behaved.
Death
Runaway
Bargain
Foreign
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.
Due process
Graduate
Imprisonment
Bureaucracy
16. The exclusionary rule was modified by the __________ exception in the US Supreme Court decision of US v. Leon (1984).
Pendleton
Incidents
Occupational
Good-faith
17. This is one of the reports produced by the FBI in its law _____________ role.
Decentralization
Punishment
Federal
Enforcement
18. 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.
Sheriff
Drunk
Reports
Protect
19. Decentralization means reduced _____________ of rank and file officers who have greater discretion in making decisions.
Compliance
Academies
Supervision
Reverse
20. 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 __________.
Forfeited
Written
Control
Illegally
21. 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.
Dangerous
Crime
Mainstream
Detectives
22. The role of the ___ is to investigate breaches of federal criminal law - to protect the country from foreign counterintelligence and terrorist activities and to provide law enforcement assistance to other agencies.
FBI
Unqualified
Searching
Compliance
23. In dealing with federal criminal law enforcement - the duty of the FBI upon investigation is to gather evidence and perform personnel investigations - especially in major programs such as _________ crime and white-collar crime.
Unqualified
Organized
Reaffirm
Violent
24. The police ___________ of secrecy - public hostility and solidarity meant they were very isolated from the community - especially the black community.
Community
Subculture
Rabinowitz
17000
25. It is believed that the average citizen plays a vital part in the ________________ of officers.
Hoover
Incidents
Accountability
Collateral
26. 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.
FBI
Legitimate
Attrition
Feedback
27. Campus police is probably the most important example of the special district police force. The also participate in the ____ program.
UCR
Containment
Transit
Warrant
28. When considering detective productivity and _____________ - more important than the number of arrests is the quality of those arrests.
Same time
Violence
Without
Effectiveness
29. The most organized and distinctly American officer force was the _____ patrol based in Charleston - South Carolina.
4th
Pendleton
Sober
Slave
30. The written policies method is called '________________ rule-making' and it is presently the most popular method of controlling discretion.
Administrative
Violent
Organized
Wiretaps
31. The office of coroner is considered a local law enforcement agency because they determine the cause of _____ of victims and perpetrators in criminal cases.
Death
Reports
Federal
Community
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.
Technology
Hoover
Improve
Death
33. 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 __________.
Lawfully
Smaller
Prevention
Consecutive
34. Affirmative action is mandated by a Presidential _________ Order in 1965 - so that all private employers and government agencies who receive federal monies have to develop written affirmative action plans.
FBI
Executive
Medical
Supreme Court
35. There are around _____ federal - state and local law enforcement agencies in the US.
17000
Illegal
Prohibit
Supreme Court
36. In the 1950s training for police officers consisted mainly of firearm skill development but over the years - classroom training has emphasized criminal __________.
Covert
Citizen
Procedures
Legitimate
37. The majority of criminal cases do not go to trial but are instead settled via a plea _______.
Los Angeles
Citizen
Bargain
Disturbance
38. A concurrent sentence is one that is served at the __________ as another sentence.
Illegal
Leon
Mentally
Same time
39. ____ did not become regulated officer equipment until the late 19th Century.
Victimization
Guns
Highly
Directorates
40. Law enforcement in the US is extremely large and ___________ and hence this many agencies currently exist.
Enforcement
Fragmented
Mentally
Same time
41. 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
Illegally
Drunk
4th
Victimless
42. 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
Dangerous
Graduate
Annually
Reduced
43. This is to ensure that ___________ with the administrative rules is maintained.
Classroom
Punishment
Illegal
Compliance
44. This may also be called '________ officer.' The investigative nature of their jobs has resulted in their classification as a local law enforcement agency.
Medical
Collateral
Punishment
Uphold
45. The public perception of the police is of a distant and alienated law enforcement unit. Through community policing - police-community relations should ________ as the public have a greater stake and say in their problems and needs.
Classroom
Runaway
Improve
Covert
46. 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
Illegal
Organized
Black
Younger
47. 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 ________.
Obvious
Bureaucracy
Age
Improperly
48. Another word for uphold is _________. This is the result for most appellate court decisions whereby they confirm the decision of the lower court.
Foreign
Reaffirm
4th
Illegal
49. The 3 CIA directorates are the directorate of Intelligence - directorate of Operations and the directorate of Science and ___________.
Posse
Graduate
Technology
Posses
50. 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.
Danger
Security
Policy
Seniority