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CHAPTER D Flashcards

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  1. What does the general chemistry subunit do

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  1. Identifies dyed and chemicals used in bank security.
  2. Analyses controlled substances.
  3. Compares stains or markings with suspected sources.
  4. Conducts analyzes on questioned ink.
  5. Analyzes chemical analysis on unknown solids and liquids.
  6. Performs pharmaceutical identification
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  1. A crime laboratorys chemistry section is divided into subunits. What are those 3 subunits.

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  1. General chemistry subunit.
  2. Toxicology subunit.
  3. Parts and polymers subunit.
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  1. What does the toxicology subunit do

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  1. Conducts analysis of drugs or poisons in food and biological specimens.
  2. Investigates claims of product tampering.
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  1. What does the paints and polymers subunit do 5

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  1. Analyze paint chips
  2. Analyzes paint on cars to determine make model and year
  3. Compared plastics.
  4. Analyzes tape
  5. Analyzes caulks , seekers , and adhesives
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  1. What is the POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION TECHNIQUE

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  1. Process in which DNA strips can be rapidly reproduced fit scientific analysis
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  1. What sections are usually included in a crime laboratory. 7

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  1. Trace evidence.
  2. Questioned documents.
  3. Forensic chemistry unit.
  4. DNA analysis.
  5. Ballistics.
  6. Latent prints.
  7. Forensic photography.
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  1. What are the 3 main types of fingerprints.
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  1. Latent fingerprints.
  2. Plastic fingerprints.
  3. Visible fingerprints.
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  1. What are latent fingerprints. When do they occur
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  1. They occur when an entire pattern of whorls on the finger , which contain small amount of grease, oil, perspiration, or dirt, is transferred to an object when it is touched.
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  1. What is a plastic fingerprint
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  1. It results when a finger pressed against plastic material and leaves a negative impression of friction ridges.
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  1. What is a visible fingerprint.
  2. What is it also called

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  1. A print that has been adulterated with foreign matter.

2. Also called s dust print

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  1. What are the 3 general groups of fingerprint patterns.

2. Those three patterns can be divided into smaller patterns what are the 7 smaller patterns between the same groups.

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  1. A. Arches.
    B. Loops.
    C. Whorls.
2. 
     A. Arch loop. 
     B. Whorl. 
     C. Plain radial. 
     D. Plain tented.
     E. Ulnar. 
     F. Accidental double. 
     G. Central pocket.
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  1. What are the 6 ways a fingerprint can be developed.
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     A. Powders. 
     B. Iodine. 
     C. Ninhydrin. 
     D. Silver nitrate. 
     E. Superglue fuming 
     F. Lasers.
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  1. What does amino black protein do.
  2. What is amino black protein
  3. How is it used for fingerprinting
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  1. It’s used in biochemical research to stain for total protein on transferred membrane blots.
  2. An amino acid staining diazo dye.
  3. It detects blood present with fingerprints by staining the proteins in blood a blue black color.
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  1. What is AFIS. - automated fingerprint identification system.
  2. Who was it developed and maintained by.
  3. What type of fingerprint system is AFIS
  4. What can AFIS determine.
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  1. A fingerprint system.
  2. The FBI.
  3. It’s s 10 print system for searching fingerprints.
  4. It can determine is a person has a prior arrest record. And then maintains a criminal arrest record history
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  1. What 5 functions can AFIS do.
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  1. Enhance image quality of a print.
  2. Compare a 10 print resort to the criminal fingerprint repository.
  3. Search for prints when no suspect exists.
  4. Automatic searches of new arrest prints against unsolved prints
  5. Create files of print records to support major cases
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  1. Who first discovered using fingerprints.
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  1. William Herschel
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  1. What should be done with clearly visible fingerprints. Before they are attempted to be developed.
  2. What should be done with wet fingerprints. Prior to attempting to be developed.
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  1. They should be photographed.

