Exam 5: Police Investigations in the Twenty-First Century

Admissibility of evidence depends on whether the evidence is relevant, material, and competent

Once the crime scene is secured and photographed, the placement of markings next to items of evidence being seized helps to establish, by number, ______________.

After marking, logging and photographing evidence, the next step is to physically collect the evidence for examination and testing

It is the job of detectives to collect all of the evidence and present it first to ______________.

In Terry v. Ohio, the Supreme Court held that a stop and frisk is not essential to the proper performance of a police officer's investigative duties.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in the landmark 1966 case of Miranda v. Arizona, established that the Fifth Amendment pertained to police _______.

Modus operandi, loosely translated, means "a method of operation;" but in a criminal investigation Modus operandi (or MO) refers to the way:

The fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine declares that the rules of evidence applied not only to evidence directly obtained by illegal means, but also to any other ______________.

A criminal investigation is a lawful search for people and items useful in reconstructing an illegal act.

The good faith exemption to the search warrant rule is when a search that has been authorized by the court has an error that renders it ______________.

In 1961, in Mapp v. Ohio, the U.S. Supreme Court extended the exclusionary rule by requiring that ______________ must use the rule.

After overturning the conviction of Ernesto Miranda, the Supreme Court stated that his confession was inadmissible as evidence and the Court provided a five-point warning, which is now well known as the ______________ _______.

The final step in the process of crime scene investigation has to do with after-search photographs; these photographs are intended to show evidence the detectives missed

The rules of evidence affect a police officers' conduct because collecting ______________ is part of their job.

In the exigent circumstance exception to obtaining a search warrant, the need for a search warrant is waived if the police officer must act swiftly and if the officer determines that ______________.

The key to a successful investigation is ______________.

In general, the interpretation by the courts is that any words or questions by the police that are reasonably likely to elicit an incriminating response by a suspect qualify as an ______________.

Primary evidence refers to direct evidence; direct evidence _______.

Probable cause means that the police do not have to a direct link between a suspect and a crime

The first line of the Miranda warning is: