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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE FOR IDENTIFYING, APPREHENDING, AND CONVICTING SUSPECTED OFFENDERS IS KNOWN AS? | CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION |
| A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS RESPONSIBILITY TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION OF A CRIME IS LIMITED TO HIS OR HER? | JURISDICTION |
| ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS,THE FIRST OFFICER TO ARRIVE AT A CRIME SCENE WILL BE PROVIDED INFORMATION CONCERNING THE CRIME FROM? | THE VICTIM OR COMPLAINT AND ANY EYEWITNESSES |
| AT THE FIRST AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITY, A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR SHOULD PREPARE A CAREFUL, COMPREHENSIVE RECORD OF THE CRIME SCENE BY MEANS OF? | NOTES, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND SKETCHES |
| IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1931, THE WICKERSHAM COMMISSION EMPLOYED THER TERM _____________ TO CHARACTERIZE THE EXTRACTION OF CONFESSIONS ACCOMPANIED BY BRUTE FORCE? | THIRD DEGREE |
| ACCORDING TO PROFESSOR RALPH TURNER OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION FOCUSES ON THE PREDICTION OF FUTURE EVENTS | FALSE- RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PAST |
| CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS GENERALLY HAVE NO INVESTIGATIVE RESPONSIBILITY IN MATTERS THAT PERTAIN TO CIVIL COURT? | TRUE |
| CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS SHOULD NOT BE CONCERNED TOO MUCH ABOUT THE EVIDENCE OR INFORMATION OBTAINED, AS CASES RARELY GO TO COURT. | FALSE |
| EVEN IF A CRIME IS NOT WITHIN THE INVESTIGATORS JURISDICTION, S/HE STILL HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS INVESTIGATION IF S/HE KNOWS ABOUT THE CRIME | FALSE |
| IN LONGER INVESTIGATIONS, THE USE OF RECORDS OR OTHER FORMS OF INFORMATION IS MORE LIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOLUTION | TRUE |
| THE TERM "FORENSIC" IS DERIVED FROM THE LATIN TERM FORENSIS, WHICH MEANS | FORUM |
| ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS, THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF DEVELOPING _______________ ARE INSTRUMENTAL CHEMISTRY, MICROSCOPY, PHOTOMACROGRAPHY, OTHER OPTICAL METHODS, AND MORPHOLOGY. | ASSOCIATIVE EVIDENCE |
| ACCORDING THE AUTHORS, _______________ OF DNA TECHNOLOGY IS IMPORTANT WHEN THE RESULTS ARE TO BE USED AS EVIDENCE IN A COURT OF LAW. | STANDARDIZATION |
| THE GENERAL PATTERNS OF _______________ CAN BE DIVIDED INTO THREE MAJOR GROUPS. | FINGERPRINTS - LOOPS, WHIRLS AND ARCHS |
| ______________ IS THE ABILITY OF A MICROSCOPE OR CAMERA LENS TO SEPARATE WHAT TO THE UNAIDED EYE APPEARS TO BE ONE OBJECT INTO TWO OR MORE OBJECTS, THUS YIELDING DETAILS NOT PERCEPTIBLE IN ANY OTHER WAY. | RESOLUTION |
| ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS, SOCIETY HAS HISTORICALLY HANDELED DISPUTES IN FORMALLY ORGANIZED COURTS. | FALSE |
| DURING AN INVESTIGATION, MINUTE DETAILS ARE NEVERVISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE. | FALSE |
| SHORTLY AFTER SOMEONE HAS TOUCHED AN OBJECT, FINGERPRINTS DISSIPATE AND ARE NO LONGER VISIBLE OR PRESENT. | FALSE |
| AN ORGANIC SUBSTANCE IS ONE THAT CONTAINS CARBON | TRUE |
| A CLASS CHARACTERISTICS CAN HAVE PROBATIVE VALUE AND BE UTILIZED AS EVIDENCE AS IT IS CONCLUSIVE PROOF OF A SUSPECTS INVOLVEMENT IN THE CRIME | FALSE |
| COMPARISON __________________ OF KNOWN ORIGIN ARE CALLED EXEMPLARS. | SPECIMENS |
| ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS,THE TECHNIQUES FOR DISCOVERING AND GATHERING TRACE EVIDENCE ARE | ADESION TO TAPE, SHAKING OR SWEEPING, AND VACUUMING |
| THE CLOTHING AND BODY OF THE VICTIM, AS WELL AS THE ITEMS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE SUSPECT, ARE CONSIDERED TO BE | VALUABLE TO A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION POTENTIALLY ADMISSIBLE TO A COURT OF LAW OR PRACTICAL USE TO THE CRIME LABORATORY POSSIBLE SOURCE OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE |
| ACCORDING TO TEXT, BEFORE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE CAN BE COLLECTED AND TRANSPORTED, IT MUST FIRST BE | RECOGNIZED AS PHYSICAL EVIDENCE |
| BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS, PARTICULARLY BLOOD AND SEMEN STAINS, ARE BEST PRESERVED BY PERMITTING THE SPECIMENS TO DRY AT | ROOM TEMPERATURE AND AWAY FROM SUNLIGHT |
| ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS, THERE ARE NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES FOLLOWING THE INITIAL RESPONSE TO THE CRIME SCENE TO RECOGNIZE, RECORD, AND COLLECT PHYSICAL EVIDENCE | FALSE |
| THE PERMISSION OF THE OWNER OF THE PREMISES IS NOT NECESSARY FOR DELAYED OR LATE ATTEMPTS TO ENTER A CRIME SCENE | FALSE- NEED CONSENT |
| SCALE DRAWINGS ARE BENEFICIAL IN COURT BECAUSE EXACT DISTANCES CAN BE DEMONSTRATED. | TRUE |
| ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS, IT IS NECESSARY TO ACCOUNT FOR EVIDENCE CONTINUOUSLY FROM THE TIME OF ITS DISCOVERY UNTIL IT IS PRESENTED IN COURT | TRUE |
| ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS,THE COLLECTION OF ADEQUATE CRIME SCENE EVIDENCE SAMPLES (SIZE AND QUANTITY) IS RARELY AN ISSUE. | FALSE |
| THE STUDY OF THE USE OF ________________ TO CONVEY MEANING IS KNOWN AS KINESICS. | BODY MOVEMENT AND POSTURE |
| THE POLYGRAPH PRINCIPLE CONTRIBUTION TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IS THAT IT FREQUENTLY LEADS TO | A CONFESSION |
| ACCORDING TO THE FBI, THE "Entire basis" FOR A GOOD PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE OF A CRIMINAL IS | IS A GOOD CRIME SCENE EXAMINATION AND ADEQUATE INTERVIEWS OF VICTIM AND WITNESSES |
| ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS, THE MOST OBVIOUS SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR AN INVESTIGATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE | VICTIM AND EYEWITNESSES |
| A STATEMENT THAT STOPS SHORT OF A WRITTEN, SIGNED _______________, YET ADMITS TO FACTS FROM WHICH GUILT MIGHT BE INFERRED, IS CALLED AN ADMISSION | CONFESSION |
| IT IS IRRELEVANT TO A JURY IN DETERMINING A DEFENDANTS GUILT WEATHER A MOTIVE FOR COMMITTING THE CRIME CAN BE SHOWN, AS LONG AS OPPORTUNITY CAN BE DEMONSTRATED | FALSE |
| ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS, MODUS OPERANDI (MO) INFORMATION IS CONSIDERED VERY USEFUL IN THE IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION PROCESS OF A PERPETRATOR | TRUE |
| THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILING CANNOT REPLACE THE SOUND INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES OF MOST MODERN-DAY POLICE AGENCIES | TRUE |
| A STATEMENT THAT ADMITS TO FACTS FROM WHICH GUILT MIGHT BE INFERRED IS CALLED A CONFESSION | FALSE |
| POLICE SURVEILLANCE IS STRICTLY PERFORMED UPON A SUSPECT ONLY | FALSE |
| ACCORDING TO THE TEXT, ROUTINE MONITORING OF PROPERTY SOLD OR PLEDGED AS SECURITY IN _____________ CAN AID IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF STOLEN PROPERTY | PAWN SHOPS |
