ATTACHED ARE SOME SAME QUIZ AND TEST QUESTIONS

What term is used to describe a legislative act relating to prohibited conduct and attaching a penalty or punishment to that conduct?

criminal statute
ordinance
elements of the crime
certiorari

If a suspect is known or has confessed, an investigator is not required to prove the elements of the crime nor establish evidence connecting the suspect with the criminal act.

1. True
2. False

Rossmo (2009) identified the reasons behind criminal investigative failure and grouped faulty thinking into three general categories. Which category attempts to explain mental errors, such as the investigator having “tunnel vision?”

Answer Cognitive Bias

Clarify the role and relationship investigators should have with the media, and explain why this role is:

Answer:

A healthy relationship with the media fosters a positive relationship with the general public. Dealing with the media is inevitable, and investigators should keep those dealings positive and professional. They depend on one another and have a mutual need for cooperation. Police rely on the media to disseminate news about wanted suspects, to seek witnesses, and to convey important information quickly to the public