What is contamination and when can it occur?

What will be an ideal response?


When a person’s memory of an event changes due to the introduction of misinformation from external sources. Occur at different stages during an investigation. It can happen to victims, witnesses, and suspects involved in face-to-face encounters or online. Interviewers using suggestive techniques or questioning provide a common source of external change resulting in contamination. Biased instructions and cues can also distort memory.

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All cache systems are volatile

a. True b. False

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An ________ defines resources that can be used for planned or unplanned events including calling in police resources from other communities

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Executive clemency that grants a temporary delay in carrying out a sentence is:

A) Reprieve. B) Pardon. C) Indemnification. D) Amnesty. E) Commutation.

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