Verified Test Bank 5th Edition Ch.11 Case Investigation

CHAPTER 11: CASE INVESTIGATION

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which of the following is defined as “investigative units that focus on specific types of offenders or criminal activities”?

a. disorder-oriented special units

b. problem-oriented special units

c. problem-oriented investigative units

d. disorder-oriented investigative units

PTS: 1 REF: Specialty Units KEY: Bloom’s Remember

2. Which of the following is defined as “police units that are distinguished by specialized equipment and tactics”?

a. method-oriented special units

b. process-oriented special units

c. method-oriented investigative units

d. process-oriented investigative units

PTS: 1 REF: Specialty Units KEY: Bloom’s Remember

3. What is the Vancouver Police Department’s program called “Her Time” designed to do?

a. educate men who have committed domestic violence

b. educate the family of domestic violence victims

c. educate women about the risks of gang involvement

d. educate women about the risks of dating men involved in organized crime and gangs

PTS: 1 REF: Specialty Units KEY: Bloom’s Remember

4. Which of the following best describe the work of police detectives?

a. it is both preventative and reactive

b. it is both preventative and responsive

c. it is both proactive and reactive

d. it is both proactive and responsive

PTS: 1 REF: The Detectives KEY: Bloom’s Remember

5. In order to better understand meaning behind the insects located on a murder victim’s body, the police call on a forensic specialist to assist in their criminal investigation. What type of forensic specialist would the police call on?

a. a forensic anthropologist

b. a forensic entomologist

c. a forensic archeologist

d. a forensic epidemiologist

PTS: 1 REF: The Detectives KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order

6. Imagine an RCMP detective sends in a firearm for forensic analysis. Approximately how long will the turnaround time be for the firearm analysis?

a. between 50 and 100 days

b. between 101 and 150 days

c. between 151 and 200 days

d. between 201 and 250 days

PTS: 1 REF: The Effectiveness of Specialty Units KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order

7. Case investigators arrive at a robbery crime scene and find a passport next to the point of entry (a broken window). The passport belongs to an individual with a lengthy criminal record, who does not live at the residence. What type of case investigation will this be?

a. tactical

b. strategic

c. smoking gun

d. whodunit

PTS: 1 REF: Fundamentals of Major Case Investigation KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order

8. Which of the following is defined as “cases in which the suspect is unknown and extensive investigation is required”?

a. blind investigations

b. forensic investigations

c. whodunit investigations

d. get off your ass–knock on doors investigations

PTS: 1 REF: Fundamentals of Major Case Investigation KEY: Bloom’s Remember

9. Which model are investigators of serious crime in Canada guided by?

a. serious case investigation model

b. major case management model

c. serious crime investigation model

d. major crime management model

PTS: 1 REF: Fundamentals of Major Case Investigation KEY: Bloom’s Remember

10. To whom do informants provide information?

a. only to the police

b. to the police and the public

c. to the police and the media

d. to the police and the courts

PTS: 1 REF: The Use of Informants in Case Investigation KEY: Bloom’s Remember

11. Police investigators arrive at a robbery crime scene and explore the sidewalk leading to the point of entry (the front door) of the store, as well as the noticeable areas inside the store. What practice does this exemplify?

a. initial search

b. visible search

c. cautious search

d. vigorous search

PTS: 1 REF: The Crime Scene Search KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order

12. Which general type of evidence category do paint chips, weapons, and broken glass belong to?

a. real evidence

b. shifted evidence

c. physical evidence

d. deposited evidence

PTS: 1 REF: Types of Evidence KEY: Bloom’s Remember

13. Which general type of evidence category do Twitter and Facebook images belong to?

a. artifact sources

b. networking sources

c. social media sources

d. documentary sources

PTS: 1 REF: Types of Evidence KEY: Bloom’s Remember

14. An eyewitness testifies at trial, describing how she watched the defendant shoot the victim with a shotgun. What type of evidence is this?

a. direct

b. physical

c. concrete

d. inadmissible

PTS: 1 REF: Types of Evidence KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order

15. A forensic scientist testifies during trial that the defendant’s firearm killed the victim. What type of evidence is this?

a. indirect

b. inferred

c. conditional

d. circumstantial

PTS: 1 REF: Types of Evidence KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order

16. During a crime scene investigation, investigators discover carpet fibres in the victim’s hair that are not from the victim’s home. Forensic experts determine the carpet fibres are from the offender’s home. What principle is this an example of?

a. drop and deposit

b. evidence accretion

c. evidentiary change

d. transfer and exchange

PTS: 1 REF: Linkage in Criminal Investigations KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order

17. What is the name of the individual arrested in 2018 and charged with the murders of a number of men associated with Toronto’s gay community?

a. Bruce McArthur

b. Ben McArthur

c. Bruce McDonald

d. Ben McDonald

PTS: 1 REF: Discrimination in Police Investigations KEY: Bloom’s Remember

18. Which of the following terms can be defined as “the police practice of mass-testing groups of persons, without warrants, under the auspices of a request for community members to voluntarily provide a sample to aid in an investigation”?

a. genetic genealogy

b. DNA canvassing

c. mass-testing

d. DNA grouping

PTS: 1 REF: Controversial DNA Investigative Techniques KEY: Bloom’s Remember

19. An expert is called in by a police service investigating the work of a serial arsonist to determine the characteristics of the perpetrator of these acts. What is this practice called?

a. offence profiling

b. criminal profiling

c. offender profiling

d. behaviour profiling

PTS: 1 REF: Analytical Tools and Strategies KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order

20. What does ViCLAS stand for?

a. Violent Crime Linkages Access System

b. Violent Crime Linkages Analysis System

c. Violent Criminals Linkages Access System

d. Violent Criminals Linkages Analysis System

PTS: 1 REF: Analytical Tools and Strategies KEY: Bloom’s Remember

TRUE/FALSE

1. Patrol officers do not conduct case investigations.

PTS: 1 REF: Patrol Officers: The First Responders KEY: Bloom’s Remember

2. An outlaw motorcycle gang unit is an example of a problem-oriented special unit.

PTS: 1 REF: Specialty Units KEY: Bloom’s Remember

3. A forensic anthropologist would be called on to help with the identification of bones and skeletal remains.

PTS: 1 REF: The Detectives KEY: Bloom’s Remember

4. It is very unusual for a serious crime investigation to cost upwards of $1 million.

PTS: 1 REF: The Detectives KEY: Bloom’s Remember

5. Evidence that has been obtained in Canada in a way that breaches the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is automatically excluded.

PTS: 1 REF: Fundamentals of Major Case Investigation KEY: Bloom’s Remember

6. Police informants can receive remuneration as high $1 million.

PTS: 1 REF: The Use of Informants in Case Investigation KEY: Bloom’s Remember

7. Eyewitness testimony is often used because it is a reliable form of evidence.

PTS: 1 REF: Types of Evidence KEY: Bloom’s Remember

8. Indigenous women make up 21 percent of Canadian homicide victims.

PTS: 1 REF: Discrimination in Police Investigations KEY: Bloom’s Remember

9. In the case R. v. Hart, the Supreme Court of Canada eased the regulations around “Mr. Big” operations and made it easier for police officers to use the technique.

PTS: 1 REF: The “Mr. Big” Technique: A Controversial Investigative Strategy KEY: Bloom’s Remember

10. ViCLAS is a provincial police database in Ontario.

PTS: 1 REF: Analytical Tools and Strategies KEY: Bloom’s Remember

SHORT ANSWER

1. Compare and contrast problem-oriented special units and method-oriented special units.

PTS: 1 REF: Specialty Units KEY: Bloom’s Remember

2. Compare and contrast “smoking gun” investigations and “whodunit” investigations. Provide a hypothetical example of each.

PTS: 1 REF: Fundamentals of Major Case Investigation KEY: Bloom’s Remember

3. Explain who Robert Pickton is and discuss the failures that occurred in the related police investigation.

PTS: 1 REF: Discrimination in Police Investigations KEY: Bloom’s Remember

4. Describe DNA and discuss the use of genetic geology as an investigation technique. Identify your opinions regarding the use of familial DNA in the case investigation process.

PTS: 1 REF: DNA and Case Investigations KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order and Remember

5. Describe the Mr. Big technique and discuss two issues with its use as an investigative technique by making reference to the cases provided in the textbook.

PTS: 1 REF: The “Mr. Big” Technique: A Controversial Investigative Strategy KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order and Remember