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






2. 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






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






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






5. 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.






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






7. This describes the Pendleton Act. This was a big step in the government becoming the huge _____________ it is today.






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






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






10. 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






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






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. 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.






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






16. When the offender was apprehended by the posse - trials were rarely held and public __________ were held to dispense justice.






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






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






19. 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.






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. The 3 main approaches to controlling police discretion are removing it - improving the professional judgment of officers through better training and managing it through _______ policies.






28. Another source of PCR tension is discriminatory employment practices of the ______ force.






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. 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






34. 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 _________.






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. The ATF was previously an organization within the Department of the Treasury but since 24th January 2003 - their agency was transferred to the Department of _______.






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. 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






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






48. The Defendant was _________ arrested in his office - which consisted of a single room. The search was valid and reasonable given the circumstances of the arrest and small space of the area he was arrested in.






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






50. The _________ Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)is the term coined for this annual study.