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14th amendment correct answers due process of law
Arrest correct answers intention, authority, custody
Arrest warrant correct answers 1. Name of the state
2. Who will execute the warrant (normally any peace officer of that state)
3. Person who will be arrested
4. Offense Committed
5. Date, time, place of occurrence
6. Name of victim
7. Description of Offense
Mapp v. Ohio correct answers Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states
(evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court)
Search Warrant Exceptions correct answers Consent, warrant, exigency, vehicle inventory,
incident to arrest, motor vehicle, plain view
Chimel v. California (1969) correct answers search is valid of a person and area under him
immediate control form which he could produce a weapon or destroy evidence
Carroll v. U.S. (1925) correct answers movable vehicle rule
Arizona v. Gant (2009) correct answers can search a vehicle when reasonable to believe will find
evidence of the offense. Only in passenger compartment.
inductive reasoning correct answers factual and logical explanation of the crime
,deductive reasoning correct answers hypothesis
neighborhood canvas correct answers helpful in about 20% of investigations
vehicle canvas correct answers get description, location, plate of vehicles in the area with
description of anything suspicious ie blood, bullet holes, possible evidence.
Primary v. secondary scenes correct answers primary is where first criminal act occurred,
secondary scenes are where all subsequent scenes occurred.
Evidence in "open view" correct answers processed before other items/bodies to make sure no
undue damage is done to families by media or common talk.
3 kinds of evidence correct answers Corpus delicti evidence - evidence that is needed to prove
the commission of the crime
Associative - connects the suspect to the scene or victim/ or connects the scene or victim to the
suspect
Tracing - identification and location of the suspect such as a discarded ID at the scene.
Crime scene patterns (patterns or techniques used to search an area after the boundary has been
determined correct answers Spiral, Grid, Strip/line, Quadrant/ or Zone, Pie/wheel
Digital photography (far/medium/close) correct answers Orientation - far, Relationship -
medium, Identification - close, Comparison - close of evidence
Class characteristics correct answers not completely original, like the print of a Nike shoe
, Individual characteristics correct answers fingerprints/footprints, etc.
Residue prints correct answers prints left on a hard surface from a foot, shoe, or tire.
Impressions correct answers prints left in something moldable like clay, dirt, snow, etc.
Plastic prints correct answers prints left in something "tacky" like silly putty, fatty foods,
caulking
Patent/contaminated/visible correct answers fingers contaminated with an oily substance touch a
clean surface
Latent/invisible correct answers unseen or hidden prints that are developed to expose them
Forensic ondontology correct answers intersection of dentistry and criminal law, i.e. bite mark
analysis and identification.
Signature correct answers The striations on a bullet after passing through the bore of the barrel of
a rifle or pistol
Touch DNA correct answers small amounts of DNA evidence left from suspect skin shavings
after touching something.
Handwriting samples correct answers 15 to 20 samples should be collected from suspects
Objective of interrogation: (importance goes up as the difficulty goes up) correct answers Obtain
valuable facts, Eliminate the innocent, Identify the guilty, Obtain a confession
14th amendment correct answers due process of law
Arrest correct answers intention, authority, custody
Arrest warrant correct answers 1. Name of the state
2. Who will execute the warrant (normally any peace officer of that state)
3. Person who will be arrested
4. Offense Committed
5. Date, time, place of occurrence
6. Name of victim
7. Description of Offense
Mapp v. Ohio correct answers Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states
(evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court)
Search Warrant Exceptions correct answers Consent, warrant, exigency, vehicle inventory,
incident to arrest, motor vehicle, plain view
Chimel v. California (1969) correct answers search is valid of a person and area under him
immediate control form which he could produce a weapon or destroy evidence
Carroll v. U.S. (1925) correct answers movable vehicle rule
Arizona v. Gant (2009) correct answers can search a vehicle when reasonable to believe will find
evidence of the offense. Only in passenger compartment.
inductive reasoning correct answers factual and logical explanation of the crime
,deductive reasoning correct answers hypothesis
neighborhood canvas correct answers helpful in about 20% of investigations
vehicle canvas correct answers get description, location, plate of vehicles in the area with
description of anything suspicious ie blood, bullet holes, possible evidence.
Primary v. secondary scenes correct answers primary is where first criminal act occurred,
secondary scenes are where all subsequent scenes occurred.
Evidence in "open view" correct answers processed before other items/bodies to make sure no
undue damage is done to families by media or common talk.
3 kinds of evidence correct answers Corpus delicti evidence - evidence that is needed to prove
the commission of the crime
Associative - connects the suspect to the scene or victim/ or connects the scene or victim to the
suspect
Tracing - identification and location of the suspect such as a discarded ID at the scene.
Crime scene patterns (patterns or techniques used to search an area after the boundary has been
determined correct answers Spiral, Grid, Strip/line, Quadrant/ or Zone, Pie/wheel
Digital photography (far/medium/close) correct answers Orientation - far, Relationship -
medium, Identification - close, Comparison - close of evidence
Class characteristics correct answers not completely original, like the print of a Nike shoe
, Individual characteristics correct answers fingerprints/footprints, etc.
Residue prints correct answers prints left on a hard surface from a foot, shoe, or tire.
Impressions correct answers prints left in something moldable like clay, dirt, snow, etc.
Plastic prints correct answers prints left in something "tacky" like silly putty, fatty foods,
caulking
Patent/contaminated/visible correct answers fingers contaminated with an oily substance touch a
clean surface
Latent/invisible correct answers unseen or hidden prints that are developed to expose them
Forensic ondontology correct answers intersection of dentistry and criminal law, i.e. bite mark
analysis and identification.
Signature correct answers The striations on a bullet after passing through the bore of the barrel of
a rifle or pistol
Touch DNA correct answers small amounts of DNA evidence left from suspect skin shavings
after touching something.
Handwriting samples correct answers 15 to 20 samples should be collected from suspects
Objective of interrogation: (importance goes up as the difficulty goes up) correct answers Obtain
valuable facts, Eliminate the innocent, Identify the guilty, Obtain a confession
