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






2. 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.






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






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






5. 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 __________.






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






12. The exclusionary rule relates to illegally seized evidence. In this case - the police searched and seized personal effects as well as incriminating evidence from the Defendant's house without a warrant. On the basis of this evidence - the Defendant w






13. 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 _________.






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






15. 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.






16. One of the major problems facing patrol officers is high-speed pursuits is a high ________ rate.






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






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






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. Deterrence prevents crime through using an example or threat of ___________ to persuade the public against committing the crime.






21. The office of coroner is considered a local law enforcement agency because they determine the cause of _____ of victims and perpetrators in criminal cases.






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






23. Training is one of the roles a ______-level enforcement agency usually engages in.






24. The evidence had to be plainly in sight and even though the officers may have concluded that some items may have been located behind the ceiling panel; it was not in plain view and hence was ______________ as evidence. Furthermore - the officers are






25. 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 ________.






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. 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






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






36. Officers are commonly offered bribes to let suspects go or to turn a blind eye to ________ activities.






37. 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.






38. 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 ______.






39. 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.






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






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






42. The written policies method is called '________________ rule-making' and it is presently the most popular method of controlling discretion.






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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