Define and discuss the advantages and disadvantages to taking crime scene photographs

What will be an ideal response?


Advantages: provide easy storage and retrieval data at the crime scene, remove many inferences by practically placing the judge/jury at the crime scene, and gives the investigator a source of reference as to the location of evidence at the crime scene. Disadvantages: does not show true or actual distances, can distort color or perceptions, and they can be ruined by mechanical errors in processing. Additional information may also be included.

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a. point of entry to or exit from the scene. b. brand name of a shoe or tire. c. approximate size of a shoe or tire. d. number of suspects. e. all of the above

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__________ percent of African American women hold judge positions within the Supreme Court

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The Stockholm syndrome is the result of positive contact between the hostages and the hostage-taker(s)

a. True b. False

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________ is "a state of physical and emotional depletion that results from the conditions of one's occupation" and a severe reaction to stress.

A. Acedia B. Anomie C. Burnout D. Boreout

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