The first American paid police force originated in
What is Boston
100
Which search pattern(s) is mostly used for indoor crime scenes
What is quadrant or zone
100
Which is the best method of seizing a handgun as evidence?
What is using 2 fingers to hold the grip
100
A procedure that was established to study human blood stains and distinguish them from the blood of most other animals.
What is serology
100
A search warrant is only authorized if it is based on
What is probable cause
200
The first well-known investigative body in England
What is Bow Street Runners
200
When responding to a crime scene, what is the first thing that should be done
What is render aid to the injured
200
What are the two major methods of fingerprint preservation?
What is photographing and lifting
200
What are the 3 main fingerprint patterns?
What is loop, arch, whorl
200
Itemized inventory of all property and material seized by officers at the location of the search.
What is search warrant return
300
Of the two categories of thief catchers discussed in the text, which had mercenary motivations
What is Hirelings
300
Electronic evidence is considered:(what type of evidence)
What is latent evidence
300
Evidence used to establish a crime has been committed
What is corpus delicti
300
Which process of taking fingerprints involves the development of prints by using amino acids resulting from perspiration?
What is ninhydrin
300
A search warrant should be executed within _______days of issuance?
What is 10
400
Matching the shape of the ears and skeletal size to a particular suspect
What is Bertillon System
400
Criminal investigation is a reconstructive process that uses _______ based on specific pieces of evidence to establish proof that a suspect is guilty of an offense.
What is deductive reasoning
400
_______ has to do with evidence such as powder burns and marking on bullets and casings
What is ballistics
400
Two standards used to govern the admission of scientific evidence
What is relevancy and the Frye test
400
Which court case says that police may search a vehicle incident to a recent occupant’s arrest only if the arrestee is within reaching distance of the passenger compartment at the time of the search
What is Arizona v. Gant
500
The Volstead Act failed to criminalize.... (2 things)
What is the purchase and consumption of alcohol
500
When an officer finds a hanging victim, what is the most important?
What is the knot of the noose
500
This type of evidence tends to incriminate a person without offering conclusive proof.
What is circumstantial evidence
500
When prints leave a negative impression of friction ridges (soft material)
What are plastic prints
500
What are the 3 exceptions to the exclusionary rule?
What is good faith, computer error, inevitable discovery