CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION FINAL PAPER 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔Sex and Sadism - ✔✔* marked by unusual violence. May follow child molestation,
rape, acts of sexual perversion or sadistic acts.
✔✔Felony Murder - ✔✔the killing of someone during the commission of certain felonies,
regardless of intent to kill
✔✔The least amount violent of offenders? - ✔✔White collar
✔✔In what type of murders do some crossovers in patterns may be evident? - ✔✔-
Serial Murders
-Mass Murders
✔✔how often does the victim know the perpetrator? - ✔✔In the majority of cases
✔✔All suspicious death should be treated as? - ✔✔Homicides until proven otherwise
✔✔How soon does a sexual offender have to register/notify after moving into a
municipality or county? - ✔✔7-Days
✔✔How many categories of Auto Theft are there? - ✔✔5
✔✔Auto Theft is comprised of? - ✔✔-Both amateurs and professionals
✔✔Sexual Assaults are acts of? - ✔✔-Violence
✔✔The perpetrators purpose in sexual assaults is to? - ✔✔-Exercise power over the
victim
✔✔Sexual Acts are not? - ✔✔-Crimes of Sexual Desire
✔✔In sexual assaults, means of ____________ is of importance in the
__________________ of the offense. - ✔✔-Control
-Classification
✔✔In many cases of assaults the victim knows? - ✔✔-The assailant
✔✔Is often seen as failed murder attempts - ✔✔Aggravated Assaults
✔✔With assault victims they often change their minds on? - ✔✔Issue of Prosecution
,✔✔Why is it sometimes difficult to achieve full cooperation of victim? - ✔✔Psychological
Trauma
✔✔An officer's ______________ has a significant bearing on the victims ability to deal
with ____________ and assist ________ _____________________ - ✔✔-Attitude
-Crime
-Law Enforcement
✔✔Assaults where victims do not know the perpetrator are conducted more like? - ✔✔-
Homicide Investigation
✔✔3 Major types of Elder Abuse: - ✔✔-Neglect
-Abuse
-Exploitation
✔✔Many elder abuse cases involve caretaker neglect by? - ✔✔Nursing Facilities or
Family
✔✔Elders are often exploited for? - ✔✔-Their government assistance checks
✔✔What makes elder abuse cases often difficult to investigate? - ✔✔The diminished
capacity of many victims
✔✔Elder Abuse: - ✔✔Over half the cases involve self-neglect, the failure of a person to
provide for themselves the goods and services necessary to avoid physical harm,
mental anguish or mental illness, unreasonable confinement or cruel punishment
✔✔An offense committed cause of bias or prejudice is what? - ✔✔an enhancement
(PC-12.47)
✔✔Professional Thief: - ✔✔PC 31.03
Profit motive
Operate so as to minimize chances of observation
Lack of eyewitnesses.
May be traced when stolen property is recovered.
This type requires planning, direction, and operating skills.
The type of property stolen may be an important clue.
Often work in conjunction with criminal receivers (fences).
May also commit the crimes of burglary, white collar crimes, , vehicle theft, agricultural
crimes and arson.
✔✔Semi-Professional Thief (unskilled): - ✔✔Profit still underlying motive, but this type
may be more interested in getting money for drugs
Targets are determined more by opportunity (cruising robber)
Less involved in planning or preparation
, More likely to resort to violence against victim
Presents a special danger when interrupted and cornered
More prone to violence to try to effect escape
Less rational than "professional" counterpart
✔✔Burglar: - ✔✔-Same motivation as professional thief
-Has ability to gain entry to premises by stealth or defeating locks, alarms
-Ability to plan, direct, and execute an operation
-Has business sense - ability to distinguish between valuable and worthless items
during burglary
-Connections to dispose of fruits of the crime
-Type of burglary committed may give a clue to suspect identity
residential premises
safe burglary
commercial premises
vehicle
✔✔Robber: - ✔✔PC 29.02, 29.03
-Indicates a tendency to use violence on a stranger
-Bolder type personality - sacrifices secrecy through confrontation with victim
-Generally classed according to style
-ambush - least planned; based on element of surprise
-planned operation - carefully structured; robbery group examines all aspects of the
situation and plans for foreseeable contingencies. May engage in "dry runs" in
preparation for robbery or "casing" of the robbery scene
-May specialize in specific targets i.e., banks, jewelry stores, home invasion.
-"Signature" aspects of robbery (modus operandi) may help in typing a person or group
to a series of robberies
-Use of "backup" creates a special hazard to officers responding to robbery in progress
✔✔Con Artists and Con Games or Schemes - ✔✔PC 32.44, 31.03
-Based on promises of unusual return i.e. something for nothing, double your money,
etc. Often use victims own greed, assuring them risks are minimal
-Often use props in carrying out schemes
-Frequently work with partner(s)
-Often prey on elderly
-Generally very mobile
-Tend to be non-violent
✔✔Forgery and Credit Card Abuse - ✔✔PC 32.21, 32.31, 32.41
Least violent of offenders
-Four steps in check fraud Forging Use of false or stolen identification cards Use of a
presentation that overcomes a merchant's reluctance to cash a check upon minimal
identification Con artist's sense of right time, place, and victim
-Credit cards often used as alternative to check writing
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔Sex and Sadism - ✔✔* marked by unusual violence. May follow child molestation,
rape, acts of sexual perversion or sadistic acts.
