Ch 12

Question 1

Arson

Answer 1

the fire need not in fact consume, for a charring is usually sufficient.

Question 2

Aggravated arson

Answer 2

Aggravation occurs when explosives are used to injure or harm people or property or, if at the time of fire or explosion, a person other than the arsonist is within or upon the structure damaged.

A fire initially may be classified as suspicious when its pattern suggests more than one place of origin,

Question 3

Fire trailers

Answer 3

The trailer may be nothing more than a rope or a ropelike string of toilet paper, newspaper, or rags soaked in fire accelerant.

Question 4

Fire color

Answer 4

The color and volume of flames and smoke: natural materials such as wood and grass typically produce white smoke

petroleum-based products produce black smoke

Question 5

Arson

Answer 5

1. Who would want or benefit from the fire?
2. Who would have the opportunity to set the fire?

Question 6

Arson

Answer 6

5. Suspicious vehicles a. At fire scene b. Usually parked at fire scene but not present now c. At fire scene but departed before arrival of investigators

Question 7

Bombings and tagging

Answer 7

An explosives tagging program developed at the federal level involves the addition of coded microparticles or taggants to explosives during their manufacture. The taggants survive detonation, can be recovered at the bombing scene, and can be decoded by crime laboratory examination to show where and when the explosives were made.