Crime Scene Basics
It is the first thing law enforcement does at a Crime Scene.
What is SECURE THE SCENE.
These are the three specific visual patterns for fingerprints.
What are LOOPS, WHORLS, and ARCHES (in any order)?
It has helped to overturn 75% of wrongful convictions due to eyewitness misidentification.
What is DNA evidence?
What is an ACCOMPLICE?
Name one of the three types of evidence discussed in last week's "Crime Scene Basics" packet.
What are TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE, PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, and TRACE EVIDENCE.
Name two of the four types of professionals that might arrive to the crime scene.
What are police officers, the coroner (or Medical Examiner), the CSI unit, detectives.
What are friction ridge impressions?
It is the term for eyewitness sketches or reconstructions of the possible suspect.
What are FACIAL composites or reconstructions?
What is an ALIBI?
It is intentionally setting fire to cause damage or destroy evidence at a crime scene.
What is ARSON?
Name two types of "trace evidence."
It was the first murder case solved by using fingerprint identification.
What was the ROJAS murder?
Name three things discussed in your packet this week that can play a role in the accuracy of an eyewitness' statement.
What are age, race, being under-the-influence of a drug or alcohol, the media, "leading" questions by the person asking them?
It is what we call the person thought to have possibly committed the crime.
What is THE SUSPECT?
It is short for COMBINED DNA INDEX SYSTEM.
What is CODIS?
It is the original location of a crime scene.
What is the PRIMARY CRIME SCENE.
The type of fingerprint is not easily seen with the "naked eye"?
What is LATENT?
The first civilization to use fingerprints for identification.
What is the CHINESE?
It includes oral or written statements given to the police that may be used in court by people who witnessed an event.
What is TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE.
These are the four steps to analyzing a crime scene.
What are INTERVIEW, EXAMINE, DOCUMENT, and PROCESS?
It is an alternate location where additional evidence may be found.
What is a SECONDARY CRIME SCENE?
What is DACTYLOSCOPY?
It is short for our famous fingerprint id system.
What is AFIS? Automatic fingerprint identification system.
It is the single greatest cause of wrongful convictions.
What is EYEWITNESS MISIDENTIFICATION?
These professionals might be called in to examine insect evidence or skeletal remains at the crime scene.
What are SPECIALISTS.
Forensic Entomologists
Forensic Anthropologists