Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1) In most murders reported to police, the victims knew their assailant.
2) In all homicide situations, the first officer on the scene has several principal concerns. However, the responding officer does not have to determine if the victim is dead or alive; that is for the investigator or medical examiner to determine.
3) Rigor mortis usually sets in about nine hours after death occurs.
4) All other factors remaining the same, a body immersed in water generally decomposes twice as quickly as one exposed to air.
5) Evidence of soot is present in (bullet) contact wounds.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. FALSE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE
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Funds raised from forfeitures go to:
A. the state correctional budget. B. the police agency that made the arrest. C. the prosecutor's office who wins the case. D. the offender's defense attorney. E. state funding for higher education.
The defendant's right to self-representation is:
a. subject to the trial court's discretion. b. absolute, if a voluntary waiver of counsel is made. c. a matter of grace, not a right. d. balanced against the state's interest in efficient proceedings.
In most, if not all states, the use of booby traps is
a. unlawful b. lawful c. lawful only if injury does not result in death d. subject to civil penalties only
A _____________ is provided to a judge by a probation officer that discusses the convicted offender's background and criminal history
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word