Criminal Investigation - Test 2 Flashcards
What chapter of the ccp covers the “sex offender registration program”?
CHAPTER 62
Ccp 62.02 - the person shall satisfy the requirements of this subjection not later than the _____ day after the person’s arrival in the municipality or county
Seventh
What are four methods of gaining sexual access to a person?-
Consent, Pressure, Force, Drug-facilitated sexual assault.
The officer’s ____ has a significant bearing on the victims ability to deal with crime and assist law enforcement
attitude.
Dating violence should be treated as?
Forcible rape.
Summarize sexual assaults in 4 bullets.-
Sexual assaults are acts of violence-The perps purpose is to exercise power over victim-Force or threat of the use of force-Incapacity of victim to consent.
What are four types of rapist / sex offenders?
Opportunistic rapist, Sadistic rapist, Anger rapist, Power rapist
-Takes advantage of situation-Has been drinking / doing drugs-Uses minimal force / threat-Not a repeat offender
opportunistic rapist.
Assaults involves torture, is preplanned, and extended in duration
sadistic rapist
Wants to punish, degrade, assert masculinity-Assault is short and random-Victim is usually strange
anger rapist
Wants to prove masculinity-Date rape / specific victim-Victim is specific target-Assaults are premeditated
power rapist-
What are the two types of pedophiles?
Situational and preferential child molesters.
Usually they do not have sexual interest in children but will experiment with them.
Situation pedophile.
Usually they prefer children as the providers of personal and sexual ratification.
Preferential child molesters.
In many cases the victim knows the assailant. T/F
True
Children reaction to violence.
Fear, Shock, Bed-wetting, Low self-esteem, Confused
Typical characteristics of abusive parents.
Seem unconcerned about kids-Attempt to conceal injury
-Expect kids to fill emotional needs-Emotionally immature-May abuse drugs / alcohol-May have chaotic home life-Note: they do not enjoy the abuse
What is typical of a mother whose child is victim of family sexual abuse?
-Aware but denies it-Hesitates to report for fear of destroying family or being left on her own-May see sexual activity within family PREFERABLE
Three major types of elder abuse.
Neglect, abuse, and exploitation
A criminal offense against a person or property which is motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender’s bias against race, religion, ethnic/national origin group, or sexual orientation group.
Hate crime.
Care for injured persons, protect the integrity of the crime scene, obtain names, addresses of both victims and witnesses, and prepare preliminary report.
Homicide.
Care for injured, record injuries, process scene, determine type of dispute, identify weapon or weapons, interview participants and witnesses.
Assaults.
Aid the victim, preserve evidence, document injuries, interview witnesses, process scene, identify suspect.
Sexual Assaults
Reconstruct the event or events, determine if a crime has been committed, identify person or persons responsible, take appropriate action to protect child.
Child abuse and exploitation.
A postmortem examination of the body of a person, including X-rays and examination of the internal organs and structures after dissection, to determine the cause of death or nature of any pathological changes that may have contributed to the death.
Autopsy.
The ___________ usually provides the investigator with the following data: time of death, nature of the injuries, chronic illness, the weapon used to cause the death, whether the body was moved after death, etc.
autopsy report.
Dark blue discoloration. May provide clues whether body was moved after death.
Post mortem lividity.
muscle stiffness that in general starts 5-6 hours after death
Rigor mortis.
What is the normal body temperature?
98.6 F.
The decomposition of the body tissues.
Putrefaction.
When there is severe injury to the central nervous system or when there was great tension at the time of death, sometimes stiffening occurs immediately.
Cadaveric Spasm.
May still be used in some jurisdictions for the detection of fingerprints and examination of questioned documents.
Laser examination.
It is useful in examining blood stains, hair roots, semen, vaginal fluid.
DNA fingerprinting.
A chemical method of detecting latent blood.
Luminal.
What is the first step an officer must take when conducting a crime scene search?
Determine is a search warrant is require.
What are the 6 different types of crime scene searches
Point-to-point, strip search, quadrant (sector) search, circular (spiral / concentric) search, area search,aerial search
This method can be used as a prelimnary step in evaluating the scene.
Point-to-point search.
This method, in both the double and single form, is among the most effective for outside searches.
Strip search.
This type of search is effective for indoor and outdoor scene that have regular patterns or defined borders.
Quadrant (or Sector) Search.
This type of search is useful when an item is missing from the center and the search must be conducted rapidly.
Circular search.
This search uses any techniques which will be effective in examining specific and small areas with defined border.
Area search.
This search may employ infrared film for the discovery of such things as graveites.
Aerial search.
Top view sketch that is most frequently used. Good for illustrating interrelationships between objects.
-Projection sketch
Process which records transactions of evidence from person to person since its acquisition by a law enforcement agency
Chain of custody.
__________ should be conducted individually and outside others presence.
Interviews.
Why is important to separate person when interviewing?
So that their own statements reflect their own opinions and observations.
How many officer should conduct an interview?
only one officer.
Prior to any custodial interview, the person should be advised of his/her ______.
rights.
Why is important to allow a complete narrative from the person you are interviewing?
It keeps the person from becoming confused and it gives interviewer opportunity to review what person knows of the incident, locate discrepancies, and confront him/her about discrepancies.
Record information obtained from persons involved, info received during interview, write statements int he person’s own words, enter statements as evidence.
Preparing written statements.
