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To supplement the rogues' gallery,Thomas Byrnes instituted the ________ where at 9 o'clock every morning; all criminals arrested in the past 24 hours were marched before his detectives who were expected to make notes and to recognize the criminals later.

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In 1967,the ________ was made operational by the FBI,providing data on wanted persons and property stolen from all 50 states.

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A rogues' gallery is


A) only practical in cities of 100,000 population or more.
B) photographs of known criminals arranged by criminal specialty and height.
C) a line-up of known offenders for viewing by detectives so they can recognize the criminals later on the street.
D) only practical in cities of 100,000 population or more and are photographs of known criminals arranged by criminal specialty and physical height.

E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

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Why did the office of detective in this country initially evolve in the private sector?

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First,graft and corruption were common i...

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Which agency was the prototype for modern state police organizations?


A) New York State Police.
B) Georgia State Police.
C) Pennsylvania State Police.
D) Pinkerton International Detective Agency.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Which of the following is not one of the three major scientific systems for personal identification of criminals in wide use?


A) Anthropometry.
B) Dactylography.
C) Ectomorphism.
D) Deoxyribonucleic acid.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The major private detective agency of the 19แต—สฐ century was formed by ________.

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Of what significance is the palo verde seedpod case in Phoenix,Arizona?

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It is the first case in which ...

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The Harrison Act of 1914 mad the distribution of nonmedical drugs a crime.The agency currently charged with enforcing its provisions is _________________.


A) Federal Bureau of Investigations
B) Narcotics Bureau
C) Drug Enforcement Agency
D) Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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What are the milestones in the development of firearms identification?

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(1)1835,Henry Goddard (one of the last o...

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Without exception,every person has distinctive DNA.In every cell of the same human that contains DNA,this blueprint is identical,whether the material is blood,tissue,spermatozoa,bone marrow,tooth pulp,or a hair root cell.

A) True
B) False

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When the London Metropolitan Police force was established in 1829,the British public was at first suspicious and at times even hostile towards it because


A) King Edward II had supported its creation.
B) Rowan and Mayne had intimate ties to the royal family.
C) social reformers such as Jeremy Bentham had long argued that it was a danger to personal liberty.
D) French citizens had experienced oppression under centralized police.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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________ efforts led to the establishment of the London Metropolitan Police in 1829.English police officers are still affectionately referred to as "bobbies," a play on his first name.

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What did the "due process revolution" and subsequent Supreme Court decisions change with respect to the police?

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Questionable and improper police procedu...

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What are the milestones in the development of dactylography?

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(1)1st century: Roman lawyer Quintilianu...

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Which 1903 case was the most important incident to advance the use of fingerprints in America?


A) Lindberg kidnapping.
B) "James Jones."
C) West.
D) Faurot.

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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Bertillon produced the portrait parle' or "speaking picture," which combines full-face and profile photographs of each criminal with his or her exact body measurements and other descriptive data onto a single card.

A) True
B) False

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Criminalistics draws from diverse disciplines,such as geology,physics,chemistry,biology,and mathematics,to study physical evidence related to crime.

A) True
B) False

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When Prohibition was repealed by the 18แต—สฐ Amendment to the U.S.Constitution in 1933,many former bootleggers turned to bank robbery and kidnapping.It then became the FBI's role to deal with the criminals.

A) True
B) False

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The first country to use fingerprints as a system of criminal identification was:


A) Germany.
B) France.
C) China.
D) England.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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