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Test 2
Chapters 5-7
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Criminal Justice
Undergraduate 1
10/17/2011

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Term
Law Enforcement Agencies
Definition
about 18,000 public law enforcement agencies
Term
Tithing System
Definition
A private self help protection system in early medieval Engalnd, a group of 10 families(tithing) agreed to keep peace and bring violators to justice.
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Shire Reeve
Definition
In medieval England, the chief law enforcement offiver in a territorial area called a shire, later called a sheriff.
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Constable
Definition
The peavekeeper in charge of protection in early England towns.
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Robert Peel
Definition
Peels principles of policing, 12 standards proposed by peel, the author of the legislation resulting in London Police departments. (still applicable today)
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Slave Patrols
Definition
The earliest form of policing in the South. They were a product of the slave codes.
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State Police Model
Definition
Essentially same as local police, work cases anywhere in the state.
Term
Highway Patrol Model
Definition
Focus almost exclusively on highway policing.
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Criminal Investigation
Definition

A lawful search for people/things to reconstuct circumstances of an illegal act; apprehend/determine guilty party.

2 Parts:

Priliminary Investigation

Follow-Up Investigation

Term
Community Policing
Definition
Get community involved in policing; mixed results and high cost.
Term
CODIS
Definition
Combined DNA Index System
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AFIS
Definition
Automated Fingerprint Identification System; FBI system
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Three I's of Policing
Definition

1. Intelligence

2. Integrity

3. Interaction Skills

Term
SARA
Definition

Scanning

Analysis

Respnce

Assessment

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Merit System
Definition
System of employment where an independant civil sercive commission with city personell and plice set employment qualifications, performance standards, and discipline procedures.
Term
Selective Enforcement
Definition
The practice of relying on the judgement of the police leadership and rank-and-file officers to decied which laws to enforce.
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"Meat Eaters"
Definition
Officers who actively seek ways to make money illegally while on duty.
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"Grass Eaters"
Definition
Officers who occasionally engage in illegal and unethical activities, such as accepting small favors, gifts, or money for ignoring violations of the law during the course of their duty.
Term
PEPPAS
Definition

Protect Life and Property

Enforce the Law

Prevent Crime

Preserce the Peace

Arrest Violators

Serce the Public

Term
9 Psychological Qualities Police Applicants Should Possess (Robert B. Mills)
Definition

1. Motivation

2. Normal self-assertiveness

3. Emotional stability under stress

4. Sensitivity toward minority groups and social deviates

5. Collaborative leadership skills

6. Mature relationship with social authority

7. Flexibility

8. Integrity and honesty

9. Active and outgoing nature

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7 Advantages to Hiring College Educated Police Officers
Definition

1. Better written reports

2. Enhanced communication with public

3. More effective job performance

4. Fewer citizen complaints

5. Wiser use of discretion

6. Heightened sensitivity to racial and ethnic issues

7. Fewer disciplinary actions

Term
Significant Factors that Affect Discretion
Definition

a. The nature of a crime

b. Department police

c. Relationship between victim and offender

d. The amount of evidence

e. The preference of the victim

f. The demeanor of the suspect

g. Legitimacy of the victim

h. Socioeconomic status of the complainant

Term
August Vollmer
Definition
  • Was a police chief in Berkeley, California from 1909-1932.
  • Attempted to create a professional model of policing.
  • Advocated training and education as two of the key ingredients of professtionalism in policing.
  • Strongly believed that police should stay out of politics and politics should stay out of policing.
  • Believed that the major function of the police was fighting crime.
Term
Roles/Duties of Local Police
Definition

1. Law Enforcement- incestigatig a burglary, arresting a car thief, serving a warrant, or testing in court.

2. Order Maintenance or Peacekeeping- breaking up fights, holding back crowds, or intervening in a domestic dispute

3. Service- taking people to the hospital, escorting funeral processions, delivering mail for city officials, or chasing bats out of a caller's house

4. Information Gathering- determining neighnborhood reations to a proposed liquor license in the community, investigating a missing child case, or investigating and reporting on dangerous road conditions

Term
State Level Law Enforcement Officers
Definition
Law enforcement services in which the agency and its officers have the same enforcement powers as local police but can exwecise them anywhere in the state.
Term
County Law Enforcement
Definition
Are responcible for investigating crimes and enforcing the criminal and raffic laws.
Term
Differences Between Federal LE and Local/State
Definition

1. Operate across the country and abroad.

2. Do not have a rule of law enforcement having peace keeping or order maintenance duties.

3. Some agencies have extremely narrow juresdictions.

Term
FLETC
Definition
  • The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
  • Largest law enforcement training establishment
Term
Contract Security
Definition
Protective services that a private securtity firm provides to people agencies, and companies that do not emply their own securty personnel or that need extra protection.
Term
Proprietary Security
Definition
In-house protective services that a security staff provides for the entity that employs it.
Term
Highway Patrol Model
Definition
Focus almost exclusively on highway.
Term
Detectives
Definition

1. No Uniforms

2. Have anoymity during work hours (if want)

3. Steady work hours

4. Have office with desk

5. Enjoy presige with position

6. Higher pay and rank

7. More freedom; no radio, geographical boundries, or close supervision.

Term
DNA
Definition
(Deoxyribonucleic Acid) is in all lifeforms, can be found in hair, blood, semen, and other bodily substances.
Term
Traffic Units
Definition
  • Educate motorists about safety and proper driving
  • Enforce traffic laws
  • Recommend traffic engineering changes
Term
Street-Level Enforcement (drugs)
Definition

Dutes include

  • Surceillance
  • interruption of suspected transactions
  • Raids of "shooting-galleries" and "crack houses"
  • Buy and bust opperations
  • "Reverse stings" (plain clothed officers offer to sell drugs to willing costomers)
Term
Eradication Strategies
Definition
  • Major investigations
  • Crop Eradicaiton 
  • Smuggling interdiction
  • Problem-oriented and community policing
  • D.A.R.E.
Term
Police Recruiting Strategies
Definition
  • Going to colleges, neighborboods, centers, and schools
  • Using tv, radio, news papers ads
  • Working with local employment agencies
  • Demystifyine nature of work and selection process
  • Shortening time from application to final selection
Term
Discretion
Definition

Depends on:

  • Nature of crime
  • Departmental policies
  • The relationship between victim and offender
  • Amount of evidence
  • Preferance of victim
  • Demeanor of he suspect
  • Legitimacy of the victim
  • Socioeconomic status
Term
Patrol
Definition
When officers resond to burglar alarms, incestigative traffic accidents, care for injured people, try to resolce domestic disputes, ect.
Term
Preventive Patrol
Definition
Patrolling the streets with little direction, also known as random patrol.
Term
Directed Patrol
Definition
Patrolling under guidance or orders on how to use patrol time.
Term
Aggresive Patrol
Definition
The practive of having an entire patrol section make numerous traffic stops and field investigations.
Term
Tennesse v. Garner
Definition

Deadly force is not justifiable unless:

The arrest is for a felony.

The person effecting the arrest is authorized to act as a peace keeper.

The actor believes that the force employed creates no sustantial risk of injury to innocent persons.

The actor believes:

  1. Crime involved conduct that used/threatened use of deadly force.
  2. Risk of death or serious injury if that person is not stopped.
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