Exam 7: Crime Detection and Investigation

Tool marks found on the window frame at a crime scene is an example of ______ evidence.

Owing to technological advances, nearly half of cold cases are now able to be solved.

The ultimate goal of the criminal investigation process is to reduce crime through either ______.

______ is the process of collecting crime-related information to reach certain goals.

In most solved homicides, the perpetrator is taken into custody within 24 hours.

Circumstantial evidence is not allowed to be used in criminal court cases.

A police officer found a gun, identified as the likely murder weapon at a crime scene, and it has the suspect's fingerprints on it. The fingerprints are ______.

A DUI checkpoint is an example of an undercover investigation.

Explain the difference between an interrogation and an investigative interview.

______ broadly refers to the field of science that addresses legal questions.

With regard to crime scene profiles, ______.

A(n) ______ is a person or business that buys and sells property that is known to be stolen.

DNA evidence may be used by ______.

______ is an electronic database operated by the FBI that allows federal, state, and local crime laboratories to share DNA profiles electronically.

DNA can be found in blood, semen, saliva, and hair.

______ evidence is crime-related information that immediately demonstrates the existence of a fact in question.

The police can provide an opportunity for a person to commit a crime but cannot compel or induce a person to commit a crime they were not previously predisposed to committing.

______ evidence is crime-related information from which inferences and probabilities are needed to draw an associated conclusion.

______ exists when a suspect is under physical control of the police and is not free to leave.

Who of the following would share the same DNA?