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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

Subjects : dsst, law-enforcement
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Domestic violence must be distinguished from a domestic ___________ in the sense that in the former a serious crime has been committed and so the officers can exercise their powers of arrest - if they choose to do so although research shows that offi






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






3. 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.






4. This may also be called '________ officer.' The investigative nature of their jobs has resulted in their classification as a local law enforcement agency.






5. 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.






6. 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






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






8. This was the only way they could ________ themselves and their property from the bandits. They did try to apply the accepted standards of decency of the day to their actions.






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






10. The UCR has a hierarchy rule whereby multiple types of incidents can only be recorded as 1 incident. This is a _________ of the system.






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






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






13. This is widely recognized as a police role - though they do share the burden with other institutions such as schools and _____________.






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






15. 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.






16. This is the venue for police training and the value of training has experienced a dramatic _________ in status since its inception.






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






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






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






22. Some departments allow for bidding of new patrol areas once or twice _________.






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. 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.






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






27. 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






28. The FBI has the responsibility to investigate - analyze and neutralize any potential terrorist threats and to investigate and analyze terrorist __________ in the US.






29. 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






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






31. 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






32. In the 1950s training for police officers consisted mainly of firearm skill development but over the years - classroom training has emphasized criminal __________.






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. 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.






38. In 2001 - the US Supreme Court held in Atwater v. Lago Vista that the 4th amendment did not ________ warrantless arrests for minor offenses.






39. 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.






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






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






42. The _________ Act passed by Congress in 1883 put an end to Andrew Jackson's 'spoils system -' and created a system of hiring government employees based on their qualifications.






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. 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.