Criminal Investigations

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A highly personal and unreasoned distortion of judgment.

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Bias

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An act or omission forbidden by law and punishable by a fine, imprisonment, or even death. Crimes and their penalties are established and defined by state and federal statutes and local ordinances.

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Crime

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Not based on actual personal knowledge or observation of the facts in controversy, but of other facts from which deductions are drawn, showing indirectly the facts sought to be proved.

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Circumstantial evidence

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Person requesting an investigation or that action is taken. Is often the victim of a crime.

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Complainant

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literally means the body or substance of the crime. In law the term refers to proof establishing that a crime has occurred; the necessary elements that constitute a crime.

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Corpus delicti

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Conditions that must occur for an act to be called a specific kind of crime.

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Elements of a crime

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Anything to be offered in court to prove the truth or falsity of a fact in issue.

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Evidence

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Something known to be true.

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Fact

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One who receives and disposes of stolen property on a regular basis.

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Fence

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On-the-scene identification of a suspect by the victim of or witness to a crime, conducted within minutes of the commission of a crime.

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Field Identification

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An opinion or leaning adverse to anything without just grounds or before obtaining sufficient knowledge.

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Prejudice

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A criminal’s characteristic method of operation.

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Modus Operandi (MO)

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Level of proof required to obtain a conviction in a criminal trial.

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Proof beyond a reasonable doubt

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Credible information exists that would cause a reasonable and prudent person to believe a particular suspect committed or is committing a specific offense (in the case of arrest); Or – Credible information exists that would cause a reasonable and prudent person to believe there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place.

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Probable cause

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a feeling of ease and harmony in a contact or relationship between people.

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Rapport

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The level of certainty a juror must have to find a defendant guilty of a crime. The burden of proof in a criminal case – proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Reasonable doubt

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Specific articulable facts, together with rational inferences from those facts that would reasonably warrant the detention of a person.

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Reasonable suspicion

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A legal narrative description of events related to a crime.

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Statement

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A person considered to be directly or indirectly connected with a crime, either by overt act or by planning and/or directing it.

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Suspect

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A person who saw a crime or some part of it being committed or who has relevant information

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Witness

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The person injured by a crime.

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Victim

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The “Achilles heel” of property crime is:

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The disposal of stolen property

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One problem that is common with big auto dealerships:

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Inventory Control

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a.Suspicious

b.Non-biased

c.Observant

d.Creative problem solving

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Four characteristics of investigators:

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Knowledge investigators gathered from other persons:

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Information

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a.Gather information

b.Interview

c.Intstrumentation

d.Laws of arrest search and seizure

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Fundamentals of criminal investigators consist of:

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Cars months overdue from rental place are a:

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Civil matter

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Actor kills another, then kills himself:

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Murder Suicide

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Elimination of another that results in profit for the murderer:

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Killing for profit

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Extension of the crime of assault. Dispute-anger-attack-death (cycle of violence)

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Anger killing

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Shootings as a result of gang-activity:

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Drive-by

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History of involvement between perp and victim:

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Revenge/jealousy killing

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Husband or wife kills spouse who was involved him/herlself with another lover:

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Triangle killing

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Seemingly motiveless, hardest to solve:

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Random killing

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Marked by unusual violence, may follow rape, acts of sexual perversion, or sadistic acts:

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Sex and sadism

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Death Results from injuries received during commission of some other felony:

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Felony murder

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All deaths must be treated as:

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Homicide

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a.Force or threat of the use of force

b.Administering drugs

c.Incapacity of victim to consent

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Sexual assault means of control:

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a.Neglect

b.Abuse

c.Exploitation

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Three types of elder abuse:

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a.Race

b.Religion

c.Ethnic/national origin

d.Sexual orientation

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Hate crimes motivated by offender bias against:

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Why take victim to ID suspect immediately?

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Limit the legal impact of suspect detention

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A postmortem examination of the body of a person, including X-rays and examination of the internal organs and structures after dissection, to determine the cause of death or nature of any pathological changes that may have contributed to the death.

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Autopsy

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Because of chemical changes occurring in body tissues, the muscles stiffen after death:

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Rigor Mortis

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A purplish discoloration observable on the parts of the body that are nearest the ground

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Lividity

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Decomposition of body tissue:

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Putrefaction

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a.Overall

b.Mid-range

c.Close-up

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Three progression of photos:

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This type of search is effective for indoor and outdoor scenes that have regular patterns or defined borders. This type of search also permits different types of searches in the different sectors:

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Quadrant Search

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A variation of the strip or line search utilizing two compass directions. This type of search is useful for providing two views of the same area:

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Grid Search

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a."Sustained" (the officer may not answer)

b."Overruled" (the officer may answer the question)

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The judge will rule on the objection in one of two ways:

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Conduct of Peace Officer

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What is CCP 6.07?

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County Court

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What court deals with class B and Class A?

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District court

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What court deals with Felonies?

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friendly

badgering

highly offensive

condescending

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What are 3 defensive attorney tactics?

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Honesty

Brevity

Clarity

Objectivity

Emotional Control

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3 of the the 5 court testimony.

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Jury Selection

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