Introduction to Criminal Justice Assignment

Introduction to Criminal Justice Assignment MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. What is the ultimate goal of a bureaucratic organization, such as a police department? a. Administration development b. Efficiency c. Low employee turnover d. Work satisfaction for the employee 2. A hierarchically structured administrative organization that carries out specific functions is a/an a. Bureaucracy b. Delegation c. Chain of command d. Strategy 3. This is the smallest stretch that a police officer or group of police officers regularly patrol. a. beats b. district c. stations d. zone 4. Which of the following is NOT a purpose of police patrol listed in the text? a. Deterrence of crime b. Maintenance of public order c. Improvement of public attitudes towards the police d. Provision of services that are not crime related 5. The majority of a patrol officer’s time is spent on: a. Preventive patrol b. Calls for service c. Administrative duties d. Officer-initiated activities 6. Paperwork takes up to ____ of a patrol officer's time. a. 20% b. 40% c. 60% d. 80% 7. After a crime has been committed and the patrol officer has gathered preliminary information from a crime scene, the responsibility of identifying the offender is delegated to the: a. Detective b. Internal affairs unit c. Patrol officer d. Police chief 8. The most common way for someone to become a detective is to ___________________. a. Attend graduate school in criminal justice b. Attend specialized training in the field c. Earn an undergraduate college degree d. Be promoted from patrol officer 9. Aggressive investigation strategies include: a. Crackdowns b. Undercover operations c. Roadblocks d. Increased patrol of hot spots 10. Because of __________ police officers are limited in what they can do to convince the target of an undercover operation to participate in an illegal activity. a. Duress b. Entrapment c. Necessity d. Self-defense 11. Today, most undercover officers are used to infiltrate large scale __________ operations. a. Burglary b. Car theft c. Narcotics d. Serial killer 12. The term “clearance rate” refers to: a. The percentage of reported crimes b. The percentage of crimes that result in arrest and prosecution c. The percentage of crimes that result in a criminal conviction d. The percentage of stolen goods that are returned to victims of crime 13. Which crime is investigated most thoroughly and thus results in the highest clearance rates? a. Burglary b. Computer theft c. Murder d. Stolen vehicle 14. Which is not an example of trace evidence? A Ballistics b. Blood c. Fingerprints d. Hair 15. Ballistics is the study of __________. a. DNA b. Fingerprinting c. Firearms 2 d. Response time 16. The establishment of a connection between a suspect and a crime, often through the use of DNA evidence, in the absence of an ongoing investigation is a(n): a. Proactive solve b. Clearance rate c. Random hit d. Cold hit 17. A database containing the DNA of more than 4.5 million people is: a. CODIS b. AFIS c. IBIS d. NCVS 18. For more than a century the most important piece of trace evidence has been ____________. a. DNA b. The human fingerprint c. Human hair d. Blood evidence 19. Who operated the National Combined DNA Index System? a. ATF b. DEA c FBI d. ICE A reactive approach to policing that emphasizes a speedy response to calls for service is: a. Community policing b. Directed policing c. Problem-oriented policing d. Incident-driven policing 20. 21. Time elapsed between the instant a call for service is received and the instant a police officer arrives on the scene, otherwise referred to as ____, has become a benchmark for police efficiency. a. Differential response b. Directed patrol c. Incident-driven policing d. Response time 22. In which type of patrol do officers make the rounds of a specific area with the purpose of carrying out the various patrol functions? a. Directed b. Incident-driven c. General d. Scattered Indirect 23. The Kansas City Experiment showed that decreasing preventive patrol: a. Had little or no impact on crime 3 b. Decreased crime c. Increased crime d. Increased the number of reported offenses 24. An area that is concentrated with high criminal activity to which there is a directed police response is a: a. Ghetto b. Heavy spot c. Hot spot d. Slum 25. What type of technology is utilized by police departments to locate and identify hot spots? a. Arrest rates b. Crime mapping c. Preventive patrol d. Rapid response 26. The "broken windows theory" is based on the theory that by cracking down on ____ crimes, police can significantly reduce all crime in an area. a. Felony b. Property c. Quality-of-life d. Violent 27. A policing philosophy that moves beyond responding to incidents and attempts to solve the root causes of criminal behavior is ___________________________. a. Problem-oriented policing b. Community policing c. Incident-driving policing d. Proactive policing 28. A broad term used to describe the basic assumptions and values that permeate law enforcement agencies and are taught to new members of a law enforcement agency as the proper way to think, perceive, and act is called: a. Blue curtain b. Police cynicism c. Police subculture d. Socialization 29. Which of the following is defined as "a metaphorical term used to refer to the value placed on secrecy and the general mistrust of the outside world shared by many police officers?" a. Blue curtain b. Loyalty c. Police cynicism d. Police subculture 30. The use of force by police officers occurs in about ____ percent of all police-public encounters. a. 9 4 b. 4 c. 1 d. 6 31. In ____, the U.S. Supreme Court set the limits for the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers. a. Miranda v. Arizona (1963) b. Tennessee v. Garner (1985) c. Graham v. Conner (1989) d. Rovario v. United States (1957) 32. A ____ is when an officer actively demands payment from an individual or a business in return for certain services. a. Gleaning b. Mooching c. Payoff d. Shakedown 33. When police officers accept free gifts from citizens (a passive form of corruption), this is called: a. A shakedown b. A payoff c. Mooching d. Bribery 34. The ____ is a division within a police department that receives and