2. They should be allowed to dry first.

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  1. What should u use to develop a fingerprint which is unseen
  2. How.
  3. What kind of powder should be used
  4. What two powder colors are usually the best for developing a print
  5. What surface should Gray powder be used for.
  6. What surface should black powder he used for
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  1. Use powder.
  2. The powder is lightly brushed over the print area so it will adhere to the oils of on the surface and develop a print pattern.
  3. The powder should contrast with the color of the surface of the print.
  4. A. Black
    B. Gray.
  5. Gray for dark Backgrounds.
  6. Black for light backgrounds.
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  1. What 4 types of brush should be used for developing prints.
  2. What is a manga brush
  3. How do beginners usually mess up fingerprinting.
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  1. A small camel hair brush.
  2. A Nylon brush.
  3. A fiberglass brush.
  4. A manga brush.
  5. A magnetic brush that uses magnetic powder.
  6. By using too much powder. And too little brushing.
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  1. What 2 surfaces do investigators use fluorescent powders on
  2. What are the 2 forms of fluorescent powders
  3. What is done before the powders are used

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  1. A. Currency.
    B. Documents.
  2. A. Powder.
    B. Aerosol
  3. An ultraviolet examines the first to display any prints.
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  1. What is iodnine for fingerprinting.
  2. What is a negative of it.
  3. What surfaces if iodine best used for
  4. What is a benefit
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  1. It attacks the object and changes its color.
  2. It fades quickly after process stops.
  3. Wood and paper.
  4. It shows multiple prints at the same time
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  1. How does ninhydrin develop prints
  2. What are the two solutions used for ninhydrin.
  3. How can the ninhydrin be applied 3 ways.
  4. What the preferred way
  5. How long before the print will develop
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  1. By using amino acids present in perspiration.
  2. Powder and aerosol
  3. A. Spraying.
    B. Dipping.
    C. Brushing.
  4. Spraying
  5. Between 1 and 24 hours
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  1. How does silver nitrate develop prints

2. After the solution and print dry. How is the print discovered.

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  1. It causes a reaction of sodium chloride present in perspiration.
  2. By putting it in sunlight
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  1. How does superglue fuming develop prints.

2. What 8 surfaces is superglue best used for

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  1. Fumes from superglue adhere to the friction ridges and then harden developing the print. Place glue in an airtight container.
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     A. Plastic bags. 
     B. Mets foil.  
     C. Waxed paper.  
     D. Lacquered wood. 
     E. Leather. 
     F. All hard surfaces. 
     G. Fruit. 
     H. Vegetables.  
     I. Dinner rolls.
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  1. How do lasers detect prints.
  2. What 3 lasers are used.
  3. What two methods of developing prints can be used to detect prints that age is of no importance.
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  1. By using laser technology.
  2. A. Argon ion laser.
    b. Copper vapor laser.
    E. Neodymium laser YAG.
  3. A. Ninhydrin
    B. Laser
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  1. What is IAFIS. - integrated automated fingerprint identification system
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  1. A national fingerprint and criminal history database maintained by the FBI.
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  1. What is DNA

2. What 5 elements does DNA consist of.

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  1. A genetic blueprint of an organism.
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     A. Carbon. 
     B. Hydrogen. 
     C. Oxygen. 
     D. Nitrogen. 
     E. Phosphorus.
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  1. What two standards are used to govern the admissibility of scientific evidence in court.
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  1. A. The relevancy test.
    B. The Frye test.
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  1. What is the relevancy test.
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  1. Permits the admission of relevant evidence that is helpful to the trier of fact.
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  1. What is the Frye test.

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  1. Courts accept evidence based on scientific techniques only when the technique has gained general acceptance in the scientific community.
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  1. What is the DAUBERT STANDARD.

2. What must the testimony be for the DAUBERT standard to be met

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  1. A legal precedent regarding the admissibility of expert witness testimony during federal legal prefer dings.
  2. It just be relevant and reliable
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  1. What two fields just handwriting experts be knowledgable about
  2. What are questioned documents.
  3. What two things are needed for questioned documents for handwriting analysis to be compared
  4. What are the two types of exemplars.
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  1. A. Photography
    B. Microscopy.
  2. Any object containing markings.
  3. A. The suspected document.
    B. And a sample / exemplar.
  4. A. The requested
    B. The collected.
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  1. Requesting a suspect to write s sample for analysis or comparison does not violate what ammendnent
  2. A suspect cannot refuse.
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  1. The 5th ammendnent. ( self incrimination ).

