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| Medical examiners and coroners' (ME/C) offices provide death investigation services locally and are responsible for what type of investigation of deaths? |
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Autopsies, Crime scene recontstruction, Medicolegal |
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Problems-oriented policing places a high value on new responses that are more?
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| The initial contact with law enforcement in a criminal investigation is usually made between a citizen and a ? |
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| A criminal's MO is the details of |
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| How, when, and where criminal usually operates |
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| At a death scene, which would not be of immediate concern? |
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| Crime mapping focuses on: |
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| Hot spots where crime occurs |
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| The Latin term that means "to track or trace" and the relates most closely with contemporary police investigations is |
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| Spontaneous statements uttered by a suspect at the time of a crime, concerning and closely related to actions involved in the crime are referred to as what type of statements? |
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| Which term describes a logical process in which a conclusion follows from specific facts? |
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| Which term refers to specialists trained in recording, identifying, and interpreting the minutae (minute details) of physical evidence, who usually work in a crime lab? |
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| Securing the crime scene is a major responsibility of the: |
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First Officer(s) on the scene |
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| In United States v Leon, the court established that illegally obtained evidence may be Admissible if the police were truly not aware they were violating a suspect's Fourth Amendment rights. In this case, the police were following up on a tip from an unreliable informant, which later invalidated the warrant. This exception is called the: |
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| Emergency circumstances (such as fire or officers hearing shot fired or screams) that allow officers to enter a home without a warrant are referred to as: |
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| The Carroll decisison established that with probable cause: |
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Automobiles may be searched based on their obvious mobility |
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| In Nix v. Williams, the court said that if illegally obtained evidence (a statement, in this case, which led to a little girl's body) would, in all likelihood, eventually have been discovered legally (by a large search party), it may be used. This is referred to as what exception to the exclusionary rule? |
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The inevitable-discovery doctrine |
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| When police take custody of a vehicle or other property, the courts have that police: |
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May inventory the property |
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| Which rule said the courts would not accept evidence obtained by unreasonable search and seizure? |
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| The Chimel decision established that a search incidental to a lawful arrest must be made simultaneously with the arrest. A search incidental to arrest must be confined to: |
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The are within the suspect's immediate control |
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| The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution forbids what type of searches and seizures? |
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| A judge may issue a search warrant if which of the following items are being sought by an officer: |
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Stolen or embezzled property |
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| In which of the following cases is a search not legal? |
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An officer conducts a search of a motorist for a driving infraction |
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| A search conducted with a warrant must be limited to: |
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Only the specific area and items named in the warrant |
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| Terry v. Ohio supported officer's rights to: |
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| Conduct a pat-down or a frisk if they believe the person might be armed and dangerous |
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| Which doctrine allows law enforcement officers to seize contraband or evidence of a crime without first obtaining a search warrant, so long as they can legally see the evidence? |
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| The fundamental distinction between the Fifth and Sixth Amendment right to counsel hinges on the issue of: |
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| When conducting an interview you should |
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Interview the victim or complainant first |
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| The basic requirements for obtaining information are to |
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| The ultimate goal of interviewing and interrogating is to: |
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Identify those responsible for a crime and eliminate the innocent from suspicion |
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Prepare your questions and tactics in advance |
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| Once a confession has been obtained, investigators should: |
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Corroborate the confession using independent evidence |
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| The best place to interrogate a suspect is usually: |
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| To be a valid in court, a confession must always be |
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| In Miranda v. Arizona, who won the ultimate appeal and why? |
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Miranda, because he had been beaten to confess |
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| The Bruton Rule, which resulted from Bruton v. United States (1968), a defendants Sixth Amendment right to confront and cross-examine witnesses against him is violated if: |
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A confessing defendant's statement is used against a non-confessing defendant at their joint trail |
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| Once a report is written, the writer should: |
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| The most important step in report writing is to |
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| Slanting, the is including only one side of a story or only facts that tend to prove, or support the officer's theory, can also make a report: |
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| In a police report, the majority of statements should be: |
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| Officers should not write reports in the: |
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| The statement "the man could not walk a straight line" is an example of: |
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A conclusionary statement |
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| Which of the following criteria does a well-written report need? |
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It is geared subjectively to enhance prosecution |
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| The term PC (probable cause) is needed in which report? |
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| Words that have little emotional effect, for example, cried, are called: |
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| Words that do have an emotional effect such as wept or blubbered, are called: |
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| Which is not associated with some of the commons problems with police reports? |
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