| ACCORDING TO THE TEXT, STANDARDIZED FORMS UTILIZED TO ACQUIRE THE FACTS DURING THE QUESTIONINGS OF A WITNESS ARE INTENDED TO | FERRET OUT FACTS THAT WITNESSES FAIL TO VOLUNTEER |
| AFTER A CRIME HAS OCCURRED, AN INVESTIGATOR SPENDS A GREAT DEAL OF TIME QUESTIONING THOSE INVOLVED.THE TERMS USED TO DESCRIBE THE QUESTIONING PROCESS ARE ______________ AND ________________ | INTERROGATION; INTERVIEWING |
| THE QUESTIONING PROCESS THAT APPLIES TO A SUSPECT AND A SUSPECTS FAMILY, FRIEND'S, OR ASSOCIATES IS CALLED | INTERROGATION |
| AN EFFECTIVE WAY FOR POLICE TO SECURE COOPERATION FROM WITNESSES IS TO ________________, WHICH ALLOWS WITNESSES TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS. | SET UP A SPECIAL 24-HOUR "HOT LINE" |
| THE INTERROGATION PROCESS CAN ONLY BE USED WITH SUSPECTS | FALSE |
| SEASONED INVESTIGATORS GENERALLY GIVE OUT FAR INFORMATION THAN THEY TAKE IN DURING THE INTERVIEWING PROCESS TO MAKE INTERVIEWEES MORE COMFORTABLE | FALSE |
| REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF THE COMMUNITY,EVEN LAW ABIDING CITIZENS HAVE TRUST ISSUES WITH POLICE | TRUE |
| PAWN SHOPS CAN BE AN EXCELLENT SOURCE OF INFORMATION REGARDING REGARDING STOLEN MERCHANDISE | TRUE |
| FORENSIC HYPNOSIS IS AN INVESTIGATIVE TOOL THAT IS USED PRIMARILY TO ELICIT CONFESSIONS FROM SUSPECTS | FALSE |
| ACCORDING TO TEXT, ______________ IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL INDUCEMENTS TO BECOMING AN INFORMANT | |
| IN ___________, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ISSUED A SET OF GUIDELINES ON THE USE OF INFORMANTS AND CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES BY THE FBI. | 1981 |
| ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS, TO FUNCTIONS AS A(n) ________________, AN INDIVIDUAL MUST HAVE THE ABILITY OR OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE INFORMATION AND REVEAL IT WITHOUT EXPOSURE TO RETALIATION. | INFORMANT |
| ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS, ORDINARY CITIZENS, AS WELL AS REFORMED CRIMINALS, ARE MOTIVATED BY _______________ TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, BELIEVING IT WILL WIN FAVORABLE ATTENTION FROM THE AUTHORITIES | VANITY |
| A PERSON WHO SECRETLY /CONFIDENTIALLY DISCLOSES INVESTIGATIVE INFORMATION TO THE POLICE IS KNOWN AS AN | ANONYMOUS INFORMANT |
| LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DO NOT REGULARLY BUDGET FUNDS TO BUY INFORMATION | FALSE |
| THE RELIABILITY OF INFORMANTS IS RARELY IN QUESTION AS THEY TEND TO GIVE ACCURATE INFORMATION | FALSE |
| INFORMANTS RARELY RUN A RISK THAT HARM WILL OCCUR TO THEM OR THEIR FAMILIES SHOULD THEIR IDENTITIES BECOME KNOWN TO THE CRIMINAL OR THE CRIMINALS ASSOCIATES | FALSE |
| THE COURTS HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT THE GOVERNMENTS USE OF INFORMANTS AND CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES IS LAWFUL AND EFFECTIVE IN THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS | TRUE |
| FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO FUNCTION AS AN INFORMANT, IT IS NECESSARY FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXIST TO OBSERVE THROUGH SIGHT, SOUND, OR EVEN SMELL, TASTE, OR TOUCH THE INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. | TRUE |
| FULL-FACE AND PROFILE PHOTOGRAPHS OF A PERSON ARRESTED FOR AN OFFENCE ARE COMMONLY KNOWN AS | MUG SHOTS |
| IN THE CASE OF SIMMONS V. UNITED STATES, THE SUPREME COURT APPROVED DISPLYING ONLY __________ PHOTOGRAPHS TO A WITNESS WHEN USING THE ROGUES GALLERY TO VIEW MUG SHOTS. | 6 |
