crjs 3359 exam 3
Sids age
1 to 6 months
What is the amount of loss in most home burglaries according to recent Department of Justice statistics?
1000+
Partial thickness burn
2nd degree, top 2 layers of skin. Epidermis and hypodermis.
Full thickness burn
3rd degree, epidermis and dermis are destroyed
What was the average value of vehicles stolen in 2000?
6,682
timeframe for runaway child to return home
7 days
Which of the following best illustrates the bank examiner scheme?
A "bank examiner" convinces an unsuspecting victim to withdraw funds to help in an investigation. The victim is convinced to turn over the funds to a con man.
Which of the following illustrates a large-scale counterfeiting check fraud scheme?
A group penetrates a bank to collect master original bank checks.
Which of the following profiles matches the typical ATM robbery victim?
A lone woman using the machine between 8 P.M. and midnight.
Which of the following best satisfies the "taking and carrying away" element of the crime of robbery?
A person takes a ball out of the hands of the owner, but does not walk away.
Which of the following best satisfies the "use of force, fear, or threat of force" element of the crime of robbery?
A person takes a purse from another person who was clutching the purse tightly.
Which of the following best describes a "fence"?
A person who knowingly purchases stolen property cheaply for resale.
Which organization may have information that would be helpful in investigation of stolen heavy construction equipment?
AAMVA
What type of homeowner is victimized most by burglaries?
African american
When deciding which convenience stores to patrol closely, which factors should police consider?
Amount of money available for robbery Availability of good escape routes Presence of a single employee
Which of the following best defines a "dumpster diver"?
An individual who retrieves discarded information seeking identity information.
Which of the following illustrates the error of physical stereotyping?
An officer enters a convenience store in response to an alarm, with his gun drawn. He started to put it away when he did not observe anything out of the ordinary. As he approached the 2 clerks behind the counter, the younger one warned him that the other 60-year old "clerk" was an armed robber.
Which of the following best illustrates the inheritance scam?
An unsuspecting victim is told via phone that she has inherited money. But first the victim provides the caller all the information necessary for the crook to claim the inheritance for himself.
CPPA
Child Porn Prevention Act 1996
Interviewing Molested Children
Common sense and formal research agree that children are not merely miniature adults. We know, for example, the children develop in stages during which they acquire capacities for new functions and understanding.
The _____________________ steals by guile in a person-to-person relationship.
Confidence artist
Which of the following best illustrates an amateur fence?
Does the job intermittently
Which of the following is the best way to approach a burglary in progress call in a patrol vehicle?
Drive rapidly avoiding excessive noise.
What is the first step when investigating vehicle fires?
Eliminate natural and accidental causes of fire.
The use of _____________________ may be particularly valuable in cases of white- collar crime.
Forensic accountants
Which of the following illustrates an identity assumption scheme?
Groups open bank accounts utilizing confidential information obtained from bona fide bank customers. Groups secure loans utilizing confidential information obtained from bona fide bank customers.
Which of the following may help identify a stolen boat?
H.I.N.
____________ may be especially valuable evidence in safe attack crimes.
Insulation samples
Why do investigators learn about safe attack methods?
It allows the investigator to make judgments about the skill and knowledge of the perpetrator.
Which of the following are recommended measure to prevent a small business robbery?
Limit entrances and exits. Count cash and prepare bank deposits out of sight. Make sure that emergency alarms are periodically serviced and operating well
Which of the following factors have contributed to a decrease in the ATM robbery rate?
Locating ATM's where customers have a high visibility of their surroundings Keeping ATM locations well-lighted Utilizing landscaping of 24" or les
Where is the crime of robbery most prevalent in the United States?
Metropolitan areas
In which of the following is the computer incidental to the crime?
Money laundering
Which of the following agencies may most likely assist in an investigation of vehicle thefts?
NICB
What is a common feature of "three-strikes" laws?
Offenders convicted repeatedly of serious crimes are sentenced to lengthy incarceration. Offenders convicted repeatedly of serious crimes are sentenced to imprisonment without parole
Which of the following illustrates the error of action stereotyping?
Officers responding to a robbery call arrived at the scene and ordered several people running from the scene to halt. One officer shot and killed one of these individuals. All were witnesses running to escape the robber still inside.
Which of the following recommendations may prevent identity fraud?
Patrol residential areas on trash collection days. B) Enforce trespass laws at dump sites. C) Advise citizens to shred documents.
Why does the crime of robbery bear a comparatively low clearance rate?
Physical evidence may not be found. Witnesses are unable to provide adequate descriptions. Perpetrators are present only briefly at the scene.
What type of property is most frequently taken from residences?
Portable electronics, photography, gear, jewelry, clothing
All of the following tend to encourage off-road equipment theft except...
Product information numbers
Which of the following are the primary tactical objectives of officers responding to a robbery call?
Public safety, officer protection, and tactical control of the scene
sex trafficking and children
RECRUITED 12-14
Which of the following is most accurate regarding the crime of burglary?
Residential burglaries most often occur during working hours on a weekday.
Which of the following statements regarding vehicle theft is most accurate?
Since the collapse of communism, the theft of motor vehicles in Eastern Europe has skyrocketed.
What is the most common setting for reported robberies?
Street or highway
Preferential Child Molesters
The preferential child molesters have a definite sexual preference for children. sadistic, introverted, may lack interpersonal skills to seduce children.
Situational Child Molesters
The situational child molester does not have a true sexual preference for children but engages in sex with children for varied and sometimes complex reasons.
What is cloning?
The unauthorized and illegal programming of cellular phones with the access codes of legitimate cellular customers
Which of the following crimes is done using a computer as the instrument?
Theft of services
Which of the following is a typical characteristic of a fire-resistant safe?
They are graded by the period of time they can protect their contents from heat.
carjacking
They tend to operate in small groups of two to five. They attempt to quickly separate the victims from their car. They may attempt to "box in" the target vehicle
laws on trafficking
Trafficking victims protection act of 2000
Which of the following illustrates the error of situational stereotyping?
Two officers respond to an alarm at bar. The bar owner had a long history of setting off false alarms since the he had been unable to set it properly. The officers casually entered the bar and two armed suspects opened fire.
A robber follows a person leaving a bar. He grabs his tie, throwing him to the ground. The robber then takes the victim's money and runs. What style of robbery does this illustrate?
Visible street robbery
Which of the following is least accurate regarding YAC's?
YAC's specialize in burglarizing ATM's.
drawing interview
allows molested children to convey information by sketching
greatest impact on missing child case
assessment of first responding officer
reducing convenience store robberies
cash register in center of store, bright parking lot, 2 workers on duty.
peonage
employer compels a worker to pay off debt with work.
What type of perpetrator may have performed a safe attack using the "drilling" method?
expert in safe construction
trafficking
exploitation
All of the following evidence may often be recovered from the scene of safe burglaries except...
fences
Which of the following is a reason that burglars tend to commit their crimes?
food, clothing, shelter, thrill, keeping up appearances
forced labor
forced to work against will under threat of punishment
All of the following are common tools used in connection with burglaries except...
fronts
interviewing trafficking victims
gradual and nonthreatoning. be sure victim has some control. no physical contact or interrogation methods.
effects on sexually abused children
guilt, shame, axiety, fear, depression, anger, concetration problems, injury, pregnant, stds, somatic complaints.
tool utilized in preparing a likeness of the suspect to assist in apprehension?
identi-kit, identi-kit2000, compusketch
approaching robbery be alert for
info by dispatch on suspect escape, description of suspect, whether they are armed
ptsd in trafficking victims
intense fear, helplessness, horror.
investigative question when incest is suspected
is the family reclusive
involuntary servitude
laboring against persons will to benefit another, under some form of coercion other than workers financial needs
What is the most likely site of a truck hijacking?
large city
___________ is the act of slipping or shimming, by using a strip of celluloid, a spring-bolt lock that does not have an antishim device.
loiding
Interviewing children
may have varying degree of comfort with strangers
using anatomically correct dolls
may provoke horror or alarm
ways women are drawn in
men buy things then force sex as repayment. get girls addicted to drugs. sending out top girl to recruit. abuse and intimidation.
Which of the following is a disadvantage of the "punching" method of safe attack?
noisy
infant abduction
nonfamily taking child less than 1 yr old
facts of child abuse
only one child targeted, marital partner tends to protect the abusive parent. in over half of cases of hospitalization, there were previous cases of severity
Which of the following best satisfies the "taking" element of the crime of robbery?
person takes a ball out of the hands of the owner.
The analysis of forensic ____________________ often assists in the investigation of a robbery crime scene when robbers wear a mask.
photography
debt bondage
pledge of their services as security for repayment
pilferer shoplifter
private use
Munchausen syndrome by proxy
psychological disorder in which the patient fabricates the symptoms of disease or injury in order to undergo medical tests, hospitalization, or even medical or surgical treatment.
commercial shoplifter
resale
Shaken baby syndrome
results in inter cranial injuries. usually response to crying.
Which of the following techniques is effective in a criminal investigation of money laundering?
sampling, ratio analysis, flowcharting
anti shoplifting techniques
scarecrooks, anne droid, trojan horse
u-visa
set aside for victims of crimes, and family, willing to assist in investigation
Prevailing SIDS theory
spontaneous protracted apnea, or cessation of breathing
common features of community notification laws
state maintains registry, offenders must register within certain time after release, registration requirement lasts at least 10 years.
Which of the following advice should be given to a potential victim of a small business robbery in progress?
stay calm, comply with robbers, covertly study the robber.
Define robbery
taking and carrying waya of another property with intent to keep it by using force, fear, or threat.
elements of crime, carjacking
taking car from person. use of force fear or threat. intent to perm or temp deprive owner of ownership
conditional threat regarding school crime
threat is veiled
smuggling
transportation
t-visa
victims of human trafficking, allows them to stay to assist in investigation
Commercial child porn
video sold in foreign country
questions when investigating school crime
who made threat? to whom was threat made? exactly what words were said?