Criminal Inv-Chapter 11, Arson,Bombings and Hate Crimes

Question 1

fires set by arsonists and explosives placed to damage property and ill or inflict injury on people are

Answer 1

crimes against both person and property

Question 2

who defined arson as the malicious and willful burning of the house or outhouse of another man

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18 century British jurist Sir William Blackstone, in his Commentaries on the Laws of England

Question 3

corpus delicti in arson case requires

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burning be the result of a criminal agency

that there be actual burning, a consuming type fire

Question 4

Facts that must be proved in any prosecution for arson are

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1. Fire occured- a burning, a charring
2. burning was not accidental; result of criminal agency
3. person who appears as a defendant in court in an arson case is identified as the person who set the fire or caused it

Question 5

aggravated arson

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explosives are used

people are present at the site or are placed in danger

Question 6

FBI uniform crime report on arson in 2008

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62,807 arson cases in US
43.4 % Involving structures
28.9% mobile property
27.7% other types property; crops,timber,fences
average dollar loss $16,000
24.1 per every one hundred thousand inhibitants

Question 7

suspicious fire concept

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1. seek evidence to prove the fire was natural or accidental
2. seek evidence to eliminate all possible caused except incendiarism. (evaluate possibilites ofperson smoking in bed, spontaneous compbustions, electrical storms, space heater
3. seek evidence that prove fire was incendiary origin

Question 8

rational motivation fire

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based on hate, profit, desire to conceal a crime

Question 9

irrationally motivated fires

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are pathological fire setters

Question 10

hate fires

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are set because of some dispute.
They have emotional problems.
Religious, racial and political disputes may be involved. The identity of the arsonists or incendiary is not as apparent in these disputes, suspects may be identified in the opposition group involved in the dispute.

Question 11

these fire setters are not difficult to expose once hate as been eliminated as motivation.

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for -profit fire setters- inquiry about company insuring building and contents, insurance and record of policyholder.

Question 12

pyromania

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obsessional impulse to set fires or a preference for arson as an instrument of damage

Question 13

pyromaniacs

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“firebugs”, who terrorize entire neighborhoods by setting fires.

Question 14

pathological fire setter

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does not have any relationship with victim or place of burning.

Question 15

a “pyro” fore is similiar to a “psycho” murder case in this respect

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empty

Question 16

in terms of ignitablility, rate of heat release

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combustibility

Question 17

rapid development of the fire that occurs when volume of active fire becomes a significant portion of room volume.

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flashover- uninvolved combustibles in a a room suddenly ignite.

Question 18

factors that influence fire patterns in outdoor fires are

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wind and terrain

Question 19

major difference between an accidential fire and an incendiary fire is

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accidental fires frequently burn themselves out becuase of lack of proper ventilation or combustible material

Question 20

fire-boosting material

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or called the plant

Question 21

where a fire was ignited is classified as the

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place of origin

Question 22

often used to spead fires from point of ignition

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trailers- can be considered a secondary incendiary device. carrying fire from original place of ignition to other parts of room or building

Question 23

an examination and search by firefighters for hidden flames

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overhauling

Question 24

passive headspace concentration method

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popular method for seperating flammable and combustible liquid residues from fire debris

Question 25

tagging

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addition of coded microparticles or taggants to explosives during their manufacture. taggants survive detonation, can be recovered and decoded`

Question 26

when arson cases are prosecuted, these factors are important

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motive and opportunity factors

Question 27

Best-case scenario in arson investigation is when the investigator arrives at fire scene while ________

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fire is still in progress. Investigator can interview on-scene witnesses and observe fire.

Question 28

natural materials such as wood and grass typically produce what color? and petroleum-based products have ___?

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white smoke and petroleum is black smoke

Question 29

Reconstruction of a fire scene requires the investigator to secure data on, three things?

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how fire started
how it burned
whether it was accelerated

Question 30

Primary concern with the pattern of a fire:

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how it was ignited
point of origin
source and direction of its burning

Question 31

detectors of flammable vapors, “sniffers”. operates on the _____ ____ principle

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catalytic combustion

Question 32

_________ _______ support the work of fire scene searches by recovering flammable fluids from fire rubble, (wood, cloth and paper)

Answer 32

solvent-extraction devices

Question 33

In photographs of fire scene, what is particular important in revealing any ignition device and use of a fire set with trailers and accelerants

Answer 33

close up photography