Deck 4: Vehicular Homicide

Question 1

An offense report is completed when _____.

A) a citizen makes any kind of complaint
B) citizens suspect something has happened, but proof of the event cannot be established
C) it has been determined that all the elements of the criminal offense are present
D) None of the above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

If a crime report was completed and it was later determined that no crime had occurred, according to the textbook, this would affect statistics on the type and frequency of crime, which are collected _____.

A) for the FBI Uniform Crime Report
B) for the police officer bonus program
C) to justify departmental budgets
D) None of the above

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which report is completed when a crime has been committed?

A) An incident report
B) An offense report
C) A supplemental report
D) All of the above

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The progress of an investigation is recorded by way of _____.

A) incident reports
B) offense reports
C) supplemental reports
D) All of the above

Question 5

The Latin phrase corpus delicti means, "the delicious corpse."

Question 6

Deductive reasoning is a reconstructive process one uses to draw conclusions based on reconstructing specific facts.