Interrogations
Behavioral Evidence
Digital Evidence
Death Investigations
100
If you only had to pick 1 thing, what is the main goal of an interrogation?
What is obtaining a confession from the suspect.
100
True or False: Profiling is more art than science.
What is True
100
Define digital evidence
What is information and data of value to an investigation that is stored, retrieved, or transmitted by an electronic device
100
Explain the difference between manner and cause of death
What is manner of death is 1 of 4 classifications (natural causes, accidents, suicides, or homicides) whereas cause of death is the nature of the injuries sustained by the decedent (ex. blunt force trauma, asphyxia, cutting wounds, etc.)
200
Explain the difference between an admission and a confession.
What is an admission is agree to parts, but not all of the story whereas a confession is indicating that yes, you were responsible for this crime.
200
What are the 3 types of deductive profiling discussed in class?
What is 'distinguishing the evil person', 'determining common characteristics', and 'psychological testing commonalities'
200
True or False: each new generation is increasing its use of computers not only in committing crimes, but also in investigating crimes.
What is True
200
What are the 3 basic questions that homicide investigators focus on?
What is 1) who is the decedent, 2) what was the cause of death, 3) who committed the murder?
300
Describe why the interrogation setting is so important.
What is the room itself helps to accomplish the goals of the interrogation to reinforce the authority structure and increase ease of communication from the suspect to the interrogators (likely increasing the likelihood of obtaining a confession).
300
What are the general results of the research looking at accuracy of profiles developed? Be detailed in where you might find accurate or inaccurate results
What is generally mixed or weak support for accuracy. The studies done by the FBI themselves tend to be the only studies showing highly accurate profiles.
300
Explain why IP addresses are so crucial to digital evidence based investigations.
What is IP addresses (Internet protocol) are identifying numbers that are unique to a single computer, thus allowing the investigator to track IP addresses down to 1 source. IP addresses are collected when visiting websites and linked with ISPs (internet service providers) which records names, addresses, and other identifying information.
300
What are the 2 major parts of an autopsy?
What is the external examination (photographing the body, belongings, clothing, etc.) and the internal examination (opening chest, abdomen, pelvic cavity, skull to inspect internal organs and injuries related to cause of death)
400
Explain the difference between the 3 types of false confessions.
What is Voluntary are those offered freely without any coercion. Coerced Compliant (or Compliant) are those offered in order to get out of the stressful situation or to get the better of 2 options at that time. Coerced Internalized (or Persuaded) are those where the suspect begins to truly believe they are the one who committed the crime, likely due to the interrogation tactics that were used.
400
Define the homology assumption.
What is the principle that offenders with similar criminal behaviors will exhibit similar characteristics.
400
Cybercrime generally falls into 1 of what 3 categories?
What is 1) cases in which technology is integral to the commission of a crime, 2) cases in which technology is used to commit a crime, and 3) cases in which technology is used as an incidental aspect of a crime
400
What 2 types of death investigations are particularly challenging for investigators?
What is Serial homicide and Cold cases
500
Name the 5 concepts identified by Horowitz that lead guilty people to confess to their crimes.
What is 1) accusation, 2) available evidence, 3) friendly and hostile forces, 4) guilt feelings, 5) confession as a way out.
500
Explain the 6 steps of the traditional FBI profiling procedure discussed in class.
What is 1) profiling inputs: all of the details from the crime scene, 2) decision process model: ask meaningful questions about what inferences can be made based on the inputs from step 1 and how those might exhibit in offender characteristics, 3) Crime assessment: reconstruction of the events to make logical sense of inputs, 4) Criminal profile: formulate the detailed description of the likely offender, 5) Investigation: give profile to investigators, train how to ID, and maybe reassess profile if needed, 6) Apprehension: get the correct offender and hopefully cross-check the profile for accuracy.
500
Name 5 types of fraud discussed in your book.
What is tax evasion, bribery, embezzlement, forgery, blackmail, extortion, kick-back, racketeering, insider trading, money laundering, investment fraud, insurance fraud, welfare and food stamp fraud, internet fraud, identity theft, check and credit/debit card fraud, prescription fraud, etc.
500
Explain algor mortis, livor mortis, and rigor mortis
What is Algor mortis is the cooling process a body goes through, livor mortis is the blood settling in the body that discolors the skin, rigor mortis is the rigidity of the muscles in the body
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