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CJ test 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| double marginality | Martin is a police officer who occasionally arrest people from his community. Whenever he does so people target him saying he does so to try and prove himself to his superiors. If he lets others from his community go people say he is bias of his community |
| municipal agencies | which agencies has the broadest authority to provide services to the community |
| african Americans | which group is most likely to face the problem of double marginality in the US? |
| secondary policing | refers to the situation in which a police officer accepts off-duty employment from a private company or government agency. |
| Many women never consider entering the field as the culture generally sees policing as man's work. | In the context of gender and law enforcement, which of the following is a reason for the low levels of women serving as police officers in the United States? |
| Intelligence-led policing | relies on data concerning past crime patterns to predict future crime patterns. |
| The Transportation Security Administration | agencies operates the Federal Air Marshals program |
| apply the concepts they have learned in the academy to the streets. | The goal of field training is to help rookies: |
| Private security | refers to the provision of policing services by nongovernmental companies or individuals |
| community policing | Officer Malloy was patrolling a neighborhood when he heard a gunshot. He rushed to the scene and saw a young man bleeding from a gunshot wound. He placed the man in his car and drove to the hospital instead of waiting for an ambulance |
| prejudice | Most of the negative attitudes toward women police officers are based on _____. |
| "To Serve and Protect" | The motto of thousands of police departments in America is _____. |
| oversee the isolation of a jury during a trial. | One of the common responsibilities of a sheriff's department is to: |
| police academy | provides recruits with a controlled, militarized environment in which they are taught the laws of search, seizure, arrest, and interrogation; the procedures for securing a crime scene and interviewing witnesses; first aid; self-defense; and other things |
| Federal Emergency Management Agency | the lead federal agency in preparing for and responding to disasters such as hurricanes, floods, terrorist attacks, and infrastructure concerns. |
| Budget cuts in states have forced reductions in the number of public police | one of the factors responsible for the continued growth of the private security industry |
| combat currency counterfeiters | One of the main responsibilities of the U.S. Secret Service is to: |
| U.S. Customs and Border Protection | agencies facilitates legal trade and travel |
| must not have been convicted of a felony | For a person to become a police officer, one of the minimum requirements is that he or she: |
| To control property that has been ordered seized by federal courts | one of the main duties of the U.S. Marshals Service |
| U.S. Secret Service | job involves protecting important people like the president and former presidents of the United States. |
| gives rookies their first taste of informal rules | in the context of training, field training: |
| FBI | the branch of the Department of Justice that is responsible for protecting national security by fighting international and domestic terrorism |
| It leads to better community–police relations | a benefit of having a diverse police force |
| highway patrol agency | The most visible state law enforcement agency |
| To prevent crime | Within Bittner's broad definition of "what the police do," what is a basic responsibility of the police |
| provide law enforcement in areas that did not have local police agencies. | One of the reasons state police agencies were created was to: |
| To punish convicted criminals with stricter laws | According to Jerome Skolnick, co-director of the Center for Research in Crime and Justice at the New York University School of Law, what is a predictable public response when crime rates begin to rise in a community? |
| They generally enjoy an advantage in hiring and promotion. | in context of recruitment, what is They generally enjoy an advantage in hiring and promotion. |
| U.S. Marshals Service | Providing security at federal courts and protecting government witnesses are primary responsibilities of the _____. |
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