Interview & Interrogation
A series of questions are asked to gain information that is needed to solve a crime, non-accusatory
What is an Interview?
The amount of light that reaches the camera sensor
What is Exposure?
Pinpoints the location of evidence and records the measurements of the area where the crime took place
What is a Crime Scene Sketch?
Step 1: Carefully observe persons, odors, and other elements
What is Approaching?
Someone who was there to see what happened at a crime scene
What is an Eyewitness?
Consists of nine steps, which are used during the process of an interrogation
What is the Reid Technique?
Transparent subjects transmit the light source through the subject toward the lens
What is Transmitted Lighting?
A way to help the sketch of a crime scene be as accurate as possible
What is a Grid?
Last Step: Question all suspects. Use evidence found at the scene of the crime during the interview. Use information withheld from the public to obtain a confession. Destroy alibis.
What is Questioning?
A type of evidence that can be confirmed to be a fact and accurate
What is Direct Evidence?
Must be read prior to an interrogation
What is Miranda Rights?
Determines how long the lens lets light in
What is Shutter Speed?
A method used in Crime Sketching by dividing the Crime Scene into 4 sections
What is Quadrant?
Establish perimeters. Set up command posts. Determine the suspect’s point of entry and egress and your own
What is Preserving?
A type of evidence that leads back to a group of people
What is Class Evidence?
Preparation/Planning, Engage/Explain, Account, Closure, and Evaluate
What is the PEACE Method?
A translucent material placed between the light source and subject
What is Diffused Lighting?
The fourth step in the Crime Scene Investigation protocol; consists of sketching and searching the scene
What is Processing?
Doing background and history checks
What is Seeking Additional Information?
A setting that can be connected or was involved in the Primary Crime Scene
What is a Secondary Crime Scene?
The second step in the Reid Technique, develop a possible motive
What is Theme Development?
How much light (natural and/or artificial) is present at the scene
What is Scene Luminance?
Compares the measurements of the actual scene to the size of the sketch
What is the Scale?
Relying upon evidence, knowledge of victim’s activities, and appearance of victim’s clothing. Seeing if any documents were written by or sent to victim recently. Determining the pre-scene activity and health status (physical and mental) of the victim.
What is Develop Theory of Motive?
Reasoning from specific cases to more general conclusions
What is Inductive Reasoning?