Criminal investigation

Question 1

Responsibilities of the Investigator

Answer 1

1. Determine is crime has been committed
2. In jurisdiction
   3.Discover all facts pertaining to the complaint
   a Gather and preserve physical evidence
   b Develop and follow up all clues
3. Recover stolen property
4. LOCATE AND ARREST THE PERPETRATOR
5. Aid in prosecuting the offender by providing evidence
6. Testify effectively as a witness

Question 2

Identification

Answer 2

The classification process by which an entity is placed in a pre-defined limited or restricted class

Question 3

Individual characteristics

Answer 3

The details that uniquely characterize the entity in a class by itself to establish an identity

Question 4

Toxicology

Answer 4

The study of poisons their origins and their Properties

Question 5

The “steps” in the DNA staircase are composed of four nitrogen’s;

Answer 5

Adendine
Guanine
Cytosine
Thymine

Question 6

Res Gestae

Answer 6

Record of what is said by the suspect, complaint or witness in the first moments of the investigation. Is admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule

Question 7

Nonverbal communications

Answer 7

KINESICS
Paralinguistics
Proxemics

Question 8

Behavioral analysis interview (BAI)

Answer 8

Verbal channel
Non verbal channel
Paralinguistic channel

Question 9

Eye witness evidence

Answer 9

Observing and recalling through memory

Question 10

Information retrieval

Answer 10

Two kinds of remembering are of interest to a detective

Recall
Recognition

Question 11

Memory retrieval

Answer 11

1. Memory event similarity
2. Focused retrieval
3. Extensive Retrieval
4. Witness Compatible questioning

Question 12

Entrapment

Answer 12

Law-enforcement leads or persuades an innocent person into committing a crime

Question 13

Two most compelling forms of evidence for a jury

Answer 13

A signed compassion

Identification of defendant by an eyewitness

Question 14

Determining motive: 3 sources of information

Answer 14

1. Crime Scene
2. People
3. Records

Question 15

Psychological profiling

Answer 15

And informed effort to estimate what kind of person could have committed the crime

Question 16

Two types of Associate Evidence

Answer 16

1 Evidence brought two and left at the scene

2. Evidence taken from the scene

Question 17

Three sources to solve homicides

Answer 17

1. People
2. Physical evidence
3. Records

Question 18

Robbery

Answer 18

Taking property from a person by the use of force and or fear of force

Question 19

Which season of the year our burglaries most often to occur

Answer 19

Summer

Question 20

Identity theft

Answer 20

One of the fastest growing crimes in America

Question 21

The Daubert Test

Answer 21

Grounded in knowledge
Have a valid scientific connection
Be supported in scientific journal publications

Question 22

What are the legal elements of computer fraud

Answer 22

Use of a computer or computer network
Without authority and
With the intent to obtain property or services by false pretenses ; embezzle or commit larceny; or convert the property of another