CRIMININAL INVESTIGATION
,Table Of Content.
Chapter 1: The Evolution Of Criminal Investigation And Forensic
Science
Chapter 2: Legal Aspects Of Investigation
Chapter 3: Investigators, The Investigative Process, And The Crime
Scene
Chapter 4: Physical Evidence
Chapter 5: Interviewing And Interrogation
Chapter 6: Field Notes And Reporting
Chapter 7: The Follow-Up Investigation And Investigative Resources
Chapter 8: The Crime Laboratory
Chapter 9: Injury And Death Investigations
Chapter 10: Sex-Related Offenses Chapter
11: Crimes Against Children Chapter 12:
Human Trafficking
Chapter 13: Robbery
Chapter 14: Burglary
Chapter 15: Larceny/Theft And White-Collar Crime Chapter
16: Vehicle Thefts And Related Offenses Chapter 17:
Cybercrime
Chapter 18: Agricultural, Wildlife, And Environmental Crimes Chapter
19: Arson And Explosives Investigations
Chapter 20: Recognition, Control, And Investigation Of Drug Abuse
Chapter 21: Understanding And Investigating Terrorism
Chapter 22: The Trial Process And The Investigator As A Witness
,Chapter 01: The Evolution Of Criminal Investigation And Forensic Science
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The First Modern Detective Force Was
A) The Bow Street Runners.
B) Established By The Metropolitan Police Act Of 1829.
C) Created By Patrick Colquhoun.
D) Headed By Attorney Howard Vincent.
Answer: A
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2. When The London Metropolitan Police Force Was Established In 1829, The British Public
Was At First Suspicious And At Times Even Hostile Towards It Because
A) King Edward Ii Had Supported Its Creation.
B) Rowan And Mayne Had Intimate Ties To The Royal Family.
C) Social Reformers Such As Jeremy Bentham Had Long Argued That It Was A Danger To
Personal Liberty.
D) French Citizens Had Experienced Oppression Under Centralized Police.
Answer: D
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3. In 1833, An Ordinance Creating America's First Paid, Daylight Police Force?
A) Philadelphia
B) Chicago
C) New York City
D) Baltimore
Answer: A
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4. After The Civil War, Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency Engaged In The Two Broad Areas Of
?
A) Locating War Criminals And Providing Protection To The President Of The United States.
B) Controlling A Discontented Working Class And Protection Of The President Of The United States.
C) Pursuing Bank Robbers And Arresting Train Robbers.
D) Controlling A Discontented Working Class And Pursuing Bank And Railroad Robbers.
Answer: D
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5. Which State And City Was The First To Create A Unified Police Force In This Country?
A) New Orleans, La.
B) New York, Ny.
C) Baltimore, Md.
D) Philadelphia, Pa
Answer: B
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,6. Which Of The Following Is Not One Of The Reasons Cited In The Textbook For
Having Reliable Detectives In Americain The 1800’s?
A) Graft And Corruption Were Common Among America’s Big City Police Officers.
B) Police Jurisdictions Were Limited.
C) There Was Little Information Sharing Among Police Departments.
D) All Of The Above Are Reasons Cited In The Textbook.
Answer: D
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7. A Rogues' Gallery Is
A) Only Practical In Cities Of 100,000 Population Or More.
B) Photographs Of Known Criminals Arranged By Criminal Specialty And Height.
C) A Line-Up Of Known Offenders For Viewing By Detectives So They Can Recognize The
Criminals Later On The Street.
D) Only Practical In Cities Of 100,000 Population Or More And Are Photographs Of
Known Criminals Arranged By Criminal Specialty And Physical Height.
Answer: B
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8. What Was The Original Mission Of The Secret Service When Created By Congress In 1865?
A) Combatcounterfeiting.
B) Provide Protection For Presidents.
C) Prevent Drug Importation Into This Country.
D) All Of The Preceding Was Addressed In The Secret Service’s Original Charter.
Answer: A
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9. What Municipal Agency Was The First To Establish A Criminal Identification Bureau?
A) Chicago, Ill.
B) Atlanta, Ga.
C) Philadelphia, Pa.
