Definitions 1.0
A question or an intense questioning session
Interrogation
A lawful search for people, land, and things to reconstruct a crime
Criminal Investigations
________ bags are the best option as it will preserve DNA evidence.
Paper Bags
Answer the phone for emergency calls and non-emergency calls; they dispatch help to the location
Dispatchers
Usually is the first to respond on scene and set up a perimeter.
Patrol Officer
A legal document signed by a judge allowing law enforcement to enter premises and seize evidence
Search Warrant
The area of legal authority
Jurisdiction
What are the three different segments of the criminal justice system?
Law Enforcement
Corrections
Courts
Medical doctors who perform autopsies
Medical Examiner
Called out to investigate specialized crimes, such as murder
Detective
A fact-finding interaction between police and another person
Interview
Any physical location in which a crime has occurred or is suspected of having occurred
Crime Scene
Daily Double
Police officers need ________ _________ to search without violating someone's rights.
This person receives the case file from police with reports and evidence to take it to trial.
Prosecutor
Called out to collect & process physical evidence at a crime scene
Crime Scene Technician
A person who saw a crime or some part of it being committed or who has relevant information
Witness
Information given personally, drawn from a document, or in the form of material objects, tending or used to establish facts in a legal investigation or admissible as testimony in court.
Evidence
Documenting the transferring evidence from one place/or person to another is called _______ of ______________.
Chain of Custody
The legal counsel for arrestees and are provided by law if the defendant cannot afford to hire one
Defense Attorney
Assist on scene with medical emergencies
Paramedics & Firefighters
A document issued by a magistrate that authorizes the police to take someone accused of a crime into custody
Search Warrant
A person thought to be guilty of a crime or offense.
Suspect
What are the 7 S's in Criminal Investigation?
Made up of 12 people who decide if a defendant is guilty during a criminal trial
Jury
Judge called out for the death certificate; body can’t be moved
Justice of the Peace