criminal investigation 1 Flashcards
What is criminal investigation?
collection of evidence/convicting a suspect
What is your jurisdiction?
your area
When you show up at a scene you prepare?
notes, photographs, witnesses, sketches
What is credible?
trustworthy, reliable
Watch of London?
earliest police force
Wickersham commission?
we stop beating people, third degree
Trends in criminal investigation? Changes?
forensics, tech, bones, comms
What makes a good investigator?
details, patience, curious
Treat all cases as if…..
they are going to court
What is the term forensic?
Latin term meaning forum
What are the branches of forensic science?
forensic medicine, criminalistics
What is criminalistics?
analysis of physical evidence from crime scenes using scientific principles
What is a striation?
bullet
Best way to get a fingerprint?
photograph and contrast
Identification and classification process?
1 bag of item #1
What is associative evidence?
evidence that can link a person to a crime scene
What is toxicology?
determines what drugs were used
When everything is trying to be brought up the same way in court?
across the board, standardization
What are latent prints?
prints you can see on certain surfaces
What encompasses all areas of where the crime is?
crime scene
What should you do with a crime scene?
establish perimeter, properly protect the scene
Crime scene provides opportunity for what?
locate physical evidence
It’s not necessary to account for evidence from when it’s taken and all the way to court.
false, chain of custody
When should warrant be used?
when entering a crime scene unless of an emergency
2 types of detectives?
specialist and generalist
What is the Rogue Gallery?
where photographs are saved
What is a mugshot?
pictures taken of someone who was arrested
Showup?
showing a victim a suspect at the scene of the crime and seeing if they think it is that person
Interview?
2 people talking to each other in close proximity
2 types of informants?
volunteer and paid
What is open/surveillance?
not caring if you lose them or if you are seen
What is a pen register?
log calls made, live and historical version of all phone calls
Specific acts taken together that compose a crime are?
elements
