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CHAPTER O Flashcards

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  1. The misunderstanding of arson can be attributed to what factors
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  1. Lack of public educating concerning arson.
  2. A reluctance for prosecutors to file arson cases that rely on circumstantial evidence.
  3. Quick payments on fire loses.
  4. A lack of adequate training for investigators.
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  1. What is the height cost crime on a per basis incident.

2. What does the majority of arsonists involve.

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  1. Arson

2. The burning of a structure

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  1. What happens at arson scenes

2. Why is arson difficult to establish.

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  1. The crime scene aren’t recognized and much evidence is destroyed
  2. No witnesses.
  3. Physical evidence is difficult to locate
  4. Valuable evidence is destroyed in the blaze.
  5. If the crime is executed properly. It is difficult to determine the point of origin.
  6. Often the victim of the fire is the one who set it
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  1. What are the two categories of arson
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  1. Aggravated arson.

2. Simple arson

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Aggravated arson.

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Deliberate burning of property while creating an imminent danger to human life or risking great bodily harm

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Simple arson

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A lesser offense. Is the burning of property. That does not result in such a risk to human life.

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  1. What is the role of the fire department while investigating an arson
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  1. To determine cause and origin
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  1. Who are the majority of firemen

2. What are they trained in and not trained in

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  1. Volunteer

2. They are trained in suppressing fires. Not investigating them

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  1. When is a suspicious fire usually discovered.
  2. What is the fire departments role at that point 3
  3. What does the fire Dept NOT investigate.
  4. Why not
  5. When the arson becomes a question of who committed the crime who handles it
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  1. While it’s being extinguished.
  3. Extinguish the fire
  4. Investigate the origin of the fire
  5. Detect the possibility of arson.
  6. The arson.
  7. The fire department does not have legal authority to investigate arson fires. Just assist in it.
  8. The police.
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  1. What is the investigator role when investigating an arson
  2. What is the goal of the investigator
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  1. The police investigator has a stationary role.
  2. Identity the perp
  3. And secure evidence to prosecute
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  1. What is the key for an investigator to do while investigating an arson

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  1. To connect the suspect with the crime scene. Regardless of motive
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  1. What is the first step in an arson investigation.

2. Why is this important

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  1. To determine the point of origin.

2. Because it rules out natural or accidental causes

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  1. Where is most of the crucial evidence located at an arson scene
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  1. At the point of origin.
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  1. What can tell if a fire was set intentionally

2. What is accelerant

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  1. By finding an accelerant

2. A chemical which causes the fire to burn hotter snd and spread more quickly making it difficult to extinguish

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  1. What are the most common types of accelerant 4.

2. What are two ways to discover accelerant in an arson

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  1. Gasoline.
  2. Kerosene
  3. Turpentine
  4. Diesel fuel.
  5. Sniffer dog
    2 and the headspace gas chromatography
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  1. What should be taken at the scene of an arson.
  2. Why.
  3. What should be focused on
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  1. Photographs.
  2. To record of the condition of the scene
  4. Rags
  5. Large amounts of paper.
  6. Cans.
  7. Empty receptacles.
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  1. Identifying plants and trailers can provide clues. What are plants
  2. What are trailers
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  1. Plants.- preparations used to set the fire. These include newspapers , rags, and other flammable waste materials.
  2. Trailers. - materials used in spreading the fire. These include gunpowder , rags soaked in flammable liquid, and flammable liquid such as gasoline , kerosene and alcohol.
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  1. What 4 things also may help indicate the fire is suspicious.
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  1. Flames.
  2. Smoke.
  3. Size of fire
  4. Odors.
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  1. How does flame color help
  2. How does color of smoke help
  3. How does size of flame help
  4. How do odors help
  5. What should investigators use at an arson scene
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  1. If flame that is a blue - orange flame represents burning alcohol.
  2. Black smoke indicated the material is made with petroleum base.
    White smoke indicates vegetable matter is burning, such as hay or straw.
  3. Structures engulfed in flames in a short time may indicate arson
    Flames of natural origin burn in definable patterns.
    So fires burning quickly or in an odd direction will indicate an accelerant.
  4. Orders of gasoline , kerosene, and alcohol should be noted.
  5. Their OLFACTORY SENSES.
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  1. What are motives for arson

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  1. Profit.
  2. Revenge.
  3. Vandalism.
  4. Crime concealment
  5. Pyromania
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  1. What is the most common motive for arson
  2. Who commits the most arson for vandalisms

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  1. Profit

2. Juveniles

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  1. What is pyromania
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  1. A person who is a compulsive fire starer. And gains sexual stimulation by starting and viewing fires
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  1. What can compulsive fire setting be classified as. 3
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  1. Mass arsonist.
  2. Spree arsonist.
  3. Serial arsonist
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  1. Mass arsonist.
  2. Spree arsonist.
  3. Serial arsonist
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  1. Sets 3 or more fires at the same location
  2. Sets fires at three or more separate locations , with no cooling off period.
  3. Sets three or more separate fires with a definate fooling off period in between them.
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Characteristics of a fire setter.

  1. Age.
  2. Sex
  3. Race
  4. Intelligence
  5. Academic performance
  6. Rearing environment
  7. Social relationships
  8. Sexual disturbance
  9. Motive
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  1. 17 years old
  2. Male.
  3. White.
  4. Mentally deficient
  5. Come from unstable environments with lower socioeconomic groups.
  6. Experience difficulty in relationships
  7. Usually sexually perverted. Fire serves as sexual gratification
  8. Revenge
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  1. What is the fire triangle
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  1. The three components that make up a fire. Heat , fuel , and oxygen.
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  1. Who are the most serious international threat to the United States
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  1. The Sunni Islamic extremists.
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  1. What is the easiest bomb to construct.
  2. What is it made from.
  3. What are bombs often made from
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  1. The pipe bomb.
  2. Packed with screws and nails.
  3. Common household items regularly found under the sink or in a garage
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  1. When searching for a bomb. What should investigators look for
  2. How are most bomb threats relayed
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  1. Anything that looks unusual

2. Though telephone calls to the target

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  1. Why do bombers communicate a bomb threat. 2 reasons
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  1. The caller wants to create an atmosphere or anxiety and panic
    Or.
  2. The caller has knowledge of the bomb and wants to minimize personal injury or property demage
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  1. What provides the best information about a bomb.

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  1. The bomb threat caller
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  1. If a bomb is found. What should be placed in top of it.
  2. What should not be
  3. What is a safe clear zone from a bomb
  4. What should be done in the room of the bomb
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  1. Mattresses and sandbags.
  2. Never metal.
  3. 300 feet
  4. Open all doors and windows then evacuate
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  1. What is the defination of terrorism
  2. How does the FEDERAL FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT DEFINE TERRORISM
  3. Regardless of the defination terrorism is what 2
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  1. There is no single defination
  2. Premeditated.
  3. Politically motivated
  4. Violent
  5. Committed against noncombatant targets
  6. Politically and emotionally charged
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  1. What is the only general characteristic of terrorism
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  1. Violence
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  1. Domestic terrorism
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  1. The unlawful use or threatened use of force by a group of individual , based and operating entirely within the United States without foreign direction, committed against persons , property to intimidate or coerce a government , the civilians , or any segment thereof, in furtherance of social political objectives
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  1. International terrorism.
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  1. Violent acts or acts that are s danger to human life they are a violation of the criminal law of the United States or any or other state or that would be a criminal violation of committed within the jurisdiction of the US.

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