✔✔Felony Murder - ✔✔the killing of someone during the commission of certain felonies,
regardless of intent to kill
✔✔The least amount violent of offenders? - ✔✔White collar
✔✔In what type of murders do some crossovers in patterns may be evident? - ✔✔-
Serial Murders
-Mass Murders
✔✔how often does the victim know the perpetrator? - ✔✔In the majority of cases
✔✔All suspicious death should be treated as? - ✔✔Homicides until proven otherwise
✔✔How soon does a sexual offender have to register/notify after moving into a
municipality or county? - ✔✔7-Days
✔✔How many categories of Auto Theft are there? - ✔✔5
✔✔Auto Theft is comprised of? - ✔✔-Both amateurs and professionals
✔✔Sexual Assaults are acts of? - ✔✔-Violence
✔✔The perpetrators purpose in sexual assaults is to? - ✔✔-Exercise power over the
victim
✔✔Sexual Acts are not? - ✔✔-Crimes of Sexual Desire
✔✔In sexual assaults, means of ____________ is of importance in the
__________________ of the offense. - ✔✔-Control
-Classification
✔✔In many cases of assaults the victim knows? - ✔✔-The assailant
✔✔Is often seen as failed murder attempts - ✔✔Aggravated Assaults
✔✔With assault victims they often change their minds on? - ✔✔Issue of Prosecution
,✔✔Why is it sometimes difficult to achieve full cooperation of victim? - ✔✔Psychological
Trauma
✔✔An officer's ______________ has a significant bearing on the victims ability to deal
with ____________ and assist ________ _____________________ - ✔✔-Attitude
-Crime
-Law Enforcement
✔✔Assaults where victims do not know the perpetrator are conducted more like? - ✔✔-
Homicide Investigation
✔✔3 Major types of Elder Abuse: - ✔✔-Neglect
-Abuse
-Exploitation
✔✔Many elder abuse cases involve caretaker neglect by? - ✔✔Nursing Facilities or
Family
✔✔Elders are often exploited for? - ✔✔-Their government assistance checks
✔✔What makes elder abuse cases often difficult to investigate? - ✔✔The diminished
capacity of many victims
✔✔Elder Abuse: - ✔✔Over half the cases involve self-neglect, the failure of a person to
provide for themselves the goods and services necessary to avoid physical harm,
mental anguish or mental illness, unreasonable confinement or cruel punishment
✔✔An offense committed cause of bias or prejudice is what? - ✔✔an enhancement
(PC-12.47)
✔✔Professional Thief: - ✔✔PC 31.03
Profit motive
Operate so as to minimize chances of observation
Lack of eyewitnesses.
May be traced when stolen property is recovered.
This type requires planning, direction, and operating skills.
The type of property stolen may be an important clue.
Often work in conjunction with criminal receivers (fences).
May also commit the crimes of burglary, white collar crimes, , vehicle theft, agricultural
crimes and arson.
✔✔Semi-Professional Thief (unskilled): - ✔✔Profit still underlying motive, but this type
may be more interested in getting money for drugs
Targets are determined more by opportunity (cruising robber)
Less involved in planning or preparation
, More likely to resort to violence against victim
Presents a special danger when interrupted and cornered
More prone to violence to try to effect escape
Less rational than "professional" counterpart
✔✔Burglar: - ✔✔-Same motivation as professional thief
-Has ability to gain entry to premises by stealth or defeating locks, alarms
-Ability to plan, direct, and execute an operation
-Has business sense - ability to distinguish between valuable and worthless items
during burglary
-Connections to dispose of fruits of the crime
-Type of burglary committed may give a clue to suspect identity
residential premises
safe burglary
commercial premises
vehicle
✔✔Robber: - ✔✔PC 29.02, 29.03
-Indicates a tendency to use violence on a stranger
-Bolder type personality - sacrifices secrecy through confrontation with victim
-Generally classed according to style
-ambush - least planned; based on element of surprise
-planned operation - carefully structured; robbery group examines all aspects of the
situation and plans for foreseeable contingencies. May engage in "dry runs" in
preparation for robbery or "casing" of the robbery scene
-May specialize in specific targets i.e., banks, jewelry stores, home invasion.
-"Signature" aspects of robbery (modus operandi) may help in typing a person or group
to a series of robberies
-Use of "backup" creates a special hazard to officers responding to robbery in progress
✔✔Con Artists and Con Games or Schemes - ✔✔PC 32.44, 31.03
-Based on promises of unusual return i.e. something for nothing, double your money,
etc. Often use victims own greed, assuring them risks are minimal
-Often use props in carrying out schemes
-Frequently work with partner(s)
-Often prey on elderly
-Generally very mobile
-Tend to be non-violent
✔✔Forgery and Credit Card Abuse - ✔✔PC 32.21, 32.31, 32.41
Least violent of offenders
-Four steps in check fraud Forging Use of false or stolen identification cards Use of a
presentation that overcomes a merchant's reluctance to cash a check upon minimal
identification Con artist's sense of right time, place, and victim
-Credit cards often used as alternative to check writing
