Crime Basics
Crimes that are wrong by their very nature
What is Mala in Se?
This type of evidence can include fibers from one person being transferred onto another.
What is trace?
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects people against unlawful searches and seizures?
What is the 4th Amendment?
The father of modern day policing.
Who is Sir Robert Peele?
Police need this in order to conduct a full-body search.
What is probable cause?
What is a felony?
These two things determine the type of crime scene search pattern you will use.
What is size/shape of the crime scene and # of investigators?
This amendment requires law enforcement officers to read you your rights before questioning you about a crime.
What is the 5th Amendment?
This allows police to control operations within their own geographical area.
What is Local Control?
Having this is enough for a police officer to conduct a stop and frisk.
What is reasonable suspicion?
These are the three types of visible crime.
What is violent crime, property crime, and public order crimes?
Spit, blood, and tears are considered this type of evidence.
What is biological evidence?
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution allows for due process and equal treatment?
What is the 4th Amendment?
This characteristic allows for many different police agencies broken up into sections.
What is fragmented organization?
While conducting a stop and frisk, officers are only allowed to search here.
What is the outermost layer of clothing?
This is a plea of guilt in exchange for a lighter sentence.
What is a plea bargain?
This person uses experience, facts, and evidence to solve crimes that take more time.
What is a detective/investigator?
This group of people is responsible for interpreting the Constitution and applying it to cases they hear.
What is the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)?
This characteristic of European policing does not allow for unchecked police power.
What is limited authority?
This case is what created the authority for police to conduct a stop and frisk.
What is Terry vs. Ohio?
This is the hardest type of crime scene to detect.
What is an indoor crime scene?
This is where you document who has been in possession of a evidence.
What is evidence tag chain of custody?
In order for a search warrant to be legal, it has to include this.
This is how Sir Robert Peele thought police should display their efficiency not through police action but through this.
What is the absence of crime?
If a police dog is going to search a residence, this is required.
What is a warrant?
The restraint of free movement
What is custodial arrest?
This is the most common search pattern used in crime scenes.
The 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prevents the use of evidence which was gained illegally. This is known as _______________.
What is the Exclusionary Rule or Fruit from a poisonous tree?
The Use of Force continuum is America's way of achieving this adopted characteristic.
These are the four types of body searches.
What is dead body search, body search, and stop and frisk?