Exam 1: The Police in American Society

Constitutions describe the social arrangements between a government and its citizens.

Constitutions:

The term __________ refers to a binding rule that regulates conduct and provides sanctions for violations of its provisions.

The ____________-style of police departments involves policing that emphasizes order maintenance and crime control.

__________ social controls involve the use of sanctions for rule breaking.

Which of the following cases provided guidelines relative to police searches?

The criminal justice system is composed of three components: Police, courts, and corrections.

The ___________style of police departments emphasizes providing services to their residents.

The Eleventh Amendment, with its due process and equal protection clauses, helps to ensure that police officers carry out their law enforcement role in a manner that protects citizens' rights.

The U.S. Constitution created three branches of government: the executive branch, the judicial branch, and the legislative branch.

The _________ Amendment protects citizens from illegal searches and seizures and the improper use of police force.

Law is a binding rule that regulates conduct and provides sanctions for violations of its provisions.

The term ___________ refers to the collective practices by which a group attempts to ensure that individuals conform to the norms and values of the group.

The following federal law enforcement agency is located within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS):

In _______, President Richard M. Nixon reorganized our nation's drug enforcement system. He created the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) by combining all the personnel and resources from the BNDD and the Office for Drug Abuse and Law Enforcement and the Office of National Narcotics Intelligence.