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Why'd You Do It?
We Didn't Start Fire, It Was Always Burning
100

This Scotland Yard Investigator is best known for founding the first US detectives division.

Who is Allen Pinkerton

100

This will make for the most unique and successful interview or interrogation

What is preparation.

100

The taking of a human life

What is homicide

100

Profit, Vandalism, Revenge and Crime concealment are all examples of this

What are motives for arson

100

This general location where a fire started is where investigators begin their cause investigation.

What is the area of origin

200

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

200

If an interviewee speaks to an investigator against their own rights, they have done this.

What is waived their rights

200

This can result as the skin sloughs from the body.

What is gloving or stocking

200

This is the most common motive for arson fires

What is profit

200

This allows an arsonist to start a fire remotely while being in another location.

What is an ignition device

300

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

300

The best method of documenting any interview is with both of these.

What are audio and video

300

This loss of body temperature after death can be used to determine the post mortem interval.

What is algor mortis

300

These types of fire serve to hide or conceal other criminal acts

What are masking fires

300

These are substances that can result in the rapid growth of a fire at a high rate.

What are accelerants

400

A criminal investigation involves the application of the scientific method to the analysis of these.

What is a crime scene and the law.

400

Questions in the interview phase should try to elicit this type of response.

What is a narrative

400

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

400

These will usually return to a crime scene to admire their work.

What is an arsonist

400

Before a material can combust it must, first, do this.

What is vaporize

500

This is the basic principle that one should seek the simplest explanation for the phenomenon being examined.

What is parsimony

500

This is the first step in an Reid Technique interrogation.

What is the positive confrontation

500

This is the proper name for the decomposition of the body after death

What is putrefaction

500

Juvenile firesetters are usually motivated by this.

What is thrill.

500

This is the chemical decomposition of materials through the application of heat.

What is Pyrolisis