Deck 10: Drug Laws and Law Enforcement

Question 1

The __________ Amendment guarantees the right to a speedy trial.

A) Fourth
B) Fifth
C) Sixth
D) Eighth

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In addition to law enforcement, the ___________, regulates the legal trade in controlled substances, and manages a national drug intelligence network.

A) Internal Revenue Service
B) Central Intelligence Agency
C) Drug Enforcement Administration
D) Border Patrol

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Their most important task of the ______________ relative to drug trafficking is responsibility for administering the Witness Security Program .

A) FBI
B) CIA
C) U.S. Marshals Service
D) Homeland Security

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The exclusionary rule is the court's way of enforcing the __________ Amendment.

A) Fourth
B) Fifth
C) Sixth
D) Eighth

Question 5

Successful law enforcement efforts, at least in theory______________________.

A) should be based on the crime control model.
B) should reduce the demand of drugs while increasing purity.
C) should reduce the price and purity of drugs.
D) should reduce the available supply of drugs while driving up the price and reducing purity

Question 6

The ________________ provides for the seizure of assets under certain conditions.

A) Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
B) Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986
C) Illicit Drug Proliferation Act of 2003
D) Chemical Diversion and Trafficking Act of 1988

Question 7

The primary responsibility of the _______________ relative to drug trafficking is the Witness Security Program.

A) Marshals Service
B) Central Intelligence Agency
C) Federal Bureau of Investigation
D) Drug Enforcement Administration

Question 8

In addition to investigating criminal violations of the Internal Revenue Code, IRS jurisdiction includes the _______________ and money laundering statutes.

A) Organized Crime Control Act
B) Trafficking
C) Racketeering Act
D) Bank Secrecy Act

Question 9

_________________ encourages citizens to report crimes; the agency will then respond to the reports.

A) Reactive law enforcement
B) Proactive law enforcement
C) Community policing
D) Crime control

Question 10

The ____________ Amendment and Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. Section 2510-520) place restraints on how the government can secure information about the activities of suspected drug traffickers.

A) Fourth
B) Fifth
C) Sixth
D) Eighth

Question 11

In United States versus Verdugo Urquidez , the Supreme Court has held that constitutional protections do not obtain in U.S. government actions against foreign nationals on ______________.

A) military soil
B) U.S soil
C) foreign soil
D) foreign soil except South America

Question 12

_______________ has been criticized for its impact on innocent third parties and as a device for plea-bargaining with drug kingpins.

A) Criminal forfeiture
B) Civil forfeiture
C) Information Sharing
D) Bugging

Question 13

_________________ restrains government from arbitrarily depriving a person of life, liberty, or property.

A) Quality control
B) Due process
C) Crime control
D) Government control

Question 14

U)S. efforts against drug abuse are limited by _________________.

A) federalism
B) national boundaries
C) communication methods
D) U.S. state borders

Question 15

________________ has also been criticized as a plea-bargaining device for drug kingpins.

A) Use of informant
B) Forfeiture
C) Witness protection
D) all of these

Question 16

The ________________ is the court's way of enforcing the Fourth Amendment.

A) exclusionary rule
B) good faith rule
C) evidence rule
D) just desert rule

Question 17

The ___________have been particularly active in efforts against outlaw motorcycle clubs, which often traffic in firearms and drugs.

A) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
B) FBI
C) U.S. Marshall's Service
D) DEA

Question 18

The __________ Amendment protects against unreasonable search and seizure.

A) Fourth
B) Fifth
C) Sixth
D) Eighth

Question 19

Before passage of the ___________, money laundering was not a federal crime.

A) Money Laundering Control Act of 1986
B) Money Laundering Act of 2002
C) Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001
D) Crime and Terrorist Financing Act of 2000

Question 20

_______________,used to combat drug trafficking, is vulnerable to corruption.

A) Information sharing
B) Bugging
C) Proactive law enforcement
D) Reactive law enforcement

Question 21

_______ involves a wide array of diverse interventions that rely on the police forging partnerships.

A) Community-wide policing
B) Geographically focused policing
C) Hot-spots policing
D) Urban policing

Question 22

Efficient street-level enforcement is a strategy worth pursuing, even if there is _______ of activity.

A) reduction
B) displacement
C) no change
D) increased

Question 23

In 1981, Congress amended the __________ Act to allow a greater level of military involvement in civilian drug law enforcement.

A) Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
B) Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control
C) Posse Comitatus
D) Narcotic Penalties and Enforcement

Question 24

There are ______ levels of government.

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5

Question 25

At the _______ distribution level, successful law enforcement efforts whittle down the number of people involved in drug trafficking.

A) international
B) intercostal
C) national
D) domestic

Question 26

There are ______ branches of government.

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5

Question 27

A conspirator cannot shield himself or herself from prosecution because of a_________________.

A) lack of knowledge of the details
B) lack of success of the operation
C) lack of participation in actual drug trafficking
D) lack of committing violent felonies

Question 28

__________ assists law enforcement agencies with investigative activities that transcend international boundaries.

A) INTERPOL
B) FBI
C) CIA
D) Mi5

Question 29

There are two types of forfeiture proceedings ___________________.

A) criminal and civil
B) state and federal
C) local and state
D) low-level and high-level

Question 30

The most important precipitating factor in drug use is degree of access.

Question 31

The U.S. Forest Service manages _________ million acres in 44 states, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.

A) 183
B) 193
C) 203
D) 213

Question 32

Informants come in two basic categories; the "undercover officer" and the "criminal".

Question 33

________________ agents and Coast Guard personnel are not bound by Fourth Amendment.

A) Department of Defense
B) Customs and Border Protection
C) Federal Bureau of Investigation
D) Central Intelligence Agency

Question 34

_______involves the use of problem oriented policing to identify community problems such as abandoned vehicles and buildings.

A) Community-wide policing
B) Geographically focused policing
C) Hot-spots policing
D) Urban policing

Question 35

In _______, the International Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances was adopted in Vienna.

A) 1985
B) 1988
C) 1990
D) 1911

Question 36

Law enforcement in general and drug law enforcement in particular are constrained by constitutional limitations, jurisdictional limitations, and corruption.

Question 37

_________ used traditional approaches to drug law enforcement and rely principally on law enforcement resources such as directed patrols and crackdowns.

A) Community-wide policing
B) Geographically focused policing
C) Hot-spots policing
D) Urban policing

Question 38

The Internal Revenue Service employs the __________ to deal with the tax evasion of drug traffickers.

A) net profit theory
B) net worth theory
C) asset theory
D) net gain theory

Question 39

The inherent tension between society's desire for security and safety and the value we place on liberty is reflected in the two conceptual models of criminal justice: public order and individual rights.

Question 40

The purpose of the exclusionary rule is to constrain the behavior of law enforcement agents.

Question 41

__________, a constitutionally-based concept, restrains the government from arbitrarily depriving a person of life, liberty, or property.

Question 42

The legal foundation for prosecuting money laundering as a federal crime is the Narcotic Penalties and Enforcement Act of 1986.

Question 43

Explain the role of the Border Patrol Agency in combating drug trafficking.

Question 44

The exclusionary rule is the court's way of enforcing the __________ Amendment.

Question 45

The supervision of drug law enforcement agents is also difficult, because they typically operate _____________ .

Question 46

Reactive law enforcement is used for dealing with conventional criminal behavior.

Question 47

__________ come in two basic categories: the "good citizen" and the "criminal."

Question 48

The _______________ uses former military pilots to fly helicopter gunships, transport planes, and crop dusters used by U.S. and foreign drug agents in countries where U.S. military operations are barred.

Question 49

Explain the exclusionary rule and why it constraints law enforcement tactics.

Question 50

Discuss why "degree of access" is the single most important factor in drug use.

Question 51

__________ law enforcement encourages citizens to report crimes; the agency will then respond to the reports.

Question 52

Explain asset forfeiture.

Question 53

The easy availability of large sums of money and the clandestine nature of the business make drug law enforcement vulnerable to corruption.

Question 54

__________ is an agreement between two or more individuals to commit a criminal act.

Question 55

The _____________ Act authorized the military services to share information collected during routine military operations with law enforcement officials and to make facilities and equipment available to law enforcement officials.

Question 56

There are two types of forfeitable items: contraband and direct proceeds.

Question 57

Conspiracy is an agreement between two or more individuals to commit a criminal act.

Question 58

The International Police Organization, known by its telegraphic designation ___________, assists law enforcement agencies with investigative activities that transcend international boundaries.

Question 59

Differentiate the three categories of street-level law enforcement.

Question 60

The interception of drugs being smuggled into the United States is primarily the role of the Coast Guard and Customs Service and Border Protection is called _______________.