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