Exam 4: Law Enforcement Today
Exam 1: Criminal Justice Today85 Questions
Exam 2: Measuring and Explaining Crime85 Questions
Exam 3: Inside Criminal Law85 Questions
Exam 4: Law Enforcement Today85 Questions
Exam 5: Problems and Solutions in Modern Policing85 Questions
Exam 6: Police and the Constitution87 Questions
Exam 7: Courts and the Quest for Justice85 Questions
Exam 8: Pretrial Procedures and the Criminal Trial86 Questions
Exam 9: Punishment and Sentencing85 Questions
Exam 10: Probation and Intermediate Sanctions86 Questions
Exam 11: Prisons and Jails88 Questions
Exam 12: Behind Bars: the Life of an Inmate85 Questions
Exam 13: The Juvenile Justice System86 Questions
Exam 14: Todays Challenges in Criminal Justice85 Questions
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All police academies are run by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.
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Which agency was originally created for combating currency counterfeiters?
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Discuss the benefits of a diverse police force.
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A diverse police force could develop a better relationship with a community of diverse citizens.This could lead to more effective practices of maintaining law and order.African American officers may have more credibility in a predominantly black neighborhood than white officers.Spanish speaking police officers are better able to collect information from Spanish speaking individuals.Members of minority groups possess a broad source of talent and this can only enhance the effectiveness of law enforcement.
According to James Q.Wilson,the police's ____________________ role often takes on a pattern of simply "handling the situation."
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The primary purpose of private security is to _______________________ rather than stop it.
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When police officers "handle the situation" they are performing which responsibility of policing?
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Intelligence-led policing causes police administrators to need more funding to be able to deploy more police officers.
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The police responsibility of "preserving the peace" is strongly related to:
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Patrolling neighborhoods on foot was a tactic first used during the __________________ era of policing.
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List and describe some of the most important law enforcement agencies under the control of the department of homeland security.
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Research shows that police officers spend about __________ of their time enforcing the law or dealing with crime.
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Which of the following is NOT under the direction of the Department of Homeland Security?
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Which of the following agencies patrol the borders of the continental United States and American territories to ensure that immigrants do not enter the country illegally?
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Corruption was rampant during the __________________ era of policing.
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In the public mind,the primary goal of the police officer is to _____________________.
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____________________________ have been used since the early 1970s to try to increase the diversity of their employees.
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The era of policing that was centralized and had a professional and distant police-community policing relationship was the ______________________ .
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Protecting witnesses who put themselves in danger by testifying against the targets of federal criminal investigations is the duty of ___________________________.
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