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1
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What is criminal investigation?

A

collection of evidence/convicting a suspect

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2
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What is your jurisdiction?

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your area

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When you show up at a scene you prepare?

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notes, photographs, witnesses, sketches

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What is credible?

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trustworthy, reliable

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5
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Watch of London?

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earliest police force

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Wickersham commission?

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we stop beating people, third degree

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7
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Trends in criminal investigation? Changes?

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forensics, tech, bones, comms

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8
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What makes a good investigator?

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details, patience, curious

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9
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Treat all cases as if…..

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they are going to court

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What is the term forensic?

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Latin term meaning forum

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What are the branches of forensic science?

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forensic medicine, criminalistics

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What is criminalistics?

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analysis of physical evidence from crime scenes using scientific principles

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What is a striation?

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bullet

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14
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Best way to get a fingerprint?

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photograph and contrast

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Identification and classification process?

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1 bag of item #1

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What is associative evidence?

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evidence that can link a person to a crime scene

17
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What is toxicology?

A

determines what drugs were used

18
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When everything is trying to be brought up the same way in court?

A

across the board, standardization

18
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What are latent prints?

A

prints you can see on certain surfaces

19
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What encompasses all areas of where the crime is?

A

crime scene

20
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What should you do with a crime scene?

A

establish perimeter, properly protect the scene

21
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Crime scene provides opportunity for what?

A

locate physical evidence

22
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It’s not necessary to account for evidence from when it’s taken and all the way to court.

A

false, chain of custody

23
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When should warrant be used?

A

when entering a crime scene unless of an emergency

24
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2 types of detectives?

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specialist and generalist

25
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What is the Rogue Gallery?

A

where photographs are saved

26
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What is a mugshot?

A

pictures taken of someone who was arrested

27
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Showup?

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showing a victim a suspect at the scene of the crime and seeing if they think it is that person

28
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Interview?

A

2 people talking to each other in close proximity

29
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2 types of informants?

A

volunteer and paid

30
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What is open/surveillance?

A

not caring if you lose them or if you are seen

31
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What is a pen register?

A

log calls made, live and historical version of all phone calls

32
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Specific acts taken together that compose a crime are?

A

elements

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