investigates complaints of wrongdoing by police officers. a. Administrative Department b. Citizen Oversight Committee c. Ethics Department d. Internal Affairs Unit 35. According to Sherman, in the first stage of moral decline of a police officer, the officer: a. Accepts minor gratuities b. May force another party to pay for unwanted police services c. No longer passively accepts bribes d. Takes in large amounts of money through involvement in drugs, gambling or prostitution organizations 5 CASES Case 5-1 Officer Richards was driving his beat when he saw a man running down the street at the same time that he received a radio dispatch that a convenience store was robbed and the cashier was shot. Officer Richard jumps out of his car and chases the man down. He arrested the man because he believed this is the man that just committed an armed robbery at the local convenience store. In the robbery, the cashier was shot three times. There were also bullet holes in the wall. When arresting the suspect, Officer Richards did not find a gun on the suspect’s person. 36. What category of routine patrol activity was Officers Richards participating in when he was driving down his beat attempting to prevent crime from occurring? a. Preventive patrol b. Calls for service c. Administrative duties d. Officer-initiated activities 37. When crime scene investigators respond to the convenience store, what trace evidence will they immediately protect from contamination? a. Blood b. Fingerprints c. Hair d. All of these 38. Crime scene investigators will also study the ballistics at the crime scene. Ballistics is: a. the study of firearms, including the weapon and the flight of the bullet b. the identification of a person based on a sample of her or his DNA c. the comparison of the number of crimes cleared compared to the number of crimes committed d. the time that passed between the call to report the robbery and when police arrived on the scene 39. Officer Richards was patrolling this particular area because there had been multiple reports of robberies and illegal narcotics transactions in this area at this time of day. Officer Richards was most likely participating in: 6 a. b. c. d. 40. General patrol Directed patrol Crime mapping Community policing While placing the suspect under arrest, there was no resistance. What level of force would Officer Richards appropriately be able to use? a. Officer presence b. Verbal commands c. Intermediate weapons like a baton or taser d. Deadly force Case 5-2 Officer Torres is new to the police force. She was the top of her class in the police academy and received positive feedback from her field training officer. She has been on the job for approximately one year and has soon realized that working as a police officer is very different from what they learned in the police academy. 41. Officer Torres is having a difficult time because many of her fellow officers are trying to “teach” her the way to think, perceive, and act. This is known as: a. proactive policing b. reactive policing c. police subculture d. police use of force 42. Officer Torres’ fellow officers are very secretive with outsiders about the police department and generally mistrust the outside world. This is known as the: a. blue curtain b. green curtain c. red curtain d. yellow curtain 43. Officer Torres believes that she is suffering from burnout and feels that there are many stressors that are causing this. Which would not be considered a common stressor for law enforcement officers? a. Fear of being a victim of violent crime b. The need to comply with the law in nearly every job action c. Lack of community support d. Positive media coverage 44. Officer Torres was recently in a situation where she was apprehending a burglary suspect. The suspect was actively resisting by pulling away from Officer Torres and even attempted to punch 7 her in the stomach. Which weapon would Officer Torres not be allowed to use to subdue the offender? a. Baton b. Gun c. Strikes d. Taser 45. Officer Torres is also stressed because her partner, Officer Williams, often coerces money from local drug dealers and keeps the money for himself. Officer Williams is using which type of police corruption? a. Bribery b. Extortion c. Mooching d. Shakedowns TRUE/FALSE 1. In most police departments the police responsibilities are divided according to zones as well as by time. 2. The first goal of policing is to provide services to the community that are not crime related 3. In large police departments as many as two-thirds of all employees are sworn officers. 4. The vast majority of patrol shifts are completed without a single arrest. 5. Officer-initiated activities account for the most amount of patrol time. 6. Because there are more stolen vehicles than murder in most jurisdictions, law enforcement agencies use more resources and time to investigate stolen vehicles than murders. 7. Confidential informants are generally police officers who are working undercover to infiltrate criminal organizations. 8. Police departments are only using DNA fingerprinting to solve murders and rapes. 9. DNA taken from a crime scene may soon be able to provide law enforcement with a physical description of a suspect. 10. Police response time is a benchmark used for police efficiency. 11. The most pressing shortcomings of America’s 911 services are organizational. 12. Directed patrol strategies are also known as preventive patrol. 13. Reactive arrests are associated with general patrol activities. 8 14. The “broken windows theory” proposes that cracking down on violent crime will allow police to reclaim neighborhoods. 15. Community oriented policing is a philosophy that requires police to identify potential criminal activity and develop strategies to prevent or respond to that activity. 16. Rookies begin the process of socialization from the first day on the job. 17. Tennessee v. Garner (1985) outlawed the use of deadly force by police officers. 18. Police officers use physical force in about 25% of police-public encounters. 19. A police officer who accepts free "gifts" such as cigarettes, liquor or services in return for favorable treatment of the gift giver is said to be participating in mooching. 20. Duty is the obligation to act in a certain manner. 9