Crime Unknown Words

Question 1

white collar crime

Answer 1

financially motivated non-violent crime committed by business/government professionals

Question 2

narcotic

Answer 2

associated with illicit drugs

Question 3

(science of) pharmacology

Answer 3

the study of drugs and their harmful and beneficial effects on living things

Question 4

toxicology

Answer 4

part of the science of pharmacology

Question 5

half-life (for drugs)

Answer 5

time it takes for the concentration of a drug to drop to half

Question 6

metabolite

Answer 6

liver has the ability to change a drug into a different substance

Question 7

synergism

Answer 7

magnified effects from a combination of drugs-synergism is:- the total effect is greater than the sum of the individual effects

Question 8

perpetrator

Answer 8

person who commits a crime

Question 9

hot search

Answer 9

if a perpetrator of a crime is in the area a ‘hot search’ will take place

Question 10

cold search

Answer 10

After investigating the scene of a crime searching for evidence, witnesses and suspects takes place (ie cold search)

Question 11

trier of fact

Answer 11

judge or jury

Question 12

expert witness

Answer 12

someone with specialized knowledge

Question 13

confirmational bias

Answer 13

the tendency to interpret evidence in a way that supports one’s preconceptions to creep in