D) New Orleans, La.
Answer: A
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10. Which Agency Was The Prototype For Modern State Police Organizations?
A) New York State Police.
B) Georgia State Police.
C) Pennsylvania State Police.
D) Pinkerton International Detective Agency.
Answer: C
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11. The Harrison Act Of 1914 Mad The Distribution Of Nonmedical Drugs A Crime. The Agency
Currently Charged With Enforcing Its Provisions Is .
,A) Federal Bureau Of Investigations
B) Narcotics Bureau
C) Drug Enforcement Agency
D) Bureau Of Narcotics And Dangerous Drugs
Answer: C
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12. During 1961-1966, The U.S. Supreme Court Became Unusually Active In Hearing
Cases Involving The Rights Of Criminal Suspects And Defendants. This Is Referred To
As The
A) Radical Court Era.
B) Conservative Court Era.
C) Due Process Revolution.
D) Ex-Post Facto Period.
Answer: C
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13. The First Major Book Describing The Application Of Scientific Disciplines To
Criminal Investigation Was Written In 1893 By Hans Gross. Translated Into English In
1906, It Remains Highly Respected Today As A Seminal Work In The Field. What Is The
Book’s Title?
A) Criminal Investigation.
B) The Scientific Method Of Criminal Inquiry.
C) Science And Criminal Conduct.
D) Forensic Science And Crime.
Answer: A
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14. What Early Method Of Criminal Identification Is Based On The Fact That Every Human
Being Differs From Every Other One In The Exact Measurements Of Their Body, And That
The Sum Of These Measurements Yields A Characteristic Formula For Each Individual?
A) Dactylography.
B) Ectomorphism.
C) Anthropometry.
D) Meso-Morphism.
Answer: C
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15. The Father Of Criminal Identification Is:
A) Hans Gross.
B) Alfonse Bertillon.
C) Edward Henry.
D) William Herschel.
Answer: B
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16. The First Country To Use Fingerprints As A System Of Criminal Identification Was:
A) Germany.
,B) France.
C) China.
D) England.
Answer: D
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17. Which 1903 Case Was The Most Important Incident To Advance The Use Of
Fingerprints In America?
A) Lindbergkidnapping.
B) "James Jones."
C) West.
D) Faurot.
Answer: C
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18. In 1985, Research By And His Colleagues At Leicester University,
England Led To The Discovery That Portions Of The Dna Structure Of Certain Genes
Are As Unique To Individuals, As Are Fingerprints.
A) Watson
B) Ashworth
C) Crick
D) Jeffreys
Answer:
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19. What Is The Significance Of The Enderby Cases That Are Referred To In The Textbook?
A) It Proved Without A Doubt That Dna Results Were Unreliable In Court.
B) The First Use Of Dna To Exonerate A Person Convicted Of The Rape Of Two Persons.
C) The First Use Of Dna Typing In A Criminal Trial.
D) Both B And C.
Answer: C
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20. The Palo Verde Case Is Significant Because It
A) Excluded Evidence Due To Improper Police Training.
B) Was The First Use Of Plant Dna In A Criminal Case.
C) Established The Scientific Basis For Dactylography.
D) Confirmed gravelle's principal.
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Answer: B
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21. Is Considered Most Responsible For
Raising Firearms Identification To A Science And For Perfecting The
Bullet Comparison Microscope?
A) Paul Jeserich.
B) Henri Lacassagne.
C) Henry Balthazard.
,D) Calvin goddard.
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Answer: D
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22. Who Made The First Successful Attempt To Identify A Murderer From The Bullet
Recovered From The Body Of A Victim?
A) Paul Jeserich.
B) Henri Lacassagne.
C) Henry Balthazard.
D) Henry Goddard.
Answer: D
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23. The Impact Of Supreme Court decisions In Criminal Investigation Cases And The
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Adaptation To Them By The Police Has
A) Slowed police Professionalization.
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B) Hastened Police professionalization.
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C) Had No Effect On The Police.
D) Handcuffed The Police.
Answer: B
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24. Which Of The Following Is Not One Of The Three Major Scientific
Systems For Personal Identification Of Criminals In Wide Use?
