Section 7

Question 1

Step one in identification is to do what?

Answer 1

Develop a suspect

Question 2

If their was a witness who saw the crime who is it most commonly?

Answer 2

The victim

Question 3

The ________ can describe to you what the offender looked like. Rough age, height, race, gender, and all these things that witnesses can provide.

Answer 3

Victim

Question 4

Are witness descriptions always correct?

Answer 4

No

Question 5

A vehicle description is important in developing a suspect. True or False

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Was it dark or light, what was the color, was it a car, truck, or suv? All of these are examples of what ?

Answer 6

Vehicle descriptions

Question 7

Not only is a vehicle description useful so is their?

Answer 7

License plate

Question 8

In the 21st century, where everyone has a ____ ________ _______ in their pocket it is helpful in determining who committed the crime.

Answer 8

cell phone camera

Question 9

Surveillance video’s can be useful when developing a suspect. True or False

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Information from witnesses or people who are aware of who has the ______ or the ___________ to commit the crime.

Answer 10

Motive

opportunity

Question 11

Example, if a store gets robbed overnight but there is no evidence of a forced break in the owner of the store can tell you what?

Answer 11

Who had the opportunity to commit the crime

Question 12

Having a key to a store that has been broken into without forced entry could mean that you had the motive or the opportunity to commit the crime. True or False

Answer 12

True

Question 13

If there is a person who commits crime in a relatively unique way. What does this refer to?

Answer 13

information on MO

Question 14

Relooking at cases to see if someone else had a similar MO is important in developing a suspect. True or false

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Pictures that can help you find the suspect are what ?

Answer 15

Composite drawings

Question 16

Conflicting reports about how well this works. Famous case with Con Edison bomber where they used a _____ _____ to predict and narrow down the suspect pool and the profile ended up being accurate.

Answer 16

Psychological profile

Question 17

There are times when _________ ________ are not accurate at all when they find the person.

Answer 17

Psychological profile

Question 18

People tend to commit crime in certain patterns and ways depending on where they live and work and their socioeconomic status as well their race. All of these things dictate where we go and what we do and it applies to criminals as well. This refers to what?

Answer 18

Geographic profile

Question 19

If we know when and where crimes are happening and we think it is the same person we can put together a _________ ________ to determine where they live, work, and spend a lot of time.

Answer 19

Geographic profile

Question 20

During identification officers cannot ______ _________ so they use dog whistle terms.

Answer 20

racially profile

Question 21

Terms that are ostensibly or on the surface are perfectly nondescript or perfectly non-racially motivated but those who know can determine what you really mean.

Answer 21

Dog whistle terms

Question 22

When politicians say we need to go after urban thugs that is a ____ ______ meaning we should go after young black males.

Answer 22

Dog whistle

Question 23

African Americans are a group in the United States that are racially profiled a lot. True or False

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Race can be a factor in a stop. What case?

Answer 24

US V Weaver (1992)

Question 25

Police officer in an airport knew that young black males were transporting drugs from Los Angeles to Kansas City. A plane was getting ready to depart and he saw a young black male with a large amount of luggage as reasonable suspicion to do a search. The Supreme Court determined that race was used as part of a larger description of a known profile and it was perfectly legal. What case?

Answer 25

US v Weaver (1992)

Question 26

Race can be part of the reason among others to stop someone. True or False

Answer 26

True

Question 27

After 9/11 there was a huge racial profiling of people with ____ ______ ______.

Answer 27

Middle Eastern Descent

Question 28

Pretext stops are illegal. What case?

Answer 28

Whren v US (1996)

Question 29

Police see a car they want to stop. The reason is not good enough to legally stop it so they follow the car until it does something wrong and pull them over. The Supreme Court ruled this was okay. What case?

Answer 29

Whren V US (1996)

Question 30

What is the best form of identification?

Answer 30

ID/ Driver's License

Question 31

9/11. There were 19 terrorists and between them they had 63 _______ _________.

Answer 31

Driver's License and Identification cards

Question 32

After 9/11 they passed what law?

Answer 32

Read ID Act

Question 33

Why was the real ID Act passed?

Answer 33

all driver's license among all 50 states must have certain features that make them harder to fake.

Question 34

If someone does not have an ID what is the next best way to identify them?

Answer 34

Biometrics

Question 35

Measurements of the body or some piece of the body that is unique to one person. Refers to what?

Answer 35

Biometrics

Question 36

Your ______ the tips of them. Everything you touch leaves a little oil print on it. Those can be matched close enough to individuals.

Answer 36

Fingers

Question 37

The back of your eyeball is called what?

Answer 37

Retina

Question 38

Example, if you shine a light through the pupil you can see the back of your eye and there is a certain pattern of dots and blood vessels, rods and cones, and stuff that are patterns that are unique to the individual. True or False

Answer 38

True

Question 39

Your retina can be used as a form of identification. True or False

Answer 39

True

Question 40

What is the part of your eye that has color?

Answer 40

Iris

Question 41

Can the pattern in your iris be brought down to individuals?

Answer 41

Yes

Question 42

The distance between your two pupils. The distance between the tip of the nose and the corner of your mouth. This refers to what ?

Answer 42

Facial recognition

Question 43

You cannot trust the computer to say this is Bob Smith. You must do what?

Answer 43

Human Confirmation

Question 44

A crime happens and soon afterwards they want to get a confirmation that this is the person who did it. A one-one identification is referred to as what?

Answer 44

Field Identification / Show Ups

Question 45

No right to Counsel. What case?

Answer 45

US v Ash (1973)

Question 46

If you are going to be put into one of these show ups as a suspect and the police are going to ask to identify whether you are the person that committed the crime. In this time period do you have the right to counsel?

Answer 46

No | US V Ash (1973)

Question 47

When you are booked you get a mug shot. We can use yours and others that look similar to do a mug shot lineup and ask the witness which one committed the crime . IF they can immediately pick out the suspects mug shot that is a positive identification. True or False

Answer 47

True

Question 48

You need at least 6 people. Roughly the same age, race, height, weight, etc...

Answer 48

Mug Shot Line up