Exam 2: Organizing Public Security in the United States

Which of the following is responsible for the investigation of counterfeiting of U.S. currency?

What U.S. state employs the most full-time state and local law enforcement personnel?

Which of the following is called a special jurisdiction agency?

What federal department operates the National Institute of Justice as its research arm?

Nationwide, in 2008, the sworn law enforcement employee average was ____________________ law enforcement employees per 1,000 citizens.

The primary legal and prosecutorial arm of the U.S. government is the:

In the United States, law enforcement has developed over the years based on a philosophy of local control.

The U.S. __________ is in charge of the enforcement of the laws regarding counterfeiting of U.S. currency.

__________ is the worldwide organization established for the development of cooperation among nations regarding common police problems.

__________ offers consultative services on cold-case serial homicides as well as several other types of cases.

The largest county police department (not a sheriff's office) in the United States is the Miami-Dade County, Florida, department, which has how many sworn officers?

The specific crimes measured by Part I of the Uniform Crime Reports are called:

Explain the consolidation and duties of the Department of Homeland Security.

A state law enforcement system that provides for separate agencies for traffic enforcement and other state-level law enforcement functions is generally called the ____________________ model.

In the United States, ____________________ percent of police departments have 25 or fewer officers.

Compare and contrast rural and metropolitan policing problems.

Among local departments, women account for approximately ____________________ percent of sworn personnel.

The Alaskan Village Public Safety Officer (VPSO) program provides all Alaskan villages with an armed police presence.

The financial losses from the recession of 2008 required state and local governments to rework priorities and reallocate resources. The most significant reassessment of priorities occurred in the area of __________

Between 1997 and 2006, federal prosecutors rejected nearly two-thirds of the ____________________ cases brought to them by the FBI and other investigators, more than twice the rejection rate for all federally prosecuted crimes.