A) Anthropometry.
B) Dactylography.
C) Ectomorphism.
D) Deoxyribonucleic Acid.
Answer: C
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25. In 1892, Who Published The First Definitive Book On Dactylography, Finger Prints?
A) Sir Francis Galton.
B) Henri Lacassagne.
C) Henry Balthazard.
D) Calvin goddard.
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Answer: A
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True/False Questions
26. Criminalistics Draws From Diverse Disciplines, Such As Geology, Physics,
Chemistry, Biology, And Mathematics, To Study Physical Evidence Related To
Crime.
Answer: True
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27. The Metropolitan Police Act Was Enacted In 1829, The First Time It Was Introduced In
,England’s Parliament.
Answer: False
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28. Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency’s Trademark Was An Open Eye Above The Slogan ―We
Are Ever Vigilant.‖
Answer: False
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29. After Prohibition Was Adopted Nationally In 1920, The Bureau Of Internal
Revenue Was Responsible For Its Enforcement.
Answer: True
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30. When Prohibition Was Repealed By The 18th Amendment To The U.S. Constitution In
1933, Many Former Bootleggers Turned To Bank Robbery And Kidnapping. It Then
Became The
Fbi’s Role To Deal With The Criminals.
Answer: True
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31. The Bureau Of Narcotics And Dangerous Drugs Was An Offshoot Organization From
The Drug Enforcement Administration That Was Formed To Handle National Terroristic
Drug Use. Answer: False
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32. Bertillon Produced The Portrait Parle’ Or ―Speaking Picture,‖ Which Combines Full-
Face And Profile Photographs Of Each Criminal With His Or Her Exact Body
Measurements And Other Descriptive Data Onto A Single Card.
Answer: True
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33. Without Exception, Every Person Has Distinctive Dna. In Every Cell Of The Same
Human That Contains Dna, This Blueprint Is Identical, Whether The Material Is Blood,
Tissue, Spermatozoa, Bone Marrow, Tooth Pulp, Or A
Hair Root Cell.
Answer: False
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34. The Orlando Cases Set The Stage For The First Use Of Dna Typing In The United States.
Answer: True
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36. In 1913, Professor Balthazard Published An Article On Firearms Identification In Which
He Noted That The Firing Pin, Extractor, And Ejector All Leave Marks On Cartridges, And
That They Vary Among Weapons.
Answer: True
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36. Efforts Led To The Establishment Of The London Metropolitan Police In
1829. English Police Officers Are Still Affectionately Referred To As ―Bobbies,‖ A Play
On His First Name. Answer: Sir Robert Peel’s
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37. Stephen Girard Bequeathed $33,190 To Develop A Competent Police Force.
To
Answer: Philadelphia
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38. The Major Private Detective Agency Of The 19th Century Was .
Formed By
Answer: Alan Pinkerton
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Where
39. To Supplement The Rogues’ Gallery, Thomas Byrnes Instituted The At 9
O’clock Every Morning; All Criminals Arrested In The Past 24 Hours Were Marched
Before His Detectives Who Were Expected To Make Notes And To Recognize The
Criminals Later.
Answer: Mulberry Street Morning Parade
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40. In 1967, The Was Made Operational By The Fbi, Providing Data On
Wanted Persons And Property Stolen From All 50 States.
Answer: National Crime Information Center (Ncic)
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41. The Revolution And Subsequent Supreme Court Decisions Changed Questionable
And Improper Police Procedures And Tactics.
Answer: Due Process
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42. All Crime Scenes Are Searched On The Basis Of Edmond Locard’s , Which
Asserts That When Perpetrators Come Into Contact With The Scene, They Will Leave
Something Of Themselves And Take Away
Something From The Scene.
Answer: Exchange Principle
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43. The First Foreigner Trained In The Use Of The Henry Classification System Was New York
City
Detective In 1904.
Answer:
Joseph
Faurot
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44. The Cases Involved Blood Samples From About 5,500 Men Living In The
, Area For Dna Typing In An Attempt To Identify A Rape Suspect.
Answer: Enderby