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Section 8.3 Flashcards

1
Q

Lots of different poisons that cause what?

A

Asphyxia

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2
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Poison that was used a lot in WW1

A

mustard gas

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3
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People who have sexual problems could die of what?

A

Autoerotic asphyxiation

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4
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Example, half empty bottle of some chemical is found they can add it to the list and check to determine what it is. This refers to what?

A

Toxicology

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5
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Process of testing the blood or other bodily fluids is called what?

A

toxicology

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6
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Not just used for dead people but also used for DUI and the BAC.

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toxicology

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7
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Example, person died in the fire. It could have been a murder. Arson is something that should be looked for. You can also look at their lungs when someone dies in a fire they die of what?

A

asphyxiation because of too much carbon dioxide

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8
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It is difficult to burn to death. True or False

A

True

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9
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Carbon monoxide in the blood has to do with what?

A

burning

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10
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Explosives, electrocution, lighting

A

very rare to have a murder victim

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11
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Terrorist bombings.

A

okay

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12
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Explosives, electrocutions, lighting are almost always what?

A

accidental

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13
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______ can be hard to separate out from poison because drug dealers do what is called ______.

A

drugs

cutting

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14
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______ drugs are the most common drug problem.

A

legal

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15
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______ is where you get a drug and add some white power to it to increase the volume but sell it for the same price.

A

Cutting

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16
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Most of the time drug deaths are accidental. True or false

A

True

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17
Q

Almost an infinite number of what ?

A

drugs

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18
Q

People die in car crashes all the time. Also, getting hit by a car as a pedestrian or a bike. Paint and tire marks are good for evidence that needs to be gathered. As well as a blood sample to determine BAC.

A

Vehicle deaths

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19
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Easiest way but never 100% is to look at who had ______and who wanted that person dead.

A

motive

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20
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Example, wife suddenly dies, and we have had public fights you are going to be the prime suspect. Look who has ______ to kill that person. Example, financial motive with life insurance. Business partner who inherits business or has control when they die.

A

motive

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21
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Motive does not really help much in ______ and ______ murder.

A

mass

multiple

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22
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____ _______ means killing all at once.

A

mass murder

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23
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Oklahoma city murder and 9/11

A

mass murder

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24
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One by one killings

A

multiple murder

25
Q

Murders over a long period of time

A

multiple murder

26
Q

Tennessee tower.

A

multiple murder

27
Q

weird sex combined with murder

A

lust murder

28
Q

Victims are sometimes someone the murderer knows or sometimes random.

A

Lust murder

29
Q

Difficult to investigate because they are random people and have no connection to them and makes investigating them harder.

A

lust murders

30
Q

Example, killing wife the odds of getting caught are high. Killing someone random on the street is a lot harder to get tracked down. Lust murder. True or False

A

True

31
Q

_____ has one of the highest clearance rates of any kind.

A

murder

32
Q

________ ______ means police are pretty sure they know who it was. Either because someone has been arrested for the crime or because of some other reason.

A

clearance rate

33
Q

As the crime rate overall has been plummeting the _______ clearance is still going down not nearly as steep,, but it is going down and that is because there is an increase in the types of cases that are harder to solve.

A

murder

34
Q

Murder clearance rate decline because of

stranger homicides, gang homicides, backlogged labbs.

A

True

35
Q

Higher clearance rates especially in murder cases.

A

Initial response

36
Q

The _____ the arrival after the murder happens the better.

A

quicker

37
Q

If they can secure the scene very quickly it can help with what ?

A

clearance rate

38
Q

detailed notes
follow up
3-4 detectives

A

detective actions

39
Q

With all witness and all leads that increases the clearance rate by doing what ?

A

follow up

40
Q

The more detectives the higher the clearance rate. True or False

A

True

41
Q

Instead of looking at the report go and talk to the?

A

medical interviews

42
Q

___ ______ willing to work that also increases the rate of homicide clearance. You cannot make someone come forward and be a _______.

A

Confidential Informant

43
Q

If mistakes are made the clearance is lower. True or False

A

True

44
Q

Meaning we let other officers trample through and do not take the right kind of pictures.

A

Improper response to scene

45
Q

Either witnesses or suspects get away. Other people walk around or modify or take evidence and leave things behind. This refers to what?

A

failure to secure the scene

46
Q

If you just say that was an accident or suicide and later find out it was a homicides.

A

Not handling deaths as homicides

47
Q

Oh this is the kind of crime or not a crime. Example, you go into a poor person’s house in a bad neighborhood and say that it was a drug deal gone bad and you keep that in your head and ignore other evidence.

A

Preconceived notions

48
Q

Once you clear that scene the photos you have are the only record of how things looked and what position they were in. If not you failed to

A

take sufficient photos

49
Q

If you do not keep ___ ___ ____exactly correct the evidence cannot be used in court.

A

chain of custody/ documentation

50
Q

Who is the victim? where do they work? enemies? religious? boyfriend or girlfriend? If you do not answer these you have failed to

A

evaluate victimology

51
Q

Go around the neighborhood and ask questions about what people saw. If you do not do this you failed to

A

canvas

52
Q

A lot of people working on the case and you do not work together it will drive down the clearance rate. This is known as what?

A

failure to work together

53
Q

Micromanaging by those above

A

command interference

54
Q

Cases that investigator are no longer investigating.

A

cold case

55
Q

There is never a statue of limitations on what?

A

murder

56
Q

Cases can go cold for many reasons. Witnesses may no linger be afraid to talk. True or False

A

true

57
Q

Technology continues to improve. DNA is more accurate. Cold cases you need to conduct a what’?

A

physical evidence re-examination

58
Q

A lot of cold case squads are staffed by volunteers. Retired homicide investigators. true or False

A

True

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