Investigative Process Exam 2

According to lecture illegal marketers are what by the criminalization of certain drugs

empowered

T/F

Paying a confidential to make a drug buy for the police to obtain evidence is unethical

false

T/F

An investigator may insure the confidential informant that his or her identity will never be divulged

false

Most productive confidential informants

criminals

T/F

According to the US Supreme Court interviews are adverbial in nature (5th amendment)

false (that’s interrogation)

Empathy means

seeing situation from another’s perspective

4 parts of the miranda warning

1. right to remain silent
2. anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law
3. right to an attorney
4. if you can not afford an attorney one will be appointed by the courts

2 elements that must be present to give miranda warning are

1. the person has to be in custody
2. once the interrogation has started

Settling of blood after death causing skin discoloration is known as

Liver Mortis (post-mortem lividity)

T/F

Interviewing is considered a science

false (it is an art)

Purposes of an interview

1. to get info
2. to give info (but not too much)
3. to solve problems
4. planning for future action

Large amount of resources for drug investigation because

dangerous criminals are involved

T/F

If asked if he or she is a police officer undercover office must answer truthfully

false

T/F

tragic consequences with illegal drug use correspond with natural policy of criminalization

true

T/F

usually, the entry wound is larger than the exit wound

false

a body in an environment at 76 degrees will lose heat at what rate

1\.5 degree per hour

Scientific study of bugs feeding off the body

Entomology

scientific study of bugs feeding off body assists in determining what

time of death

2 means that police are made aware of drug crimes

1. by investigating non-drug crimes
2. info provided by informants

2 types of confidential informants

1. cooperating witness
2. criminals

According to lecture police or agent must buy drugs from a suspect to support a drug trafficking charge, ideally minimum # of buys for evidence

3 buys to support conviction

T/F

According to several US Supreme Court cases unconstitutional and thus illegal to lie to a suspect during an interrogation

false

Federal law which enables to seize and forfeit assets from a criminal enterprise is the

civil forfeiture

Type of informant that is working off drug trafficking charges, by getting info on other drug traffickers is

cooperating witness

The coroner is responsible for 3 factors that contribute to death

1. Cause
2. Manor
3. Mode

Autopsies are usually required for all

1. Violent
2. Unattended
3. Suspicious deaths