| IN A CASE INVOLVING DAMAGING EYEWITNESSES TESTIMONY,THE DEFENSE MAY REQUEST THAT A TRIAL JUDGE GIVE JURORS ____________ TO ASSIST THEM IN EVALUATING THE TESTIMONY | SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS |
| THE US SUPREME COURT HAS INDICATED THAT THE __________ ADMENDMENT DOES NOT GRANT THE RIGHT TO COUNCIL AT PHOTOGRAPHIC DISPLAYS CONDUCTED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALLOWING A WITNESS TO ATTEMPT AN IDENTIFICATION OF THE OFFENDER. | SIXTH |
| ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS, IN THE ABSENCE OF FORENSIC EVIDENCE, THE TWO MOST COMPELLING KINDS OF EVIDENCE PRESENTED TO __________ ARE THE SIGNED CONFESSION AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE DEFENDANT BY AN EYEWITNESSES | A JURY |
| POLICE OFFICERS ARE FREE TO OFFER OPINIONS TO THE WITNESS VIEWING MUG SHOTS AS TO WHICH PERSON IN THE MUG SHOT DISPLAY MAY HAVE COMITTED THE CRIME | FALSE |
| ACCORDING TO THE TEXT, ALL OF THE WITNESSES OF A CRIME SHOULD NEVER BE PERMITTED TO VIEW THE MUG SHOT DISPLAY AT ONE TIME | TRUE |
| A MUG SHOT IDENTIFICATION YIELDS A GREATER QUANTITY OF INFORMATION THAN DOES IDENTIFICATION FROM A SKETCH OR COMPOSITE IMAGE | TRUE |
| THE INVESTIGATORY LINEUP IS THE LEAST PREFERRED METHOD OF EYEWITNESSES IDENTIFICATION | FALSE |
| THE SUPREME COURT HAS RULED THAT A SUSPECT DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY PRESENT WHEN AN IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURE SUCH AS A PHOTO DISPLAY, COMPSITE IMAGE,OR SKETCH IS EMPLOYED | TRUE |
| THE PURPOSE OF AN _______________ IS TO ELICIT INFORMATION FROM A SUSPECT WHO MAY SUPPRESS THE FACTS, OR FROM PEOPLE WHOSE ANSWERS MIGHT BE COLORED BY CLOSE TIES TO A SUSPECT | INTERROGATION |
| AN EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED STATEMENT TENDING TO SUPPORT AN _____________ INVOLVEMENT IN THE CRIME, BUT INSUFFICIENT BY ITSELF TO PROVE GUILT, IS KNOWN AS AN ADMISSION | SUSPECTS |
| AN ORAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENT ACKNOWLEDGING GUILT IS KNOWN AS AN | CONFESSION |
| ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS, AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHY IT IS POSSIBLE TO OBTAIN A CONFESSION FROM A SUSPECT MAY BE FOUND IN THE WORK OF | HOROWITZ AND PAVLOV |
| A DIRECT ____________ MADE AT THE START OF THE INTERROGATION PROCESS IS CONSIDERED TO BE EXPLICIT | ACCUSATION |
| ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS, SPOUSES, PARENTS, ACCOMPLICES, AND FRIENDS OFTEN DIVULGE INFORMATION THAT COULD BE DAMAGING TO A SUSPECT BEST INTERESTS | FALSE |
| EVEN UNDER THE PERCEPTION OF AN ACCUSATION DURING THE INTERROGATION PROCESS, A SUSPECTS FEELINGS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL FREEDOM AND MOVEMENT MIGHT BE CURTAILED. | TRUE |
| GANGLAND KILLINGS ARE USUALLY RESOLVED WITH ADMISSIONS OR CONFESSIONS | FALSE |
| THE PURPOSE OF AN INTERROGATION IS TO ELICIT INFORMATION FROM A SUSPECT WHO MAY SUPPRESS THE FACTS, OR FROM PEOPLE WHOSE ANSWERS MIGHT BE COLORED BY CLOSE TIES TO A SUSPECT | TRUE |
| PAVLOVS OBSERVATIONS ARE APPLICABLE TO HUMAN BEHAVIOR | TRUE |
| ONE ELEMENT OF MURDER OR MANSLAUGHTER THAT MUST BE PROVEN IN COURT IS WHETHER THE DEATH WAS A RESULT OF AN ACTION OR AN OMISSION THAT IS NEITHER | EXCUSABLE NOR JUSTIFIABLE |
| _________________ INVOLVES ONE PERSON KILLING ANOTHER BY ACCIDENT, WITHOUT GROSS NEGLIGENCE, AND WITHOUT THE INTENT TO INJURE. | EXCUSABLE HOMICIDE |
| IF SIGNS OF LIVIDITY CAN BE SEEN ON THE TOP AND SIDE SURFACES OF THE BODY, THE INFERENCE CAN BE DRAWN THAT THE BODY | WAS MOVED AFTER DEATH |
