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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. There was no __________ form of criminal justice law in those days. Guilt was assumed; the execution carried out and accepted by all as an act of retribution.






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. This is one of the reports produced by the FBI in its law _____________ role.






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






12. The police ___________ of secrecy - public hostility and solidarity meant they were very isolated from the community - especially the black community.






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






14. The Supreme Court created a good faith exception to the exclusionary rule when police officers use search warrants (US v. ____ - 1984).






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. This was the ruling of the court. Many commentators were surprised but the court decided that although arrest for trivial offences (in this case a seat belt violation) may be embarrassing - it was not so extraordinary as to breach the ____ amendment






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. 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.






28. Good faith means that when the police act with the honest belief that they are following proper rules. According to the ruling in US v. Leon - when officers have acted in good faith reliance on a warrant - the evidence will not be excluded even if th






29. 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.






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. Law enforcement in the US is extremely large and ___________ and hence this many agencies currently exist.






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






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






35. 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.






36. The CIA also engages in ______ operations sanctioned by the President as part of their role in ensuring national security.






37. 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






38. 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.






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






45. This is the right granted under the Constitution but the Supreme Court has held that it can be exercised only for offences carrying a term of ______________ exceeding 6 months or where the extra penalties such as fines and community service are suffi






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. 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.