TCOLE Study Material Flashcards
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A husband feels the need to have absolute power and control over his wife and children, and this control is maintained using verbal and physical violence and threats, is an example of __________.
a. Dominance cycle
b. Absolutism
c. Cycle lane
d. Cycle of violence
d. Cycle of Violence
__________ is the minimum amount of lawful aggression sufficient to achieve a legitimate law enforcement objective.
a. Reasonable force
b. Necessary force
c. Deadly force
d. Both Reasonable and Necessary force
d. Both Reasonable and Necessary Force
__________ generally refers to groups of people with common ancestry and physical characteristics.
a. Ethnicity
b. Culture
c. Discrimination
d. Race
d. Race
Which culpable mental state refers to a person’s knowledge or awareness that his conduct is reasonably certain to cause the result?
a. Intentional
b. Knowing
c. Reckless
d. Criminal Negligence
e. None of the above
b. Knowing
Providing a convenient group or person to blame when things go wrong in one’s personal life or in the community is known as __________.
a. Stereotyping
b. Scapegoating
c. Projecting
d. Discrimination
e. Reality
b. Scapegoating
__________ means a government or governmental subdivision or agency, trust, partnership, or two or more persons having a joint or common economic interest.
a. Crew
b. Group
c. Division
d. Association
d. Association
__________ is needed when conditions or circumstances warrant a high level of awareness, departments should gather information and provide advanced warning for civil unrest.
a. Crowd assessment
b. Crowd dispersal
c. Crowd management
d. Crowd diffusion
c. Crowd Management
__________ refers to the process of engaging in the proactive and systematic examination of identified problems to develop and rigorously evaluate effective responses.
a. Organizational Transformation
b. Problem Solving
c. Critical Thinking
d. Finding Solutions
b. Problem Solving
The federal statute dealing with identity theft is a part of which federal act?
a. Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act
b. Credit Reporting and Abuse Act
c. Electronic Funds Transfer Act
d. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
a. Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act
__________ is an individual who commits the crime or crimes of burglary, white collar crimes, larceny, vehicle theft, agricultural crimes and arson, all of which may result in heavy or lengthy sentences depending on the criminal history of the accused.
a. Shop lifters
b. Impulsive criminals
c. Vocational criminals
d. Professional thief
d. Professional Thief
Civil law is __________.
a. The portion of the law which defines the rights of the individual in protecting his person
b. The portion of the law which defines the rights of the individual in protecting his property
c. The portion of the law specifically established to enforce violation of law
d. All of the above are correct
e. A and B are correct
e. A and B are correct
a. The portion of the law which defines the rights of the in individual in protecting his person.
b. The portion of the law which defines the rights of the individual in protecting his property.
County A and County B border each other. An offender is arrested on an outstanding warrant in County A, but is magistrated and incarcerated in County B. The offender cannot be detained in a jail in County B for more than how many hours?
a. 72
b. 48
c. 24
d. 12
a. 72 hours
__________ means the referral of a child or a child’s case to the office or official, including an intake officer or probation officer, designated by the juvenile board to process children within the juvenile justice system.
a. Reference to minor court
b. Referral to minor court
c. Juvenile court referral
d. Referral to juvenile court
d. Referral to Juvenile Court
__________ is an extension of the crime of assault. Dispute-anger-attack-death.
a. Felony murder
b. Sex and sadism
c. Triangle killing
d. Anger killing
d. Anger Killing
Article 1 of the Constitution __________.
a. Establishment of the U.S. Supreme Court
b. Establishes and sets jurisdiction to of the president and vice president
c. Establishes legislative powers to congress
d. Establishes all Circuit Courts
c. Establishes legislative powers to congress
A notice of suspension or denial of a license must state (22):
The reason and statutory grounds for the action
The effective date of the suspension
_________________
The right to a hearing
The period in which a request for a hearing must be received.
a. How to avoid further complications
b. The level of intoxication
c. The date of the infraction
d. How to request a hearing
d. How to request a hearing
__________ is evidence that warrants a person of reasonable caution in the belief that a crime has been committed or is being committed.
a. Presumed causality
b. Reasonable doubt
c. Possible cause
d. Probable cause
d. Probable Cause
American policing went through a reform era marked by the contributions of such men as __________, whose goal was to bring professionalism to the police.
a. J. Edgar Hoover
b. Sir Robert Peel
c. August Vollmer
d. Jordan Peele
c. August Vollmer
Stephen F. Austin employed a militia group to protect the settlers from Indian and bandit raids. This group later became known as the Texas Rangers.
True
False
True
When a person has been arrested without warrant for family violence, and it is believed the violence will continue, the agency holding the person may hold the person for up to how many hours after he has posted bond?
a. 72
b. 48
c. 36
d. 24
b. 48 hours
__________ is usually assembled for some purpose. They have positive leadership, are determined to accomplish a specific end, and move actively toward their objective. Usually high emotional tension is present. This type crowd can easily become a mob. Consequently, this type of crowd presents an acute police problem.
a. Casual crowd
b. Cohesive crowd
c. Expressive crowd
d. Aggressive crowd
d. Aggressive Crowd
In a work zone, __________ provides protection for victims and responders.
a. Activity area
b. Buffer space
c. Work area
d. Transition area
b. Buffer Space
A person may not be prosecuted for or convicted of an offense (other than perjury, aggravated perjury, or traffic offenses) that he/she committed when __________.
a. younger than 18 years of age
b. younger than 17 years of age, unless juvenile court waives jurisdiction
c. younger than 18 years of age, unless juvenile court waives jurisdiction
d. younger than 15 years of age, unless juvenile court waives jurisdiction
d. Younger than 15 years of age, unless juvenile court waives jurisdiction
Under the Texas Disaster Act of 1975, who has control of the Division of Emergency Management?
a. Department of Public Safety
b. Department of Homeland Security
c. Department of the Treasurer
d. Department of Defense
d. Department of Public Safety