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  1. CARROLL DOCTRINE.
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  1. A LEGAL PRINCIPLE THAT ENABLES OFFICERS TO SEARCH AN AUTOMOBILE WITHOUT A SEARCH WARRANT PROVIDED THAT THEY HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE IT CONTAINS CONTRABAND AND THAT THE VEHICLE IS MOBILE.
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  1. BURGLARY
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  1. A COVERT CRIME IN WHICH THE CRIMINAL WORKS DURING THE NIGHTTIME, OUTSIDE THE PRESENCE OF WITNESSES
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  1. CHOP SHOP
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  1. A SECRET LOCATION WHERE AUTO THIEVES DISMANTLE STOLEN VEHICLES FOR THE PURPOSE OF SELLING THE PARTS.
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  1. CHRONIC MALTREATMENT
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  1. OCCURS WHEN A CHILDS DEATH IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO INURIES CAUSED BY MALTREATMENT OR NEGLECT OCCURRING OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME
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  1. CLOSED FILES.
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  1. INTELLIGENCE FILES THAT ARE MAINTAINED APART FROM CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION FILES TO PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED INSPECTION OF DATA.
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  1. COERCION.
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  1. THE USE OR THREAT OF ILLEGAL PHYSICAL MEANS TO INDUCE A SUSPECT TO MAKE AN ADMISSION OR CONFESSION
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  1. CONFESSION
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  1. FIRECT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY THE SUSPECT OF HIS OR HER OWN GUILT INTHE COMMISSION OF A SPECIFIC CRIME OR AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF A SPECIFIC CRIME
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  1. CONFIDENCE GAME
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  1. AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO OR MORE PERSONS TO COMMIT A CRIMINAL ACT, ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSION OF AT LEAST ONE OVERT ACT IN FURTHERANCE OF THE CRIME
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  1. CORPUS DELICTI EVIDENCE.
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  1. EVIDENCE THAT ESTABLISHES THAT A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED.
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  1. CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE

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  1. DOCUMENTED INFORMATION REGARDING PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
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  1. CROSS EXAMINATION
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  1. A LEGAL LINE OF QUESTIONING IN A CRIMINAL TRIAL DESIGNED TO WEAKEN OR DISCREDIT ANY TESTIMONY GIVEN DURING DIRECT EXAMINATION.
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  1. CROSS PROJECTION METHOD.
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  1. USED IN INDOOR CRIME SCENES, IT IS BASICALLY A TOP DOWN VIEW OF THE CRIME SCENE WHERE THE WALLS OF THE ROOM HAVE BEEN FOLDED DOWN TO REVEAL LOCATIONS OF BULLET HOLES, BLOOD SPATTER EVIDENCE, AND SO ON
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  1. CUSTODUAL INTERROGATION
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  1. A PROCESS OF QUESTIONING A SUSPECT WHEN HIS OR HER LIBERTY HAS BEEN RESTRICTED TO A DEGREE THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH ARREST
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  1. DEMONSTRATIVE EVIDENCE.
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  1. EVIDENCE USED TO CLARIFY AN ISSUE RATHER THEN TO PROVE SOMETHING
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  1. DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID.
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  1. DNA, THE GENETIC MATERIAL USED IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.
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  1. DESIGNER DRUGS
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  1. A CLASS OF ILLICIT DRUGS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO EMULATE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
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  1. DIRECT EXAMINATION
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  1. A COURTROOM PROCEDURE WHEREBY A WITNESS IS ASKED WHAT HE OR SHE KNOWS ABOUT AN ALLEGED OFFENSE AND ASKED TO GIVE A BRIEF EXPLANATION AS TO HOW HE OR SHE PERSONALLY OBSERVED OR KNEW ABOUT THE INCIDENT.
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  1. DURESS
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  1. THE IMPOSITION OF RESTRICTIONS ON PHYSICAL BEHAVIOR SUCH AS PROLONGED INTERROGATION AND DEPRIVATION OF WATER, FOOD, OR SLEEP
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  1. EMBEZZLEMENT
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  1. A LOW PROFILE CRIME CONSISTING OF EMPLOYEES WHO STEAL LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY OVER LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
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  1. EXCLUSIONARY RULE
  2. WHAT COURT CASE CREATED THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE

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  1. THE LEGAL RULE THAT EXCLUDES EVIDENCE THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN OBTAINED ILLEGALLY.
  2. MAPP VS OHIO
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  1. FLOWCHARTING
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  1. AN INFORMATIONAL TRACKING SYSTEM THAT DEMONSTRATES A CHAIN OF EVENTS OR ACTIVITIES OVER A PERIOD OF TIME
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  1. HACKER
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  1. A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER WHO EXPLORES, TESTS, AND PUSHES THE COMPUTER TO ITS LIMITS, REGARDLESS OF THE CONSEQUENCES.
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  1. INEVITABLE DISCOVERY DOCTRINE

2. WHAT COURT CASE CREATED INEVITABLE DISCOVERY.

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  1. A LEGAL DOCTRINE STATING THAT ILLEGALLY SEIZED EVIDENCE IS ADMISSIBLE IN COURT PROVIDED THAT EVENTUALLY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED .
  2. NIX VS WILLIAMS.
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  1. IDENTI KIT

2. WHO IS STILL THE BEST FOR DRAWINGS

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  1. A COMPUTER GENERATED COMPOSITE OF A SUSPECTED CRIMINAL.

