The Description and Identification Process Flashcards
What is an awareness of the elements of environment through physical sensation or the physical sensation(s) interpreted in the light of experience?
Perception
Improving what can increase officer safety?
Perception
T or F? Studies have shown no 2 persons perceive complex events in the exact same manner?
True
T or F? Most people are not trained in recollection and evaluation of what they observed?
True
What can better develop a persons ability to accurately observe and retain information?
Practice and experience
What are 3 major components that can affect the development of perception?
- Observer
- Events being observed
- Ambient conditions
What are some ambient conditions ?
- Weather
- Illumination
- Background noises/events
What does not influence the rational mind as much as psychological stress?
Physical stress
What occurs when the victim or witness is placed in a terrifying or traumatic event that is sudden or novels or unexpected and is a relatively short duration?
Acute Stress
What are some examples of acute stress?
armed robbery, kidnapping and auto accidents
Victims of acute stress may have
impaired cognitive function and not be able to provide a description
Victims of acute stress are more likely to suffer from
PTSD
What may take place in an acute stress environment; emotions, attitudes, and/or behavior patterns may spread, escalte or carry through participants in the event?
Behavioral Contagion
What may take place in an acute stress environment; emotions, attitudes, and/or behavior patterns may spread, escalte or carry through participants in the event?
Behavioral Contagion
what is when an individual repeats an ineffective activity?
Preservation of action
During a witness/victim interview it is beneficial to
ask specific sensory questions (smell, taste, hearing, touch, sight)
If you are interviewing multiple witnesses you should?
Separate each witness
In-field Identification is also known as
a “Show-Up”
When must a “Show up” be conducted?
in a reasonable time
What is important when completing a physical line-up?
Consistency
What is a simultaneous line-up?
all persons viewed at the same time
What is a sequential line-up?
witness views all persons one at a time and is asked to make a decision on each before being allowed to view the next person
when doing a line-up an investigator should limit
conversations unless providing instructions
T or F? studies have shown that persons who write down their observations in note form tend to recall information more accurately
True
