Chapter 18 - The Investigator as a Witness and Ethical Awareness

Question 1

Criminal Investigators have a basic obligation to court and community when testifying as a witness in a criminal case: to ____ _____ _____ ____ ____ ____ _____ ___

Answer 1

to tell the truth as they have found it

Question 2

The legal significance of evidence demands a pretesting for _______

Answer 2

credibility

Question 3

The first questioning of a witness that is not within the scope of any previous examination of a witness is the _______ _______ conducted by the party calling the witness.

Answer 3

direct examination

Question 4

The key to a responsive answer , and one that will be understood by all listeners, is to ____ ____ _____ ____ ___ ________ _____.

Answer 4

use short sentences arranged in chronological order

Question 5

One survival technique for withstanding the most aggressive and belligerent cross examination is to think and rethink constantly the fact that cross examination of a witness is a _______ ______ of all defendants - an ______ ______.

Answer 5

constitutional right, absolute right

Question 6

_______ ________ is a process of a person transmitting unspoken cues that have potential meaning to one or more observers.

Answer 6

nonverbal communication

Question 7

Law enforcement ethic includes two distinguishable topics:
1.
2.

Answer 7

corruption and noncorrupt misconduct