Deck 6: Basic Investigative Leads and Informants

Question 1

A "bumper beeper" is related to: _____.

A) surveillance
B) a hit-and-run accident
C) a "pen register"
D) a lie detectors (polygraph)

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The leapfrogging technique is used for following persons under surveillance who are either on foot or in vehicles.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

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

A) review
B) analysis-interpretation
C) dissemination
D) collection

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The U.S. Supreme Court has established that eavesdropping and other forms of audio surveillance may be conducted in public places without a warrant.

Question 5

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.

Question 6

Which is least likely to be a valid surveillance activity?

A) electronic eavesdropping
B) examination of subject/suspects garbage
C) use of lineup
D) robot (automatic) cameras

Question 7

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

A) opportunity to commit a crime
B) motive for a crime
C) active evidence
D) trace evidence

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

A) develop suspects
B) corroborate the statements of victim and/or witnesses
C) probe the background of the victim(s)
D) seek and identify crime partner(s)

Question 10

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

A) race
B) sex
C) skill and abilities
D) gender

Question 11

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

A) develop suspects
B) corroborate the statements of victim and/ or witnesses
C) probe the background of the victim(s)
D) None of these.

Question 12

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.

Question 13

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

Question 14

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?

A) covert
B) participant
C) basic lead
D) accomplice witness

Question 15

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

A) a fear of disclosure of hidden crimes
B) aversion to an invasion of privacy
C) a lack of knowledge of electronics
D) the opinion that it is a "dirty business"

Question 16

Persons who are aware of the location of hidden valuables or the routine of the victim and the best time to commit the crime are said to have the necessary opportunity to commit the crime.

Question 17

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

Question 18

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

Question 19

What basic lead has a high suggestibility factor?

A) photos of known criminals shown to eyewitnesses as possible suspects
B) an injured suspect seeking aid at a hospital for an injury
C) description of the vehicle used in the crime
D) opportunity

Question 20

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

Question 21

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

Question 22

_______________ surveillance techniques are based on the capability of certain fluorescent preparations to stain a person's hands upon contact and thus offer observable proof of a connection between the stained person and the object under surveillance.

Question 23

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

Question 24

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

Question 25

The relationship between the victim in homicides and persons who might _____ from the death are the most productive investigative leads.

Question 26

The _____ system disseminates information to the general public about kidnappers and sexual predators and their vehicles via highway signs, television and radio broadcasts.

Question 27

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

Question 28

Wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping are the primary forms of ____________ surveillance.

Question 29

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

Question 30

Consensual electronic surveillance is known as _________________ monitoring.