Let's start the very beginning, a very good place to start.
This Scotland Yard Investigator is best known for founding the first US detectives division.
Who is Allen Pinkerton
This will make for the most unique and successful interview or interrogation
What is preparation.
The taking of a human life
What is homicide
Profit, Vandalism, Revenge and Crime concealment are all examples of this
What are motives for arson
This general location where a fire started is where investigators begin their cause investigation.
What is the area of origin
This British politician is best known for founding the London Metropolitan Police Department and becoming the namesake of its officers' nickname.
Who is Sir Robert Peel
If an interviewee speaks to an investigator against their own rights, they have done this.
What is waived their rights
This can result as the skin sloughs from the body.
What is gloving or stocking
This is the most common motive for arson fires
What is profit
This allows an arsonist to start a fire remotely while being in another location.
What is an ignition device
This landmark Supreme Court case ruled that suspects must be made aware of their rights in accordance with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments.
What it Miranda v Arizona
The best method of documenting any interview is with both of these.
What are audio and video
This loss of body temperature after death can be used to determine the post mortem interval.
What is algor mortis
These types of fire serve to hide or conceal other criminal acts
What are masking fires
These are substances that can result in the rapid growth of a fire at a high rate.
What are accelerants
A criminal investigation involves the application of the scientific method to the analysis of these.
What is a crime scene and the law.
Questions in the interview phase should try to elicit this type of response.
What is a narrative
Unburned firearm powder from a gunshot will result in a black ring around the wound as it penetrates the skin and is known as this
What is stippling
These will usually return to a crime scene to admire their work.
What is an arsonist
Before a material can combust it must, first, do this.
What is vaporize
This is the basic principle that one should seek the simplest explanation for the phenomenon being examined.
What is parsimony
This is the first step in an Reid Technique interrogation.
What is the positive confrontation
This is the proper name for the decomposition of the body after death
What is putrefaction
Juvenile firesetters are usually motivated by this.
What is thrill.
This is the chemical decomposition of materials through the application of heat.
What is Pyrolisis