2. True.

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  1. What is a facial composite.

2. What 5 ways can a facial composite help law enforcement

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  1. When a witness provides a description to a police artist.
  2. A. The citizen recognizing the face as an acquaintance.
    B. Identifying the suspect in a wanted poster
    C. Additional evidence against the suspect.
    D. Assisting the investigation in checking leads.
    E. Warning the public against serial offenders.
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  1. What does the FBI say is shill his best way to do a facial composite.
  2. What is the most commonly used software among police to do a facial composite.
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  1. Through a hand drawing.

2. Faces

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  1. What are the 3 types of profiling.
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  1. A. Criminal investigative analysis / personality profiling.
    B. Investigative psychology
    C. Geographic profiling.
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  1. What 2 ways is criminal investigative / personality profiling accomplished.
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  1. A. It’s accomplished by identifying the psychological and social characteristics surrounding the crime
    B. as well as the manner in which it was committed.
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  1. How is investigative psychology accomplished.
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  1. A. By bringing together the retrieval of investigative information
    B. And draws inferences as far as the ways that policing decision making can be supported through scientific research
  2. Technique realized that hate, passion, fear, and confusion may all have certain indicators somewhere at the scene
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  1. How is geographic profiling accomplished
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  1. It analyzes the locations of a connected series of crimes to determine where the offender most likely lives
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  1. What is profiling In a criminal investigation based on the notion of

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  1. Motion that crime is directly or indirectly based in the personality of the person committing it
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  1. What 6 pieces of information does the profiling technique require
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  1. A. Photographs of the extent and deph of wounds.
    B. Neighborhood information.
    C. Medical examiners report.
    D. Map of the victims travel before death.
    E. Complete investigation report of the incident
    F. Background of the victim.
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  1. What is the psychological profiling technique.
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  1. Technique realized that hate, passion, fear, and confusion may all have certain indicators somewhere at the scene
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  1. What are the 3 main goals of profiling.
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  1. A. To provide law enforcement with a social and psychological assessment of the offender.
    B. Provide law enforcement a psychological evaluation of belongings found in the offenders possession.
    C. Give suggestions and strategies for the interview process.
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  1. What is case linkage.

2. How is this done.

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  1. The process of determining if there are discrete connections between two or more previously unrelated cases.
  2. Through crime scene analysis.
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  1. What 4 factors contribute to witness misidentification.
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  1. A. Human perception tends to be inaccurate. Especially under stress.
    B. A witness may be easily influenced by suggestions conveyed to him during the process.
    C. Police may provide suggestive words or conduct.
    D. Police may make actions that cause erroneous identification
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  1. What is the single greatest cause for wrongful convictions nationwide.
  2. What percent were overturned by DNA testing
  3. What can’t police be during the identification process
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  1. Eyewitness misidentification
  2. Over 75 percent.
  3. Subjective
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  1. What 6 factors will the court consider for the totality of circumstances for identification
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  1. A. The opportunity of the witness to view the criminal at the time of the crime
    B. The witness’s degree of attention.
    C. The accuracy of the witnesses prior description of the criminal.
    D. The level of certainty demonstrated by the witness at the confrontation.
    E. The length of time between the crime and confrontation.
    F. Weather the witness was a casual observer or victim.
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  1. What is the purpose of a police lineup
  2. How many people age generally in a live lineup
  3. How many in a photo lineup
  4. What are the 2 most common types of lineups.
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  1. To identity a suspect.
  2. 5 or 6 people total.
  3. 6 or more total.
  4. A. Simultaneous lineup.
    B. Sequential lineup.
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  1. What is a simultaneous lineup.
  2. What is a sequential lineup
  3. Which lineup is used most by departments
  4. What 2 things can the lineup administrator me.
  5. What is the double blind
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  1. Eyewitnesses view all the people or photos at the same time.
  2. Eyewitnesses view all the people or photos one at a time.
  3. The simultaneous lineup
  4. A. Blind.
    B. Non blind.
  5. Neither the victim or investigator know the identity of the suspect
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  1. What do victims tend to use in a simultaneous lineup

2. What do victims tend to use in a sequential lineup

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  1. Relative judgement. - they compare and pick the closest one
  2. Absolute judgement

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