Why should an investigator not unplug a computer that may contain chat or instant message conversations?

What will be an ideal response?


Unplugging the computer will cause the data located in RAM to be lost, and RAM is where most chat and instant messaging conversations are likely to be stored.

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Distinguish the differences between embezzlement and larceny. What primary elements are primary to each crime? What elements are the same?

What will be an ideal response?

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Inked prints are a permanent record which can establish the source of a latent fingerprint

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Who among the following noted that "prisons are 24-hour-a-day, year-in-and-year-out environments in which people are sequestered with little outside contact"?

A. Hans Toch B. Eldridge Cleaver C. Gresham Sykes D. William J. Sabol

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Only about three out of ten probationers complete their terms successfully

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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