AJS 204 Criminal Investigations Ch 12

Which of the following scenarios exemplifies a thrown-away child episode?

A child is asked to leave the house without proper arrangements made for the child's accommodation.

A thrown-away child episode involves which of the following?

A child who is away from home is prevented from returning home.

One late afternoon, Jean notices that her 11-year-old daughter, Mika, has been missing since morning. A man calls Jean that night to tell her that Mika is with him; he also lets Mika talk to Jean over the phone for a few seconds. However, his voice over the phone is muffled and his identity is unknown. According to statistics published by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), who among the following people is most likely to have abducted Mika?

A family member.

Julian calls 911, reporting that his 13-year-old son is missing. The police arrive at Julian's house, and their initial observations indicate a runaway case. Two days into the investigation, they discover clues that indicate that the child could have been abducted. Which of the following types of missing children cases does this scenario most likely exemplify?

Abduction via the Internet.

A 15-year-old girl is reported missing to the police by her parents and the following is learned by the responding officer:The parents are in shock, as their daughter is a good student and there is no apparent reason for her to run away. No fights with her parents or other factors are known to either parent. She was discovered missing when the mother came home from work at 6:00 p.m. and her daughter should have been home for hours. There were no notes and she has now been missing for over four hours. The girl is somewhat of a loner (no known friends), and spends a lot of time in her room studying. She is an ʺAʺ student. She has a computer in her room and it is connected to the Internet. She has talked to her parents about new friends she has made in chat rooms. After checking her room, her mother found that her suitcase is missing, along with all of her ʺfun money.ʺBased on the information above, what is the best theory (at this point) behind the childʹs status, and what should the officer investigating the case do next?

Abductions via the Internet.

Statistics show that there are an estimated 100 cases each year in the United States where a child is abducted and murdered. Which of the following is true?

All of the above.

________ is a system that quickly posts information about child abductions.

Amber Alert.

An investigator is working on a missing child case where a 14 -year-old girl suddenly disappeared with no apparent reason. The investigator determined there was no recent fight between the child and parents, yet the child was gone one day when the parents returned from work.Which of the following would be an investigative priority for the investigator?

Check the childʹs computer.

Lana, who was shopping at a Walmart retail store, approached the head of security to report that her 10-year-old daughter was missing. She told him that she was attending to a person who fell down a flight of stairs and was unable to locate her daughter when she returned 10 minutes later. Which of the following should the head of security initiate immediately?

Code Adam.

______ is an internationally recognized ʺmissing childʺ safety program in the United States (and Canada), originally created by Walmart retail stores in 1994. Today, many department stores, retail shops, shopping malls, supermarkets, amusement parks, and museums participate in the program. Legislation enacted by Congress in 2003 now mandates that all federal office buildings use the program.

Code Adam.

Which of the following is NOT one of the categories for classifying missing children?

Custodial abduction.

Jonathan, a criminal investigator, takes over a missing child's case from the responding officer. The responding officer was at the scene for two hours before Jonathan, and informs him that his initial observations of the scene may indicate a nonfamily abduction. In this scenario, which of the following is a priority procedure that Jonathan must perform?

Developing an investigative plan for follow-up.

Which of the following refers to an abduction related to a domestic or custody dispute?

Family abduction.

How should parents and neighbors be treated during the initial investigation of a child abduction?

I believe everyone should be a suspect until ruled out over the course of the investigation because there have been plenty of cases where parents and/or neighbors have been involved in the disappearance of a child.

A child is unlawfully taken from a city playground by a noncustodial parental who intends to start another life outside the investigating agencyʹs jurisdiction. During the abduction, the suspect commits several traffic violations in an attempt to flee. Early in the investigation, investigators request an off-line search from NCIC. What information may this search provide?

Information regarding officers from other jurisdictions stopping the suspect for traffic violations.

What should officers do in missing children cases when the parents are either divorced or separated?

Initiate an Amber Alert.

Why is it important to talk less and be a good listener when interviewing suspects in abductions?

It's important to talk less and be a good listener when interviewing suspects in abductions because its good to let the suspect talk because they may talk abut the crime/abduction when asked the right questions based on what they're saying in response to other questions.

________ is the informal name given to a 2005 Florida law, as well as laws in several other states, designed to protect potential victims and reduce a sexual offender's ability to re-offend.

Jessica's Law.

What is the informal name given to a 2005 Florida law designed to punish sex offenders and reduce their ability to re-offend?

Jessicaʹs Law.

Classifying a missing child case is called:

Labeling.

Which of the following is NOT correct about Code Adam?

Law enforcement should not be called until the child is still missing after a 30 -minute search.

________ requires law enforcement authorities to make information available to the public regarding registered sex offenders.

Megan's law.

A parent who does not have legal custody of his or her child is called a _________.

Non-custodial parent.

When a child is removed from his or her family through force or trickery, it is called:

Non-family abduction.

Anna's newborn child is among the five babies that went missing from a hospital on the same day. After two years of investigation, a baby-abduction racket, active for over five years, is brought to light. The racket involved abducting babies from hospitals and auctioning them to couples looking to adopt children. The person heading the racket is found to be a distant relative of Anna's. This will be classified as which of the following types of missing children cases?

Nonfamily abduction.

A father reports that his daughter has been kidnapped by her mother. The mother, in this case, is a noncustodial parent. The father had arranged to let the mother see their daughter, but she never returned at the scheduled time. Officers react quickly out of fear that the mother is trying to drive the daughter out of state. They conduct a(n) ________ and are able to determine that the mother was pulled over and issued a traffic citation only moments ago in a nearby county. This greatly helps in their investigation.

Off-line search.

Why is the initial response is considered the most crucial component of the investigation?

Patrol officers respond to the initial call.

What is a major provision of Meganʹs Law?

Permits law enforcement to provide information on registered sex offenders to the general public, resulting in numerous publicly accessible websites

In which of the following situations would an officer be required to call for additional personnel?

The child has been missing for more than 24 hours before the complaint.

The Elizabeth Smart kidnapping illustrates several characteristics that child abductors have in common. Which of the following is NOT one of those characteristics?

They usually are the parent of an estranged child.

At the mall, a woman reported to private security officers that her eight -year-old daughter was missing. A search of the mall by security officers failed to locate the missing girl and police were summoned to the scene. After interviewing the mother and security officers, what should the officer do next?

Verify that the child is in fact missing.

Research has shown that perpetrators who kidnap children to fulfill a sexual desire often murder the children within what time frame?

Within 3 hours.