2. A POLICE ARTIST.

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  1. LATENT EVIDENCE.
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  1. EVIDENCE THAT IS NOT READILY VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE.
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  1. LATENT FINGERPRINTS.
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  1. FINGERPRINTS THAT ARE NONVISIBLE UNLESS DEVELOPED THROUGH A FINGERPRINT LIFTING PROCESS.
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  1. LINK ANALYSIS
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  1. A CHARTING TECHNIQUE DESIGNED TO SHOW RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS USING A GRAPHIC VISUAL DESIGN.
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  1. MANSLAUGHTER.
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  1. THE DELIBERATE KILLING OF ANOTHER PERSON CHARACTERIZED BY EITHER VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY CLASSIFICATIONS.
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  1. MASQUERADING.
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  1. THE PROCESS OF ONE PERSON ASSUMING THE IDENTITY OF AN AUTHORIZED COMPUTER USER BY ACQUIRING THE VICTIMS ITEMS, KNOWLEDGE, OR CHARACTERISICS
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  1. MASS MURDER.

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1.. THE COMMISSION OF FOUR OR MORE MURDERS IN A SINGLE INCIDENT WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

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  1. MENS REA
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  1. LAIN TERM MEANING GUILTY MIND, OR CRIMINAL INTENT.
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  1. MONEY LAUNDERING.
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  1. A PROCESS WHEREBY ILLEGALLY EARNED CASH IS MADE TO APPEAR LEGITIMATE OR THE SOURCES OF THE CASH ARE DESGUISED.
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  1. MUNCHHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY
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  1. A CLINICAL TERM REFERRING TO WHEN A PARENT OR CARETAKER ATTEMPTS TO BRING MEDICAL ATTENTION TO HIMSELF BY INDUCING ILLNESS IN HIS OR HER CHILDREN
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  1. NISMART
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  1. NATIONAL INCIDENCE STUDIES FOR MISSING, ABDUCTED, RUNAWAY, AND THROWNAWAY CHILDREN.
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  1. OPEN FILES.
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  1. CRIMINAL INFORMATION DEVELOPED FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVENTUALLY MAKIN AN ARREST AND GAINING A CONVICTION IN A COURT OF LAW.
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  1. OVERT INFORMATION COLLECTION
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  1. A METHOD OF COLLECTING INFORMATION INVOLVING PERSONAL INTERACTION WITH INDIVIDUALS, MANY OF WHOM ARE WITNESSES TO CRIMES, VICTIMS OF CRIMES, OR THE SUSPECTS THEMSELVES
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  1. PEDOPHELIA
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  1. THE BASIS OF SECUAL MISCONDUCT WITH CHILDREN
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  1. SIR ROBERT PEEL
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  1. THE FOUNDER OF THE LONDON METROPOLITAN POLICE.
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  1. PHARMACEUTICAL DIVERSION
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  1. THE ACT OF DIVERTING CONTROLLED DRUGS FROM LEGITIMATE CHANNELS.
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  1. PHYSIOLOGICAL ADDICTION

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  1. AN ALTERATION OF NORMAL BODY FUNCTIONS THAT NECESSITATES THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF A DRUG TO PREVENT THE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME
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  1. PIGEON DROP
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  1. A COMMONY USED CONFICENCE GAME
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  1. PLAIN VIEW DOCTRINE
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  1. A LEGAL DOCTRINE WHEREBY POLICE OFFICERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONFISCATE EVIDENCE WITHOUT A WARRANT, BASED ON WHAT THEY FIND IN PLAIN VIEW AND OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION.
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  1. PLASTIC FINGERPRINTS.
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  1. A FINGERPRINT IMPRESSION LEFT WHEN A PERSON PRESSES AGAINST A PLASTIC MATERIAL SUCH AS PUTTY, WAX, OR TAR.
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  1. PLASTIC WORKERS
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  1. WHITE COLLAR CRIMINALS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH STOLEN CREDIT CARDS
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  1. POWER ASSERTIVE RAPIST.
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  1. A RAPIST WHO ATTEMPTS TO DEMONSTRATE HIS MANHOOD TO THE VICTIM THROUGH SEXUAL ASSAULT. HE IS A CONMAN
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  1. ANGER RETALIATORY RAPIST
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  1. A PERSON WHO VENTS HIS ANGER AND FRUSTRATION TOWARD THE OPPOSITE SEX BY PUNISHING THEM.
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  1. ANGER EXCITATION RAPIST
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  1. A CATEGORY OF RAPIST WHO HAS A STRONG PROPENSITY TOWARD SADISM AND IS PRONE TO SEVERLY INJURING OR MURDERING HIS VICTIM. THE WORST.
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POWER REASSURANCE RAPIST.

