Interview And Interrogation

Question 0

Informants include the following:

Answer 0

1. Victims
2. Witnesses
3. Persons with knowledge including snitches
4. Suspects

Question 1

Preparation- The interviewer must become familiar with all the facts and circumstances of:

Answer 1

1. The offense
2. The suspect
3. The victim

Question 2

What are the 3 types of statements?

Answer 2

1. Oral- information taken down in officers notes
2. Written- by suspect, victim, witness
3. Tape-recorded

Question 3

What is corpus delicti?

Answer 3

Material evidence showing that a crime has been committed.

Question 4

What is modus operandi (MO)?

Answer 4

A usual way of doing something, a pattern

Question 6

What are the 3 characteristics of a good question?

Answer 6

1. Short and addressing only one topic
2. Clearly understood
3. Precise questions requiring specific answers.

Question 7

Emotional offenders…

Answer 7

• primarily crimes against persons

- have greater feelings of remorse

Question 8

Non emotional offenders…

Answer 8

• primarily crimes for financial gain

- suspects main concern is he/she will be caught

Question 9

look over the nine steps of interogation

Answer 9

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