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WorksheetsCriminal Justice Communication: Unit 3 Review (Chapters 7-9)
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
When determining a witness’s credibility, the officer should consider the witness’s opportunity, attention, personal knowledge, and:
awareness.
believability.
physical characteristics.
intelligence.
Specific interrogation techniques are usually not used in:
jail-house interrogations.
nonviolent interrogations.
those interrogations where the police have an abundance of evidence.
strict, mechanical method.
Before answering a question during cross-examination, the police officer who was a witness for the prosecution should:
pause to give the prosecutor a chance to object to the question.
not show any courtesy to the defense counsel.
argue with the defense counsel.
never pause; it makes the testimony unbelievable.
The officer should write a crime report:
with key information at the first of the report.
in chronological order.
in an informal manner.
All the above responses are correct.
The report by an officer investigating a criminal event should include a complete record of:
the department’s policies.
departmental procedures.
the officer’s involvement.
recommendations for prosecution.
A key report that allows administrators to determine trends in both department functions and criminal behavior is called a(n):
crime report.
activity report.
monthly report.
daily report.
When assessing a witness’s credibility, the attention factor refers to:
whether the witness was aware of the incident.
whether or not the witness can listen to the interviewer.
the ability of the witness to answer questions.
None of the above responses are correct.
When an officer’s report contains a statement by another person, the other person should be referred to in the:
the person most comfortable for the officer.
the second person.
the third person.
the first person.
In most cases, the side calling a witness should ask primarily:
leading questions.
impeachment questions.
foundation questions.
direct questions.
The officer should begin any crime report summary or narrative with his or her:
recommendations for disposition.
conclusions.
recommendations for additional investigation.
initial involvement.
Normally an interrogation is conducted by:
a single officer.
two officers.
a single officer and a court reporter to take notes.
more than two officers.
All initial crime reports should contain certain building blocks of:
statistics.
data.
diagrams.
information.
When writing the basic crime report, the officer should use:
formalistic language.
complete sentences.
sentence fragments.
all upper case letters.
According to the text, the key to success in interrogating suspects is:
having a good location.
preparation.
using special techniques.
keeping the suspect isolated.
The first step in the process of interviewing witnesses is:
screening of potential witnesses.
getting approval to interview certain witnesses.
identifying potential witnesses.
selecting the interview location.
The officer writing the report should write in:
the second person.
the person most comfortable for the officer.
the third person.
the first person.
An officer who has been on the witness stand for more than two hours and needs to take a restroom break should:
politely ask for a restroom break.
explain to the court that he or she needs a restroom break and politely ask for a restroom break.
ask for a closed session with the trial judge.
explain to the court that he or she needs a restroom break.
The purposes of foundation questions include:
to make the witness more comfortable.
to make the witness more comfortable and to provide the jury with background information on the witness.
to provide the jury with background information on the witness.
to attack the witness’s ability to testify.
When interviewing crime victims, officers can assist victims by being sensitive to their needs, concerns, and:
financial status.
looks.
fears.
biases.
The modern understanding of post-traumatic stress syndrome developed as the result of:
the Vietnam War.
the Korean Conflict.
World War II.
World War I.
Before testifying in court, the officer should:
review the reports regarding the case.
never review the reports in the case.
remember that he or she will be allowed to read the reports while on the stand.
None of the above responses are correct.
Before going to court to testify for the prosecution, the officer should:
make contact with the defense counsel.
make contact with the accused.
contact the prosecutor before going to court.
never attempt to contact the prosecutor because of possible claims of perjury.
The purposes of cross-examination do NOT include:
the opportunity to develop favorable matters that were left unsaid in direct examination.
to demonstrate that the witness is biased.
to test the witness’s ability to remember facts.
to strengthen the witness’s testimony.
While testifying for the prosecution, on cross-examination, the officer is asked whether she discussed her testimony with the prosecutor before trial. The officer’s response should:
never admit that she discussed her testimony with the prosecutor.
refuse to answer the question.
request the judge to allow her not to answer the question.
admit that she had discussed her testimony with the prosecutor if she did.
Which of the following terms is a clinical diagnostic term?
Symptoms
Psychological effects
Syndrome
Disorder
The interrogation technique in which the officer uses a straightforward approach and points out all the facts to the suspect that indicate that the suspect is guilty is the:
factual approach.
justification technique.
face-saving approach.
sympathetic approach.
If a police officer makes a mistake during his or her testimony, the officer should:
never admit the mistake.
refuse to discuss the mistake.
indicate that he or she is being unjustly attacked.
readily admit the mistake.
Law enforcement reports, unlike most documents, should be written in the:
passive mood.
past tense.
present tense.
informal format.
Each crime report should include, if possible, who, what, when, where, why, and:
activity.
how.
motive.
location.
An open-ended question is one that:
suggests the answer.
is designed to trick the witness.
may be used only on cross-examination.
does not suggest an answer.
