FAMOUS CRIMES

CRIMINOLOGY
POLICE & INVESTIGATION
LAW & JUSTICE
CRIME IN POP CULTURE
100

This famous ship sank in 1912, leading to numerous fraud attempts involving “found heirs.”

Titanic


100

The simplest crime type: theft without violence.
 

 What is larceny

100

The forensic science that deals with fingerprints.

What is dactyloscopy?


100

What is criminal court?


The court where criminal cases are tried.

100

The Danish crime series featuring detective Sarah Lund.
 

What is The Killing?

200

This American bank robber was called a “folk hero” during the Great Depression.

John Dillinger?



200

The crime of intentionally setting a building on fire.

 What is arson?

200

The official questioning of a suspect.

What is an interrogation?


200

What is the presiding judge?

The judge who presides over a criminal trial.

200

The show about a chemistry teacher who becomes a drug kingpin.
 

wahlterh and cheese the Breaking badd

300

This iconic “unsolved” case involves a mysterious letter-writing killer in California in the 1960s.

the Zodiac Killer?

300

A criminal motive based on financial gain.

What is profit motive?

300

A unique biological marker used in forensic analysis.

What is DNA?


300

What is the presumption of innocence?

The principle that one is innocent until proven guilty.

300

Sherlock Holmes’ loyal friend and narrator.
 

dr. watson lll

400

A famous 2015 London jewel heist was committed by—surprisingly—elderly men.

Hatton Garden heist?

400

The technical term for the location where a crime occurred.

What is the crime scene?

400

Police work that involves analyzing a criminal’s behavior and patterns.

Police work that involves analyzing a criminal’s behavior and patterns.

400

What is a search warrant?

The authorization required for police to conduct a search.

400

The Swedish author behind the Millennium trilogy.
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stieg larsson lll

500

This hijacker jumped from a plane with ransom money and was never found.

D.B. Cooper? 


500

A killer who murders at least three people over time with cooling-off periods.

What is a serial killer?

500

The investigation of computers, phones, and digital data.

What is digital forensics?

500

What is a dismissal?

When the prosecution formally decides not to pursue a case.

500

Classic novel in which Raskolnikov murders a pawnbroker.
➡️ What is Crime and Punishment?

breaking bad ll