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What Do You Know About Criminal Investigation? Trivia Quiz

Jonathan Wild was a famous ________ who operated simultaneously as an undercover operative and criminal in London

Of the two classes of thief catchers, _______ were those whose motivations were mercenary in nature

Of the two classes of thief catchers, _________ were those who would implicate their accomplices in order to move up the social ladder

In England, the first police worked only at night and were originally called the ___________

The Watch of London eventually developed into the ___________, who were paid by the residents they served.

Henry Fielding was the founder of the ___________

Sir Robert Peel founded the __________ in 1892.

The _____________ were England's first paid, full-time police force, consisting of about 1,000 uniformed officers

A detective bureau was formed in the London Metropolitan Police in the year ____ but was not publically acknowledged until 35 years later.

The director of the criminal identification section of the Paris Police Department was __________.

A system based on the idea that certain aspects of the human body such as skeletal size, ear shaping, and eye color remained the same after a person had reached full physical maturity was known as the __________

In the mid-1840s, the study of ________ became a popular means to identify suspects in the crime.

The use of fingerprints was refined by _________ and was adopted by Scotland Yard in 1901.

By the _____, almost all major US cities had municipal police departments.

The Pinkerton National Detective Agency was founded in ____ by Scottish immigrant Allan Pinkerton.

The organizational structure of the ______________ was later adopted by the FBI.

Allan Pinkerton was the first to devise a _______ which was a compilation of descriptions, methods of operation, hiding places, and names of associates of known criminals.

Among the more notable Pinkerton cases were those in which dozens of union spies were used by the infamous __________ to break a strike against the Texas and Pacific railroads.

The ___________ of the Prohibition period failed to criminalize the purchase or consumption of alcohol---only its manufacture, transportation and sale.

The ____________ was responsible for the enforcement of the Volstead Act.

The FBI was previously known as the ____________________ which started in 1907.

Which site best illustrates the locale of the first professional police forces established in the U.S?

Which technique was used by the Pinkerton agency until it was decalred unconstitutional by Congress in the 1930's?

Which criminal is most closely associated with a Robin Hood mystique, lending a false sense of glamour to police work?

Which best describes a "bobby"?

Which are the objectives of criminal investigation? I. Recover Stolen Property II. Preserve Evidence in Crimes III. Prepare Criminal Cases for Prosecution

The Smithon Police Department has adopted the guidelines set forth in the RAND study. Which action will it most likely follow in the future?

Which scientist's studies led to the use of blood evidence in solving crimes?

Which best explains the growth of American police functions in the mid-to-late 19th century?

In addition to the sale of alcohol, the Volstead Act criminalized which action or actions concerning alcohol? I. Purchase II. Consumption III. Manufacture IV. Transportation

Who is credited with establishing England's first police investigative unit by creating a working relationship with local business owners and reducing the profits of London's criminals?

________ is a procedure that was established to study human blood stains and distinguish them from the blood of most other animals.

Forensic dentistry was widely studied during the mid-ninteenth century as a means of identifying teeth marks in victims. It can also be termed as ________

In 1835, the use of ballistics to solve a murder was first conducted by Bow Street Runner __________

The focus of the _____________ was the investigation of "index" offenses: serious crimes such as murder, robbery, and rape.

According to the PERF study both detectives and patrol personnel are too reliant on victim information for identification purposes, as opposed to checking leads from sources such as informants, witnesses, and other information sources in the police department.

In one important study, the _____________ considered the roles played by detectives and patrol officers in the course of burglary and robbery investigations.

The term forensic science refers to a practical knowledge of criminal law

The PERF study determined that in most burglary and robbery cases, a period of ______ (stretched over several days) was sufficient to close cases.

Computers use artificial intelligence to make inferences based on available information and to draw conclusions or make recommendations to the systems operators. These computer models are often called ________

Developed in in the 1980's by the FBI in conjunction with the Institute for Defense Analyses, one of the best-known early criminal justice database (known as a relational database) was called _______.

The process of generating computer models to predict a terrorist's actions is known as ________

The premise behind the criminal investigation field is that people make mistakes while committing crimes

The ability to draw conclusions based on critical thinking is known as ________. It is reasoning based on specific pieces of evidence to establish proof that a suspect is guilt of an offense.

Reasoning that take us beyond what we know (our current evidence or information) to conclusions about what we don't know is ________

________ is the process of proposing a likely explanation for an event that must be tested

_______ is the use of rational skills, worldviews, and values to get as close as possible to the truth. It may occur whenever one judges, decides, or solves a problem.

_______ consists of the collection of data through observation and experimentation and the formulation and testing of hypotheses.

If a judge aggressively prosecutes drug offenders in his town, his actions are an example of proactive responses to the drug problem.

In the United States, police forces usually blur the lines between order maintenance and crime investigation.