You are an investigator assigned to a homicide case. At the investigation it is your job to speak for the victim. In doing this, you can provide further investigative leads by noting your initial observations

Identify what initial observations you will make at the crime scene.


Persons running or walking away from the scene (often a suspect will walk to avoid attention); vehicles leaving the scene at high or low rates of speed (again, suspects often drive so as not to alert police); persons entering stores, businesses, vehicles, and alleyways; also, pedestrians making sudden moves or changes in direction; sounds of screeching tires, loud engine acceleration, or doors or windows slamming; lights being turned on or off in residences or business establishments.

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Individuals who authorities have reason to believe pose a threat are sometimes known as:

A. lone wolves. B. known wolves. C. mouth runners. D. terrorists.

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Which is the emergence of several closely related crimes within a few minutes’ travel distance from one another?

a. Micro-time hot spot b. Spatial analysis c. Hot prey d. Tempogram

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About ____ people are victims of workplace violence a year

a. 1.7 million b. 1 million c. 500,000 d. 3 million

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What two concepts do social reaction theorists indicate apply to labeling?

a. Interaction, stigmatizing b. Interpretation, symbolic interaction c. Stigmatizing, interpretation d. Interaction, interpretation

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