| THE PARTS OF THE BODY USUALLY ASSAULTED IN ATTEMPTED SUICIDES ARE | WRIST, ANKLES, AND THROAT |
| THE DETECTION OF SIGNIFICANT LEVELS OF PRIMER RESIDUE ON THE BACK AND THUMB WEB OF THE FIRING HAND OF THE DECEASED INDICATES THAT THE DECEASED ________________ | DISCHARGED A FIREARM |
| KNIFE STAB WOUNDS INFLICTED OVER THICK BONE STRUCTURE HAVE AN IRREGULAR STAR SHAPE WITH THE EDGES PUSHED OUTWARD | FALSE |
| WHEN THE NUMBER OF ENTRANCE AND EXIT WOUNDS IS THE SAME, IT IS EVIDENT THAT ALL BULLETS THAT ENTERED THE BODY EXITED AS WELL | TRUE |
| WOUNDS FROM BLUNT IMPACT WEAPONS RARELY PRODUCE BLOOD SPATTER THAT IS USEFUL IN RECONSTRUCTING THE CRIME | FALSE |
| DEATHS FROM SMOTHERING ARE FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTERED IN ARSON CASES | FALSE |
| TRUE | |
| THE ______________ PROVIDES INFORMATION NOT ONLY ON STOLEN VEHICLES, BUT ALSO ON PROPERTY TAKEN FROM TRUCKS | NATB |
| ON A ROLLED INK PRINT, IT IS POSSIBLE TO FIND __________ OR MORE POINTS ON EACH FINGER, MAKING THE PRINT DISTINGUISHABLE FROM ALL OTHER SINGLE DIDGIT PRINTS. SELECT THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE ANSWER | 90 |
| THE MOST COMMON FORM OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE SOUGHT IN A CRIME SCENE SEARCH OF A BURGLARY IS: | FINGERPRINTS |
| BURGLARY IS CONSIDERED TO BE A SEASONAL CRIME, OCCURRING MORE FREQUENTLY IN THE | SUMMER MONTHS |
| ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS, THE PROBABILITY OF BEING A HOUSEHOLD BURGLARY VICTIM IS HIGHEST IN | THE CENTRAL CITY |
| ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS, BURGLARY IS A CRIME THAT AFFECTS ALL STRATA OF SOCIETY | TRUE |
| DEMONSTRATING THAT PROPERTY WAS TAKEN FROM THE CRIME SCENE IS NOT NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH A BURGLARY CASE | TRUE |
| A COMMERCIAL OR BUSINESS BURGLARY REQUIRES A GREATER DEGREE OF EXPERTISE AND FREQUENT PLANNING THAN A RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY | TRUE |
| BURGLARY INVESTIGATIONS ARE NOT UNLIKE OTHER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, IN THAT THEY ALL REST IN LARGE MEASURE ON THE USE OF RECORDS | FALSE |
| FALSE | |
| A COMPUTER SCAM IN WHICH A VICTIM IS CONTACTED BY EMAIL AND ASKED FOR HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, WHICH CAN BE USED TO DEFRAUD THE VICTIM | PHISHING |
| IN THE UNITED STATES,MOST OF THE ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING IN BODY PARTS CENTER ON THE ILLEGAL REMOVAL OF ORGANS BY | FUNERAL PARLORS |
| INTERPOLE | |
| A SIGN OF RECOGNITION EMPLOYED BY THOSE INVOLVED IN _________ IS THE INDEX AND PINKY FINGER UP | OCCULT MATTERS |
| ACCORDING TO THE TEXT, THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION CLAUSE OF THE _____________ADMENDMENT CAN POSE A PROBLEM IN THE INVESTIGATION OF ANY SATANIC GROUP THAT CLAIMS IT AS A SHIELD | FIRST |
| IN THE UNITED STATES, THE SALE OF A KIDNEY IS LEGAL IF THE PROPER PAPERWORK IS FILLED PRIOR TO SURGERY | FALSE |
| INTERPOL STANDS FOR | THE INTERNATIONAL POLICE ORGANIZATION |
| ACCORDING TO THE TEXT, A RECENT GOVERNMENT REPORT FOUND THAT INCIDENTS OF TARGETED VIOLENCE AT SCHOOL ARE RARELY SUDDEN,IMPULSIVE ACTS | TRUE |
| IN THE UNITED STATES, MOST OF THE ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING IN BODY PARTS CENTERS ON THE ILLEGAL REMOVAL OF ORGANS THAT ARE SOLD BY ORGANIZED CRIME | FALSE |
| THE AGENCY THAT SERVES AS A CLEARINGHOUSE FOR INFORMATION ON THE EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IS THE FBI | FALSE |