Exam 6: Basic Investigative Leads and Informants

Clubs and other blunt instruments can be traced through sales and registration records as an investigative lead.

A "bumper beeper" is related to: _____.

Mutual trust, compatibility, and ____________ are the usual factors determining crime partners.

The distinctive methods used to commit a crime is a _____.

A device that electronically signals the location of automobiles, or other objects to which it is affixed, is known as a bumper beeper and its use has been prohibited by the courts.

Places or people may be wired for sound and this practice is known as __________.

The "core area" of police intelligence process is: _____.

A person who has been arrested for a criminal offense and agrees to cooperate with investigators to supply information concerning others involved in criminal activity is known as what type of informant?

The National Crime Information Center is the computer system dedicated to serving the needs of law enforcement throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

In cases in which the identity of the perpetrator is unknown, the initial objective of an investigation is to: _____.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that law enforcement officers may constitutionally break and enter to install listening devices.

Serial numbers and other positive identifying data necessary for the recovery of property are usually available from the victim of a theft.

When offenders know they are suspected of being at the crime scene they often fabricate a story based upon the claim that they were somewhere else at the time, such a claim is known as an alibi.

The concept of "benefit" as a basic lead is aligned with: _____.

The public rejection of electronic eavesdropping most likely originates in: _____.

_____ reports record interviews with persons stopped because of their suspicious appearance or actions.

_______________ is the secret or clandestine collecting and evaluation of information about crime and criminals not normally available to investigators.

The choice of a particular crime to commit and the selection of a method of committing it is the _____ of a criminal.

Visual surveillance may be aided by binoculars or a telescope or replaced by photographic surveillance.

In cases in which the identity of the perpetrator is known, the objective of the investigation is to: _____.