What Is the Most Effective Way to Assess Reliability of a Criminal

question 20

Multiple Choice

What is the most effective way to assess reliability of a criminal informant's information?

• A) the number of convictions his/her information has produced
• B) the number of arrests his/her information has produced
• C) the accuracy of the past information provided by the informant
• D) a positive assessment from the officer who obtained the information

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Definitions:

Cueing

The process of prompting or signaling to elicit a specific response or action; often used in memory recall and learning strategies.

Short-Term Memory

The part of memory where small amounts of information can be kept for a short period of time, typically several seconds to a minute.

Verbal Messages

The conveyance of information or ideas through spoken or written words, fundamental in communication processes.

Secondary Memory

A stage of memory where information is stored for extended periods, allowing for recall long after the information was originally learned.