Which of the following is NOT a basic rule associated with effective police interviews?

a. Witnesses should be separated and interviewed one at a time.
b. Interviews should be conducted away from distractions.
c. Interviews does not need to be conducted as soon as possible after the event.
d. It is important that investigators develop a rapport with witnesses.


c. Interviews does not need to be conducted as soon as possible after the event.

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a. Greater than b. The same as c. Less than d. None of the above

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Categorical suspicion:

a. can be sufficient in itself to amount to reasonable suspicion b. can be sufficient as long as the category in which the suspect falls is not based on race or ethnicity c. can be one of the factors in the entire picture of reasonable suspicion d. is sufficient in itself if officers can establish the stop occurred in a high crime area

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When __________ questions are introduced into the interview the interviewer can no longer go back to being friendly or helpful

Fill in the blank(s) with the correct word.

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In the early years immediately following the adoption of the Sixth Amendment, guaranteeing the right to counsel, courts interpreted that right to mean:

a. all defendants must receive counsel at government expense. b. defendants have a right to counsel at trial, provided they can afford one. c. defendants do not have a right to counsel until the trial itself, but once the trial begins, all defendants must receive lawyers, even if they cannot afford them. d. only felony defendants are entitled to lawyers at government expense.

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