Deck 6: Law Enforcement in the Criminal Justice System

Question 1

One of the most notable forms of police misconduct involves ________.

A) Sexual assault
B) Unlawful searches and seizures
C) Corruption
D) Failure to read Miranda rights

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The _________ does not pertain to a type of search.

A) Hot pursuit
B) Plain view doctrine
C) Frisk
D) Automobile search

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The three principal decision points of the criminal justice system that occur in the law enforcement segment of the process are:

A) Detection of crime, interrogation, and arrest.
B) Detection of crime, investigation, and interrogation.
C) Detection of crime, investigation, and arrest.
D) Investigation, interrogation, and arrest.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

This rule states that police cannot use illegally or improperly obtained evidence in a trial.

A) Exclusionary rule
B) Good faith exception
C) Probable cause
D) Consent search rule

Question 5

When does an interrogation begin?

A) When police arrest an individual and inform them of their rights.
B) When police sit down with a suspect and the suspect first provides incriminating statements.
C) When the police obtain a search warrant and successfully make an arrest after obtaining evidence.
D) When the officers ask accusatory questions to a specific individual.

Question 6

In which case was the New York City Police Department's "stop and frisk" policy rejected?

A) New York v. Class
B) Floyd v. New York
C) Katz v. United States
D) Brewer v. Williams

Question 7

The purpose of the exclusionary rule is to ______________.

A) Include all of the evidence obtained
B) Prevent offenders from having access to the rights granted to them.
C) Ensure that the courts and administrators are properly policing the police
D) Protect the liberty of the individual citizen

Question 8

The requirements of due process support this type of policing.

A) Intelligence-led.
B) Community-oriented
C) Reactive
D) Proactive

Question 9

________ are guidelines for behavior that identify the circumstances that justify different police actions.

A) Working rules
B) Street senses
C) Investigations
D) Throw downs

Question 10

The most common police sting involves the establishment of a "fencing" operation; that is, the police ______________.

A) Pose as customers of black market products.
B) Pose as dealers of stolen goods.
C) Pose as violent gang leaders.
D) Pose as victims of a crime.

Question 11

More than 10 percent of those who have contact with police experience the threat or use of force.

Question 12

Research suggests that police misconduct is most commonly committed by experienced officers

Question 13

The exclusionary rule applies only when there is evidence that someone is guilty of a crime.

Question 14

Custodial investigations occur when the police arrest a suspect and begin asking accusatory questions.

Question 15

The Court treats automobile searches the same as searches of houses or buildings.

Question 16

The issue of entrapment illustrates the tension that exists between due process and crime control in policing.

Question 17

Booking is the public recording of an individual who has been arrested and it seeks to prevent the police from holding an offender incommunicado.

Question 18

Informants typically make good witnesses.

Question 19

Forensic examinations are not common to most investigations and DNA evidence is rarely used to solve cases.

Question 20

A throw-down occurs when officers encourage a witness to seek a suspect's identity by observing possible offenders.