Criminal Investigation Definition: correct answers The process of legally gathering evidence of a
crime that has been or is being committed.
Bias correct answers A highly personal and unreasoned distortion of judgment.
Crime correct answers An act or omission forbidden by law and punishable by law and by fin,
imprisonment, or even death.
Circumstantial Evidence correct answers Not based on actual personal knowledge or observation
of the facts in controversy, but of other facts from which deductions are drawn, showing
indirectly the facts sought to be proved.
Complainant correct answers Person requesting an investigation or that action is taken. Is often
the victim of a crime
Corpus delicti correct answers Literally means the body or substance of the crime. Proof
establishing that a crime has occurred; the necessary elements that constitute a crime.
Elements of a crime correct answers Conditions that must occur for an act to be called a specific
kind of crime
Evidence correct answers Anything to be offered in court to prove the truth or falsity of a fact in
issue.
Fence correct answers One who receives and disposes of stolen property on a regular basis
Field ID correct answers On-the-scene ID of a suspect by the victim of or witness to a crime,
conducted w/in minutes of the commission of a crime.
, Prejudice correct answers An opinion or learning adverse to anything w/out just grounds or
before obtaining sufficient knowledge
Modus Operandi (MO) correct answers A criminal's characteristic method of operation. (Wet
Bandits)
Proof beyond a reasonable doubt ** correct answers Level of proof required to obtain a
conviction in a criminal trial.
Probable Cause ** correct answers Evidence that warrants a person of reasonable caution in the
belief that a crime has been committed or is being committed.
Rapport correct answers A feeling of ease and harmony in a contact or relationship between
people
Reasonable doubt correct answers The level of certainty a juror must have to find a defendant
guilty of a crime
Statement correct answers A legal narrative description of events related to a crime
Suspect correct answers A person considered to be directly or indirectly connected with a crime,
either by overt act or by planning and/or directing it.
Witness correct answers A person who saw a crime or some part of it being committed or who
has relevant information.
Victim correct answers The person injured by a crime
Information correct answers The knowledge a criminal investigator gathers from other persons
(victims, witnesses, suspects) and other legitimate sources.