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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Deterrence prevents crime through using an example or threat of ___________ to persuade the public against committing the crime.






2. 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.






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






4. 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 __________.






5. Criminalistics relies on __________ to analyze firearms and munitions as well as various forensic techniques to determine issues such as time of death.






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






7. 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






8. The exclusionary rule was modified by the __________ exception in the US Supreme Court decision of US v. Leon (1984).






9. 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.






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






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






12. The number of homeless people in the US has spiraled upwards in the last 2 decades so that the function of the police in dealing with them is shifting from one of containment and peacekeeping to the delivery of proactive strategies to deal with the _






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






14. When a 911 call comes in - the operator answers it - makes a decision whether to send out a patrol car and then informs the dispatcher who then communicates the details to the ______ officer.






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






16. 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






17. In US v. Irizarry (1982) - the US Supreme Court held that evidence found above a ceiling panel that was out of place was _______ the scope of the plain-view doctrine






18. Community policing is widely implemented in the US today but critics are concerned that the police role of crime control has been hijacked - the police are increasingly getting involved at a political level and ________________ will lead to the loss






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






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






21. Their perception of the amount of danger faced in their jobs results in the development of constant __________ of people






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






23. 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 ______.






24. 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.






25. Apart from reducing crime - the mission of community policing is to _______ the trend of the negative public perception of the police






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






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






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






29. These experts contend that officers do not have the authority to subvert the criminal law. Some states have criminalized the failure of criminal justice officials who turn a ______ eye to enforcement.






30. 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.






31. The nature of police work also promotes deviant activities because officers are often offered ______ - they are regularly unsupervised and so think they can get away with it and fed on a diet of illegality may succumb to criminality too.






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






33. 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.






34. 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






35. 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.






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






37. They believe that _____-reporting provides more accurate information than police reports.






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






44. 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.






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






46. Tensions between the police and racial minorities continue despite the many advances made since the 1960s; major complaints are still made regularly and these include use of excessive force and ______ profiling.






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






48. A concurrent sentence is one that is served at the __________ as another sentence.






49. The controversial 'broken window' theory made the connection between disorder - neighborhood decay and _____.






50. 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