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You have been given the responsibility for the training and evaluation of police officers who are seeking a promotion to detective status. You are in the process of reworking the written evaluation used to test candidates for promotion to detective. You are currently working on questions pertaining to detecting whether or not a crime scene has been staged (deliberately altered by the perpetrator or others so as to confuse/misdirect the investigation). You need to create a question to put on the evaluation to test a candidate’s knowledge of staging and supply the model answer.

Assignment Objectives

Identify key terms and methods relating to criminal profiling and behavioral evidence.

Describe the use of forensic psychological testimony in the courtroom.

Describe the use of forensic psychology by law enforcement.