Unit 2 Test
A "general warrant" for searching many locations is the most common type of warrant issued.
False
Consent searches occur when there's an immediate threat to public safety or the risk that evidence will be destroyed. In a consent search, officers me search, arrest, or question suspects without obtaining a warrant or following other usual rules of criminal procedure
False
One criticism by police departments using CompStat is that it tends to decrease productivity
False
Private firms are not allowed to hire public police officers
False
Suburban middle class communities often experience the legalistic style of policing
False
The law-enforcement function is a broader mandate to prevent behavior that either disturbs or threatens to disturb the peace or involves face-to-face conflict between two or more people
False
The _____ amendment guarantees citizens protection against "unreasonable search and seizure"
Fourth
Which is not one of the four key components of the police subculture?
religious practice
_____ are characterized by division of labor, a chain of command, and rules to guide the activities of staff
bureaucracies
The progressives were a political movement who were especially influential:
in the early 1900s
Someone who places a personal diary in a locked drawer within a bedroom of her home has demonstrated:
A reasonable expectation of privacy
The majority of searches take place without:
A warrant
In homage to the home security who supported passage of the act creating the London police force, the first English police officers were known as:
Bobbies
The supreme court decision that endorsed warrantless searches for weapons and evidence in the immediate vicinity of people who are lawfully arrested was:
Chimel v. California (1969)
Which of the following is not a type of stress experienced by police officers?
Departmental
The top of the _____ is mainly to talk to witnesses, suspects, and victims.
Detective
Which of the following are run by states in large cities to analyze and facilitate sharing of information in order to assist law-enforcement and homeland security agencies in preventing and responding to crime and terrorism threats?
Fusion centers
The political area of policing is characterized by:
Hiring of officers through connections to elected officials
Which statement is not consistent with the model of professional policing?
Police forces should be actively involved in politics
When sufficient evidence is available to support the reasonable conclusion that a person has committed a crime, then a police officer my claim to have:
Probable cause
Most of it to large department so frequently have units such as vice, homicide, juvenile, and plainclothes officers, a system of organization referred to as:
Special units
Which statement below concerning US marshals is true?
They are federal law enforcement officials originally appointed to handle duties in western territories
Higher level security managers are increasingly drawn from college graduates with degrees in criminal justice
True
Refocusing attention on crime control and away from maintaining order did more than anything else to change the nature of American policing during Professional Model Era
True
Special units within local police departments to play officers who are depicted to a specific task, such as investigation.
True
The service style of policing provides officers with a great deal of discretion.
True
Drug enforcement in large cities often combat organized crime and gangs involved in drug abuse with this type of patrol.
aggressive
CALEA is a nonprofit organization formed by major law enforcement executives' associations to:
all of these (develop standards for police policies and practices, review police agencies, award accreditation, determine if standards are met)
At what point must Miranda warnings be given to suspects?
before being interrogated
Programs in which criminal justice officials cultivate relationships with and rely on assistance from citizens in preventing crime in apprehending offenders are:
community crime prevention
Officers who participate in violations of law and departmental policy for personal gain are guilty of:
corruption
Which of the following situations must Miranda warnings be given?
custodial interrogations
According to public opinion polls, which police function do citizens believe is most important?
law enforcement
Jimmy was walking down the street late at night. A squad car pulled alongside him and ordered him to stop. The two officers then got out of the car and proceeded to frisk Jimmy. The police have just subjected Jimmy to a:
stop-and-frisk search
_____ is not an emphasis of the FBI?
vandalism