Exam 6: An Introduction to Intelligence

Real-time crime analysis has proven to be an effective crime fighting tool that aids in ______________.

Direct evidence involves testimony by eyewitnesses who have information to offer about the crime through one of their ______________.

The biggest challenge in an investigation is when the offender is unknown

Among the categories of evidence that investigators attempt to locate is Miranda warnings

Corpus delicti evidence is evidence that will help substantiate the elements of the _______.

Evidence, such as a video of the perpetrator from a surveillance camera that helps to identify the offender, is referred to this kind of evidence:

In the cases where the offender is unknown, the investigator must develop the basic investigative leads to attempt to discover the ______________ of the perpetrator.

The integrity and ethics of the investigator plays no role in ruling out suspects when they are innocent, along with ruling in suspects when there is evidence suggesting guilt

During a criminal investigation, there are two basic kinds of proof needed to establish the guilt or innocence of a suspect; 1) Direct evidence and 2) Circumstantial evidence

Circumstantial evidence means evidence that shows the perpetrator's DNA

Real-time crime analysis has proven to be an effective crime fighting tool that aids in ongoing and follow-up investigations.

The detection and investigation of crime, along with the pursuit and apprehension of criminals, require reliable intelligence

Charles R. Swanson and his colleagues (2012) propose that there is a continuous six-step process used by intelligence centers; those six steps start with Planning and direction and end with _______.

If the responding office, usually a patrol officer, determines that a tactical situation exists, then that officer should:

Circumstantial evidence is evidence from which inferences can be drawn and can include ______________ evidence.

Experienced investigators will avoid hunches or developing leads or suspects based on intuition; instead, they realize that developing leads comes about best when they use their know-how, their cognitive processes and their ability ______________.

There are myriad ______________ available to the police these days, especially to the crime analyst or intelligence expert who knows how and when to access those _______.

It is important for intelligence analysts and tactical crime analysts to have a mastery of how a criminal investigation proceeds in order to ______________.

In assisting the investigator, the intelligence analyst concentrates on the ______________ of information about criminals.

A tactical situation is one in which crimes or criminal situations are involved (for instance, if the perpetrator took a hostage or is barricaded in a nearby building)