Criminal Investigation Chapter 2 and 3

With regard to the Fyre standard:

A and C

Facts concerning the defendant's attempts to avoid apprehension, possession of the fruits of the crime, and ability and motive to commit the crime:

C and D

Diagrams of a crime scene are best considered:

Demonstrative evidence

Making detectives reactive and assigning them to cases reduced the likelihood that:

Detectives could trick people into committing crimes

An eyewitness saw the defendant put poison in the victim's food. The eyewitness statement about this observation is _______ that the defendant put poison in the victim's food.

Direct Evidence

Rounding up the usual suspects often took the form of, or was also known as, a:

Dragnet

Dental evidence and fingerprints are often used as:

Identification evidence

Jake previously threatened to kill Amy. This threat represents_______ evidence that Jake killed Amy.

Indirect

The fact that a defendant has a motive for committing the crime is _______ evidence of his/her guilt.

Indirect

Crime-related information in which inferences and probabilities are needed in order to draw an associated conclusion is:

Indirect evidence

With regard to circumstantial evidence, which of the following is/are true?

It is also known as indirect evidence

_______ is evidence that is admissible in court, and it meets the rules of evidence.

Judicial evidence

To address the problems relating to Parliamentary reward, early detectives were linked to the crime of:

Murder

The mid-1800s to the early 1900s in American policing has been characterized as the:

Political era of policing

What era of policing used investigative tactics like the dragnet roundup of suspects and the third degree?

Political era of policing

The legal question what would a reasonable person have thought or done under these circumstances relates to:

Probable cause

The knife used in a homicide is best considered:

Real evidence

Which of the following is NOT an exception to the hearsay rule?

Recorded testimony not provided under oath

A _____ was a collection of photographs used for the purpose of criminal indentification.

Rouges gallery

Reasonable suspicion applies to:

Stop and frisk searches

Evidence that is presented in court through witnesses speaking under oath is:

Testimonial evidence

Hearsay is a form of:

Testimonial evidence

Which of the following is NOT true about the FBI?

The FBI was created by Edgar Hoover in 1908

Which of the following is NOT true about the reform era of policing?

The community was invaluable to the police's effectiveness

Modus operandi refers to:

The mechanics of the crime, how the crime was committed

Critical evidence in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping that led to the crime being solved was

The serial number on a $10 bill, identified as a ransom bill

The necessity of detectives receiving salaries was highlighted because of problems with:

The thieftaker System

_________ was an individual who tricked another person into committing a crime and then would turn that person in for a Parliamentary reward.

Thief maker

The necessity of having detectives work cases was highlighted because of problems associated with:

Thief-maker system

One of the problems with the thieftaker system was that:

Thieftakers often worked in cooperation with thieves

Hearsay is most often excluded from court proceedings because it is considered:

Unreliable

Which of the following is NOT a method of identification mentioned in this chapter?

Voice recognition

Parliamentary reward operated in the:

1700s and early 1800s

The London Metropolitan Police Department was established in the:

1800s

What kind of behaviors were associated with the third degree?

All of the above

What led to the creation of state police agencies?

All of the above

Why is history important?

All of the above

With regard to the thief taker system, which of the following is true?

A thieftaker was a private system

What are the developments in criminal investigation that have occurred during the community problem-solving era of policing?

All of the above

What are the strategies mentioned in the textbook that provide opportunities for residents to share information with the police in solving crimes?

All of the above

What type of evidence is used to construct a psychological profile?

Behavioral evidence

The premise of _______ was that the bone structures of an adult did not change over the course of a lifetime.

Bertillonage

The standard of proof needed in trial in order to conclude that a defendant is guilty of a crime is:

Beyond a reasonable doubt

Among the limitations of photography as a method of criminal identification was that:

Both of the above

Probable cause is a set of facts that:

Convince a reasonable person that particular circumstances exist

Evidence that establishes that a crime actually occurred is:

Corpus delicti evidence

A statement of a fifth witness that provides the same details as four other witnesses is an example of:

Cumulative evidence

Evidence that tends to exclude or eliminate someone from consideration as a suspect is:

Exculpatory evidence

Which of the following is NOT an example of indirect (circumstantial) evidence?

Eyewitness testimony identifying the suspect as the one who committed the crime

Which of the following does not relate to the political era of policing?

Fingerprinting