PUBLIC SAFETY FINAL EXAM WITH VERIFIED ANSWER

PUBLIC SAFETY FINAL EXAM
WITH VERIFIED ANSWER

my activities include researching and examining evidence and facts of each case and
interpreting the law based on the purposes of the laws and prior judicial decisions - THE
:>CORRECT ANSWER -attorney



I am responsible for legal custody of offenders following release from incarceration - THE
:>CORRECT ANSWER -parole officer



my activities include investigations organized and white colloar crime, public corruption, civil
right, violations, bank robberies, air piracy, terrorism, and other federal statue - THE
:>CORRECT ANSWER -F.B.I. Special Agent



I am generally employed by private and public organz. to protect their businesses and
employees - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -private investigator



the study of law is called - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -jurisprudence



law is the prevention or protection from events that could endanger the safety of the
general public from significant danger or crime - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -false



a police officer is a good example of which career area - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -public
safety

,name the four values that make up our laws - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -
social,economic,political, and moral values



public safety is the rules and regulations made and enforced by gov't that regulate the
conduct of people within society - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -false



a judge is a good example of which career - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -law



list three careers for public safety - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -police, firefighter, SWAT
Team



list three careers for law - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -judge, attorney, lawyer



name the two requirements that a judge and a lawyer share are - THE :>CORRECT
ANSWER -bachelor's degree and juris doctorate degree



give one career example for social value - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -probation officer



when making decisions, police officers have a lot of - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -
discretion



ethics has to do with fundamental questions of fairness, justice, rightness, or wrongness of
any action? - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -true



ethics often conflicts with police_________ when an officer has to determine how to handle
a situation involving a corrupt partner - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -loyalty

,list three characteristics you should have as a public safety employee - THE :>CORRECT
ANSWER -discretion, honesty, loyalty, reight judgment



list three interviewing skills - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -proper communication, connect
yourself to the subject of the interview,eye contact with interviewers



when placing work experience information on a resume, you begin with the most recent job
experience - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -true



list two essential workplace skills - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -acceptance and
communication



law defines the acts that the gov't will punish and specifies the punishment for such acts -
THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -substantial



means guilty mind or blameworthy state of mind, necessary for legal responsibility - THE
:>CORRECT ANSWER -mens rea



is the require act component of criminal law - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -actus reus



is the most severe punishment in the American criminal justice system which is governed by
rules against cruel and unusual punishment - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -captial
punishment (death penalty)



a defendant's admission of gult to a criminal charge with the reasonable expectation of
receiving a lighter penalty - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -plea bargain

, amendment provides to a trail by jury - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -6th amendment



crimes that include contact that is criminal even though the harm that the law seeks to
prevent has not been done but merely planned or attempted - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -
incoherent



the case that required states to provide attorneys for felony defendants who could not pay
for an attorney themselves - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -indigent (poor)



the case where the states applied the exclusionary rule against state and local officials in
case of improper search and seizures - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -Mapp vs. Ohio



the case that required officers to inform suspects of their due process rights upon arrest or
else confession could not be admitted as evidence - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -miranda
rights



depicts the criminal justic system as emphasizing reliable decisions that protect individual's
liberty through an adversarial process based on the law - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -due
process



are serious crimes carrying penalties of one year or more - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -
felonies



in the case of ____________ the police Stop and Frisk was established - THE :>CORRECT
ANSWER -Terry vs. Ohio



police can seize anything illegal if it is in - THE :>CORRECT ANSWER -warrant or affidavit