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Chapter 6 - Basic Investigative Leads and Informants Flashcards

1
Q

_____ and ______ are broad areas of investigation basic to any crime

A

motive and opportunity

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2
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The choice of a particular crime to commit and the selection of a method of committing it it the ______ _______

A

modus operandi

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3
Q

In cases of known identity, the objective is to _______ the story of the ______

A

corroborate, eyewitness

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4
Q

_______ information often confirm suspicions against a person as a prime suspect by associating him with the crime scene or victim.

A

passive

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5
Q

________ information leads to the establishment of a group of suspects.

A

active

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6
Q

in homicide cases _____ or _______ is s standard avenue of inquiry.

A

jealousy, elimination

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7
Q

What type of contact is considered to be an aggressive police patrol tactic?

A

field contact

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8
Q

There is no better clue to the identity of a criminal than the identification of a _______

A

vehicle

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9
Q

A modus operandi file has three major capabilities ________, ________ and _________

A

identifying a perpetrator, linking an unknown perpetrator and storing data on unsolved crimes according to MO

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10
Q

NCIC was created in what year?

A

1967

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11
Q

How many inquiries does NCIC handle a day?

A

2.5 million

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12
Q

The ____ _____ ____ ____ ___ is a nationwide database deploying ballistic imagine equipment.

A

National Integrated Ballistics Information Network

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13
Q

Who maintains the NIBIN?

A

ATF

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14
Q

Congress passed the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act in what year?

A

1994

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15
Q

Sex offenders must register for a period of at least __ years with some states requiring _______ _______ for all or some offenses.

A

10, lifetime registration

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16
Q

The Amber Alert System was designed to combat what type of predators?

A

sexual

17
Q

What system consists of several hundred plastic slides containing photo reproductions of one small portion of a human face?

A

Identi-Kit

18
Q

What are the six types of linkage between persons engaged in criminal activity?

A

neighborhood friendships, juvenile hall/prison, family, coethnic, buyer-seller, lovers

19
Q

_____ ______ participate directly in gathering sufficient evidence to warrant an arrest.

A

participant informant

20
Q

A basic lead informant are not basic leads but rather a mean through which basic leads are formed.
Tru or False

A

True

21
Q

A ______ ______ is a person who is liable to prosecution for the identical offense charged against the defendant or defendants in a pending trial.

A

accomplice witness

22
Q

______ is observation of people and places by investigators to develop investigative leads.

A

surveillance

23
Q

______ ______ is nothing more than keeping watch on a particular suspect, vehicle or place.

A

visual surveillance

24
Q

Binoculars permit observation from a distance of ____ to ____ city blocks

A

2, 3

25
Q

A twenty power telescope of good for observation from a distance of ____ to ______ city blocks.

A

10, 15

26
Q

Is the tracking of a vehicle using a GPS considered a search and violation of the 4th amendment?

A

yes

27
Q

Collecting information on the activities of a suspect, the persons in contact with him or her and the places frequented is the object of what?

A

surveillance

28
Q

Consensual electronic surveillance is also known as ________ ________

A

participant monitoring

29
Q

_______ _______ techniques are based on the capability of certain fluorescent preparations to stain a person’s hands or clothing upon contact and thus to offer observable proof of a connection between the stained person and the object under surveillance.

A

contact surveillance

30
Q

Tracer preparations are usually in the _______ spectrum and become visible only under ________ light.

A

ultraviolet, ultraviolet

31
Q

________ is the secret or clandestine collecting and evaluating of information about a crime and criminal not normally available to investigators through overt sources.

A

intelligence

32
Q

What are the six stages of the police intelligence process.?

A

needs, collection, evaluation/collation, analysis-interpretation, dissemination, reevaluation

33
Q

What are the three types of lineups?

A

field, photographic and physical

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