CHAPTER O Flashcards
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- The misunderstanding of arson can be attributed to what factors
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- Lack of public educating concerning arson.
- A reluctance for prosecutors to file arson cases that rely on circumstantial evidence.
- Quick payments on fire loses.
- A lack of adequate training for investigators.
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- What is the height cost crime on a per basis incident.
2. What does the majority of arsonists involve.
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- Arson
2. The burning of a structure
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- What happens at arson scenes
2. Why is arson difficult to establish.
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- The crime scene aren’t recognized and much evidence is destroyed
- No witnesses.
- Physical evidence is difficult to locate
- Valuable evidence is destroyed in the blaze.
- If the crime is executed properly. It is difficult to determine the point of origin.
- Often the victim of the fire is the one who set it
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- What are the two categories of arson
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- Aggravated arson.
2. Simple arson
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Aggravated arson.
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Deliberate burning of property while creating an imminent danger to human life or risking great bodily harm
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Simple arson
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A lesser offense. Is the burning of property. That does not result in such a risk to human life.
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- What is the role of the fire department while investigating an arson
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- To determine cause and origin
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- Who are the majority of firemen
2. What are they trained in and not trained in
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- Volunteer
2. They are trained in suppressing fires. Not investigating them
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- When is a suspicious fire usually discovered.
- What is the fire departments role at that point 3
- What does the fire Dept NOT investigate.
- Why not
- When the arson becomes a question of who committed the crime who handles it
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- While it’s being extinguished.
- Extinguish the fire
- Investigate the origin of the fire
- Detect the possibility of arson.
- The arson.
- The fire department does not have legal authority to investigate arson fires. Just assist in it.
- The police.
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- What is the investigator role when investigating an arson
- What is the goal of the investigator
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- The police investigator has a stationary role.
- Identity the perp
- And secure evidence to prosecute
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- What is the key for an investigator to do while investigating an arson
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- To connect the suspect with the crime scene. Regardless of motive
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- What is the first step in an arson investigation.
2. Why is this important
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- To determine the point of origin.
2. Because it rules out natural or accidental causes
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- Where is most of the crucial evidence located at an arson scene
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- At the point of origin.
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- What can tell if a fire was set intentionally
2. What is accelerant
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- By finding an accelerant
2. A chemical which causes the fire to burn hotter snd and spread more quickly making it difficult to extinguish
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- What are the most common types of accelerant 4.
2. What are two ways to discover accelerant in an arson
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- Gasoline.
- Kerosene
- Turpentine
- Diesel fuel.
- Sniffer dog
2 and the headspace gas chromatography
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- What should be taken at the scene of an arson.
- Why.
- What should be focused on
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- Photographs.
- To record of the condition of the scene
- Rags
- Large amounts of paper.
- Cans.
- Empty receptacles.
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- Identifying plants and trailers can provide clues. What are plants
- What are trailers
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- Plants.- preparations used to set the fire. These include newspapers , rags, and other flammable waste materials.
- Trailers. - materials used in spreading the fire. These include gunpowder , rags soaked in flammable liquid, and flammable liquid such as gasoline , kerosene and alcohol.
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- What 4 things also may help indicate the fire is suspicious.
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- Flames.
- Smoke.
- Size of fire
- Odors.
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- How does flame color help
- How does color of smoke help
- How does size of flame help
- How do odors help
- What should investigators use at an arson scene
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- If flame that is a blue - orange flame represents burning alcohol.
- Black smoke indicated the material is made with petroleum base.
White smoke indicates vegetable matter is burning, such as hay or straw. - Structures engulfed in flames in a short time may indicate arson
Flames of natural origin burn in definable patterns.
So fires burning quickly or in an odd direction will indicate an accelerant. - Orders of gasoline , kerosene, and alcohol should be noted.
- Their OLFACTORY SENSES.
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- What are motives for arson
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- Profit.
- Revenge.
- Vandalism.
- Crime concealment
- Pyromania
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- What is the most common motive for arson
- Who commits the most arson for vandalisms
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- Profit
2. Juveniles
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- What is pyromania
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- A person who is a compulsive fire starer. And gains sexual stimulation by starting and viewing fires
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- What can compulsive fire setting be classified as. 3
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- Mass arsonist.
- Spree arsonist.
- Serial arsonist
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- Mass arsonist.
- Spree arsonist.
- Serial arsonist
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- Sets 3 or more fires at the same location
- Sets fires at three or more separate locations , with no cooling off period.
- Sets three or more separate fires with a definate fooling off period in between them.
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Characteristics of a fire setter.
- Age.
- Sex
- Race
- Intelligence
- Academic performance
- Rearing environment
- Social relationships
- Sexual disturbance
- Motive
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- 17 years old
- Male.
- White.
- Mentally deficient
- Come from unstable environments with lower socioeconomic groups.
- Experience difficulty in relationships
- Usually sexually perverted. Fire serves as sexual gratification
- Revenge
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- What is the fire triangle
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- The three components that make up a fire. Heat , fuel , and oxygen.
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- Who are the most serious international threat to the United States
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- The Sunni Islamic extremists.
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- What is the easiest bomb to construct.
- What is it made from.
- What are bombs often made from
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- The pipe bomb.
- Packed with screws and nails.
- Common household items regularly found under the sink or in a garage
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- When searching for a bomb. What should investigators look for
- How are most bomb threats relayed
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- Anything that looks unusual
2. Though telephone calls to the target
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- Why do bombers communicate a bomb threat. 2 reasons
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- The caller wants to create an atmosphere or anxiety and panic
Or. - The caller has knowledge of the bomb and wants to minimize personal injury or property demage
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- What provides the best information about a bomb.
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- The bomb threat caller
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- If a bomb is found. What should be placed in top of it.
- What should not be
- What is a safe clear zone from a bomb
- What should be done in the room of the bomb
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- Mattresses and sandbags.
- Never metal.
- 300 feet
- Open all doors and windows then evacuate
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- What is the defination of terrorism
- How does the FEDERAL FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT DEFINE TERRORISM
- Regardless of the defination terrorism is what 2
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- There is no single defination
- Premeditated.
- Politically motivated
- Violent
- Committed against noncombatant targets
- Politically and emotionally charged
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- What is the only general characteristic of terrorism
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- Violence
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- Domestic terrorism
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- The unlawful use or threatened use of force by a group of individual , based and operating entirely within the United States without foreign direction, committed against persons , property to intimidate or coerce a government , the civilians , or any segment thereof, in furtherance of social political objectives
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- International terrorism.
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- Violent acts or acts that are s danger to human life they are a violation of the criminal law of the United States or any or other state or that would be a criminal violation of committed within the jurisdiction of the US.
