Criminal Investigation
Documenting
Writing Reports
Searches
Serial Killers
100
Application of physical sciences and their technology to examining physical evidence of crimes.
forensic science
100
Photographs of those who have been taken into custody and booked.
mug shots
100
Non-opinionated, fair, and impartial.
objective
100
What would lead a reasonable person to believe that something connected to a crime is on the premises to be searched.
probable cause
100
Ted Bundy
200
Serious crime such as homicide, aggravated assault, or robbery.
felony
200
First, pencil drawn outline of the crime scene.
rough sketch
200
In time sequence.
chronological order
200
External search of a person's clothing; also called a patdown.
frisk
200
AKA: Milwaukee Cannibal; murdered and dismembered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991.
Jeffery Dahmer
300
Crime or offense that is less serious than a felony.
misdemeanor
300
Uses straight-line measurements from two fixed objects to an item of evidence at a crime scene.
triangulation
300
Ease with which a handwritten character is recognizable based on its appearance.
legibility
300
Establishes that courts cannot accept evidence obtained by unreasonable searches and seizures.
exclusionary rule
300
Joseph DeAngelo or Golden State Killer
400
Characteristic way a criminal commits a specific type of crime.
modus operandi (MO)
400
Item used in a photograph to show accurate or relative size.
marker
400
Technical report structured in chronological order describing a sequence of events.
narrative
400
Officers can execute without first announcing themselves.
no-knock warrant
400
London circa 1888; Victims were women; Throats cut and abdominal mutilations; Never apprehended.
Jack the Ripper
500
Evidence favorable to the accused that would clear the accused of blame.
exculpatory evidence
500
Imaging process that reveals evidence not seen by the naked eye.
laser-beam photography
500
Nonfactual; drawing inferences; to be avoided in police reports.
conclusionary language
500
Unconcealed evidence that is seen by an officer engaged in a lawful activity.
plain-view evidence
500
Most famous unsolved murder case in American history.
Zodiac Killer