Investigations: Chapter 31

Accident investigations can be investigated by any of the following accept:

• Private Investigators

• Insurance Investigations

• Federal or state agency investigators

• Security Officers

The foundation of a good report lies in and begins with:

• Intelligence

• Notes and reports

• Interviews

• Investigative logic

True or False: Weingarten established the Exclusionary Rule, which prohibits statements made in violation of the law from being used in a criminal court

• True

• False

A case effort undertaken in cooperation with other organizations is called:

• Auditing

• Intraintelligence

• Undercover investigation

• Liaison

Which of the following is a good investigative interviewing technique?

• Request that the subject tell the story multiple times

• Thank people for their help

• Summarize

• Don't allow the subject to sleep

All excepts which of the following is a key step in preliminary investigation?

• Attending to injured persons

• Preserving the crime scene

• Interviewing the subject

• Detaining those who have committed the crime

True or False: Informants are very expensive and risky method to use.

• True

• False

True or False: An officer can testify in several different legal arenas for a single case.

• True

• False

True or False: On-the-job visits can be used to evaluate investigations.

• True

• False

The single overarching goal of all investigations is:

• To discover facts about a situation, person, or behavior

• To continue a n ongoing process of collecting

• To win the "credibility battle"

• To analyze the behavior of the perpetrator and/or victim