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Undergraduate 4
02/23/2010

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Term
in custody
Definition
The subject of an interrogation may/may not be _________.
Term
1. person
2. source
Definition
Identified as coming from a particular person or source
Term
1.standard or reference sample
2.control or blank sample
3.elimination sample
Definition
3 types of known samples
Term
-smears,
-chips
-chalking
Definition
Paint transfers
Term
Comparing paint
Definition
-shade, -composition, -coats, -texture, -weathering
Term
how do you document glass?
Definition
Photography
Term
density, refraction, light dispersity
Definition
3 characteristics of glass
Term
Fingerprints def
Definition
Replica of the friction ridges that touched the surface on which the body was found
Term
Categories of latent fingerprints
Definition
-Plastic prints (negative impressions)
-Contaminate/visible prints (transfer of foreign material)
-Latent/invisible prints
Term
-Loops
-Whirls
-Arches
Definition
3 patterns of fingerprints
Term
Conditions affecting fingerprint quality
Definition
-surface
-the material contaminating the print
-physical defects of person making the print
-how the object was handled
-amount of contamination
Term
Developing fingerprints
Definition
-powders
-fluorescent powder
-chemicals (based on surface)
-superglue fuming
Term
-area of body
-manner hair removed
Definition
2 types of determinations from hair sample
Term
Bore of firearms
Definition
-smooth (shotgun)
-rifled
Term
Grooves of firearms
Definition
-striations
-cause bullet to rotate
Term
other possible determinations of firearms
Definition
-type of weapon
-type of ammo
-caliber
Term
cartridge cases
Definition
-marks made as loaded into chamber
-firing pin
-striations made by expansion
-extractor marks
Term
disclose info
Definition
An interview is a ?'ing process of those who can reasonably be expected to _________.
Term
criminal activity
Definition
An interrogation is a systematic ?'ing of a suspect's involvement in ________ for the purpose of gathering a confession.
Term
Who do you interrogate?
Definition
Those likely to withhold info or be deceptive; also, ask more pointed ?'s and they may/may not be in custody. They include:
-suspects
-suspect's fam, friends, associates
Term
Interview objectives
Definition
-Gathering info from persons who have or may have knowledge needed in the investigation
-Requirements of witnesses (presence, consciousness, attentiveness)
Term
-To obtain valuable facts
-Eliminate the innocent
-Identify the guilty
Definition
3 objectives of an interrogation
Term
Juvenile witnesses
Definition
-Consider age
-consider edu level
-maturity
-emotional issues
Term
Credibility def
Definition
Quality of a witness that renders his/her testimony worthy of belief
Term
-Was the witness conscious?
-Was the witness under the influence of alc/drugs?
-How did the witness happen to be in the position of seeing/hearing the event
Definition
Determining credibility of a witness
Term
-degree of attention paid by the witness
-accuracy of the witness's prior description
-level of certainty demonstrated by the witness
Definition
3 Neil v. Biggers factors in determining reliability
Term
Denial
Definition
Most difficult type of lie?
Term
committed the crime
Definition
A confession is an acknowledgment by the accused that he/she __________.
Term
incriminate, confession
Definition
An admission is an acknowledgment of certain facts that ________ but fall short of a ________.
Term
Permissible to tell suspects they've been id'd by eyewitness when they ain't
Definition
Caminito v. Murphy
Term
Ok to tell suspect fingerprints or oth physical evidence was recovered from scene
Definition
Roe v. State of NY
Term
Tell suspect that material evidence used in crime has been found though it hasn't
Definition
Moore v. Hopper
Term
Ok to tell suspect that an accomplice has confessed though they haven't
Definition
Frazier v. Cupp
Term
What investigators can do to suspects in an interrogation
Definition
-Fabricating evidence
-Misrepping seriousness of crime
-Some promises
-Misrep identities
Term
What investigators can't do to suspects in an interrogation
Definition
-Making promises that are not in your power to keep
-Creating false evidence
-Coercion
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