Section 8.3

Question 1

Lots of different poisons that cause what?

Answer 1

Asphyxia

Question 2

Poison that was used a lot in WW1

Answer 2

mustard gas

Question 3

People who have sexual problems could die of what?

Answer 3

Autoerotic asphyxiation

Question 4

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?

Answer 4

Toxicology

Question 5

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

Answer 5

toxicology

Question 6

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

Answer 6

toxicology

Question 7

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?

Answer 7

asphyxiation because of too much carbon dioxide

Question 8

It is difficult to burn to death. True or False

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Carbon monoxide in the blood has to do with what?

Answer 9

burning

Question 10

Explosives, electrocution, lighting

Answer 10

very rare to have a murder victim

Question 11

Terrorist bombings.

Answer 11

okay

Question 12

Explosives, electrocutions, lighting are almost always what?

Answer 12

accidental

Question 13

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

Answer 13

drugs

cutting

Question 14

______ drugs are the most common drug problem.

Answer 14

legal

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Cutting

Question 16

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

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Almost an infinite number of what ?

Answer 17

drugs

Question 18

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.

Answer 18

Vehicle deaths

Question 19

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

Answer 19

motive

Question 20

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.

Answer 20

motive

Question 21

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

Answer 21

mass

multiple

Question 22

____ _______ means killing all at once.

Answer 22

mass murder

Question 23

Oklahoma city murder and 9/11

Answer 23

mass murder

Question 24

One by one killings

Answer 24

multiple murder

Question 25

Murders over a long period of time

Answer 25

multiple murder

Question 26

Tennessee tower.

Answer 26

multiple murder

Question 27

weird sex combined with murder

Answer 27

lust murder

Question 28

Victims are sometimes someone the murderer knows or sometimes random.

Answer 28

Lust murder

Question 29

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

Answer 29

lust murders

Question 30

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

Answer 30

True

Question 31

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

Answer 31

murder

Question 32

________ ______ 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.

Answer 32

clearance rate

Question 33

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.

Answer 33

murder

Question 34

Murder clearance rate decline because of | stranger homicides, gang homicides, backlogged labbs.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

Higher clearance rates especially in murder cases.

Answer 35

Initial response

Question 36

The _____ the arrival after the murder happens the better.

Answer 36

quicker

Question 37

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

Answer 37

clearance rate

Question 38

detailed notes follow up 3-4 detectives

Answer 38

detective actions

Question 39

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

Answer 39

follow up

Question 40

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

Answer 40

True

Question 41

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

Answer 41

medical interviews

Question 42

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

Answer 42

Confidential Informant

Question 43

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

Answer 43

True

Question 44

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

Answer 44

Improper response to scene

Question 45

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

Answer 45

failure to secure the scene

Question 46

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

Answer 46

Not handling deaths as homicides

Question 47

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.

Answer 47

Preconceived notions

Question 48

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

Answer 48

take sufficient photos

Question 49

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

Answer 49

chain of custody/ documentation

Question 50

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

Answer 50

evaluate victimology

Question 51

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

Answer 51

canvas

Question 52

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?

Answer 52

failure to work together

Question 53

Micromanaging by those above

Answer 53

command interference

Question 54

Cases that investigator are no longer investigating.

Answer 54

cold case

Question 55

There is never a statue of limitations on what?

Answer 55

murder

Question 56

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

Answer 56

true

Question 57

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

Answer 57

physical evidence re-examination

Question 58

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

Answer 58

True