Exam 14: Computers, Technology, and Criminalistics in Policing

The National Crime Information Center (NCIC) collects and retrieves data about _________.

Explain the concerns about the effects of technological advances in policing on civil liberties.

The use of the Taser was upheld in court in _________.

The first scientist to use DNA profiling in a criminal case was _______.

What is used in the examination of blood, semen, and other body fluids?

The BlackBerry can be loaded with specialized law enforcement programs allowing the user to query the NCIC database as well as other state and motor vehicle department databases.

The analysis of poisons and other toxic substances in a person's body is called forensic ___________.

There are six classifications of fingerprints.

The domestic use of drones, and even their consideration of use, has become the subject of national debate, including filibuster in the U.S.Senate.

Live Scan is a(n) ____________ scanning system.

It is impossible to change one's fingerprints.

For law enforcement purposes, the acronym CAD means _______.

What is used in the examination of hairs, fibers, and fingernail scrapings?

AFIS means _______.

Blood and semen evidence is analyzed by the ______ section of the crime lab.

PCR-STR procedures for the analysis of DNA evidence allow samples that have degraded or broken down to be analyzed.

The majority of cases involve the fraudulent uses of credit card or bank information.

CAI stands for __________.

Discuss advances in fingerprint technology and the impact they've had on police investigations.

In using the computerized database referred to as CATCH, detectives feed in the suspect's ______________.