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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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






2. 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






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






4. After the arrest - suspects are brought before a __________ for their first appearance so that the charges brought against them can be read out and if appropriate they may be released on their own recognizance.






5. 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.






6. 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






7. In this case - the police applied for and obtained a search warrant from a magistrate for the Defendant's homes. Drugs were found there and the Defendant convicted. He appealed on the grounds that the original affidavit drawn up to obtain the search






8. The first ___ amendments to the Constitution are called the Bill of Rights. They were created to restrict government actions against the individual.






9. 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






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






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






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






13. There are over _____ sheriff's departments in the US.






14. Officers must file written _______ in certain circumstances when they exercise their discretion - for example when they fire their weapon and these reports must be reviewed by their superiors.






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






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






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






18. When it comes to prostitution - low-level street-walking is usually tolerated so that the role of the police is normally ___________ and maintaining the peace.






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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 ________.






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. The CID within the FBI is responsible for organized crime - violent crime - ____________ and money laundering.






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






29. 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.






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






31. A critical function that the police play in society is crime __________ and this role is primarily executed through routine patrolling.






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






33. 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.






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






35. The rise of police professionalism and reform was spearheaded by August _______ who served as the chief of police in Berkeley - California from 1905 to 1932.






36. 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.






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






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






39. Patrol is meant to reassure citizens that their environment is _____ and protected from crime.






40. Campus police is probably the most important example of the special district police force. The also participate in the ____ program.






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






42. 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.






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






44. The drawbacks of the administrative rule-making route are that they can never cover every conceivable situation; it may promote lying - avoidance - confusion and a negative ________ from officers.






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






46. 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






47. 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.






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






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






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