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  1. RAPIST WHO HASTHE PRIMARY MOTIVATION OF POWER OVER HIS VICTIM. THE MOST COMMON
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  1. PREFERENTIAL MOLESTER
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  1. A CHLD MOLESTER WHO HAS SEXUAL DESIRES FOCUSING ON CHILDREN AND TYPICALLY HAS A MORE IDENTIFIABLE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER.
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  1. PREVENTIVE RESPONSE.

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  1. PREVENTION THROUGH DETERRENCE THAT SOMETIMES ACHIEVED BY ARRESTING THE CRIMINAL AND BY AGGRESSIVE PROSECUTION
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  1. PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE
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  1. EVIDENCE ESTABLISHED BY LAW THAT PROVES A FACT IN DISPUTE
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  1. PROACTIVE RESPONSE
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  1. AN INVESTIGATIVE APPROACH TO CRIME SOLVING IN WHICH CRIMINAL ACIVITY IS INVESTIGATED BEFORE IT OCCURS.
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  1. PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE
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  1. FELLING THAT A DRUG IS NECESSARY TO ONES WELL BEING
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  1. PYRAMID SCHEME
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  1. A COMMONLY USED CONFICENCE GAME
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  1. REACTIVE RESPONSE
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  1. AN APPROACH TO CRIME SOLVING THAT ADDRESSES CRIMES THAT HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED , SUCH AS ROBBERY, MURDER, BURGLARY
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  1. REASONABLE GROUNDS
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  1. GROUNDS FOR AN ARREST THAT USUALLY DEPEND ON THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE SPECIFIC CASE
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  1. REGRESSED CHILD MOLESTER
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  1. A CHILD MOLESTER WHO VIEWS THE VICTIM AS A SUBSTITIUE FOR AN ADULT PARTNER.
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  1. RES GESTE EVIDNCE
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  1. UNPLANNED AND SPONTANEOUS STATEMENTS MADE BY PERSONS PRESENT AT A CRIME SCENE.
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  1. RISS PROJECTS
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  1. PROGRAMS OF THE FEERAL REGIONAL INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM
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  1. SEED MONEY

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  1. MONEY REQUIRED TO INITIATE AN UNDERCOVER DRUG TRANSACTION
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  1. SENSATIONAL MURDER
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  1. A SERIES OR GROUP OF MURDERS THAT AROUSE THE INTEREST OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC
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  1. SERIAL MURDER
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  1. A SEQUENCE OF MURDERS IN WHICH THERE IS A TIME BREAK BETWEEN VICTIMS OF TWO DAYS TO SEVERAL MONTHS.
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SITUATIONAL MOLESTER

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CHILD MOLESTER WHO COMMITS SUCH CRIMES BECAUSE OF ONE OF SEVERAL EXTERNAL FACTORS. THESE INCLUDE INTOXICATION, DRUG ABUSE, MOOD OR MENTAL CONDITIONS, OTHER SOCIAL CONDITIONS.

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SMURFING

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  1. WHEN MONEY LAUNDERERS GO TO DIFFERENT BANKS AND PURCHASE CASHIERS CHECKS IN DENOMINATIONS OF LESS THEN 10,000 DOLLARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF BYPASSING THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
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STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE

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INFORMATION THAT PROVIDES THE INVESTIGATOR WITH INFORMATION AS TO THE CAPABILITIES AND INTENTIONS OF TARGET SUBJECTS

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SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME

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A DIAGNOSIS MADE WHEN THERE IS NO OTHER MEDICAL EXPLANATION FOR THE ABRUPT DEATH OF AN APPARENTLY HEALTY INFANT

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TACTICAL INTELLIGENCE

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INFORMATION THAT FURNISHES THE POLICE AGENCY WITH SPECIFICS ABOUT INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY

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TERRY DOCTRINE

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A LEGAL PRINCIPLE THAT STATES THAT THE POLICE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DETAIN A PERSON EVEN WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE IF THE PERSON IS BELIEVED TO HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME

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TRACE EVIDENCE

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A MINUTE OR EVEN MICROSCOPIC FRAGMENT OF MATTER SUCH AS HAIR OR FIBER THAT IS NOT IMMEDIATELY DETECTABLE BY THE NAKED EYE

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TRIANGULATION METHOD

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A BIRDS EYE VIEW OF THE CRIME SENE USING FIXED OBJECTS FROM WHICH TO MEASURE

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TROJAN HORSE

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A CRIMINAL COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERS MONEY TO AN ILLEGAL ACCOUNT WHENEVER A LEGAL TRANSACTION IS MADE

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VISIBLE FINGERPRINTS

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A TYPE OF FINGERPRINT LEFT AT A CRIME SCENE THAT RESULTS FROM BEING ADULTERATED WITH SOME FOREIGN MATTER, SUCH AS BLOOD, FLOUR, OR OIL

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WHITE COLLAR CRIME

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A NONVIOLENT CRIME COMMITTED FOR FINANCIAL GAIN AND ACCOMPLISHED BY MEANS OF DECEPTION

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ZONE SEARCH METHOD

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A SEARCHING TECHNIQUE ALSO KNOWN AS THE QUADRANT SEARCH

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