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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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1. The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) is an annualized report published by the ___ that states the statistical rate of reported crime in the US based on data from police reports.






2. 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.






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






4. Various studies have shown that these pursuits have between an 18% to 33% chance of resulting in an accident. As a consequence - many departments have a restrictive - discouraging or discretionary _______ regarding high-speed pursuits for officers to






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






6. 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.






7. This is to ensure that ___________ with the administrative rules is maintained.






8. 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 ______.






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






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






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






16. This is training in relation to _____________ rules and was spurred by the decisions of the US Supreme Court in the 1960s.






17. 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.






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






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






20. Where offenders are not captured red-handed - an arrest _______ issued by an officer of the court is required to supply the legal foundation for the act of detention.






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






22. Under the 6th Amendment to the Constitution - every defendant has the right to a ____ trial.






23. The exclusionary rule was extended by the US Supreme Court in the case of Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. US (1920) - which held that ______ of illegally seized evidence were inadmissible in court.






24. 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






25. 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.






26. 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






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






28. 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.






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






30. 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.






31. 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






32. 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.






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






34. 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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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 __________.






47. 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.






48. 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.






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






50. 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.