The 7 S's
This is the first step of the 7 S's.
What is secure the scene?
The original location where a crime occurred.
Gloves, goggles, masks, and protective suits are examples of this.
What is PPE?
This document records everyone who enters and exits a crime scene.
What is a Scene Log?
This person is usually the first responder who secures the scene.
Who is a police officer?
This step prevents witnesses from influencing each other's statements.
What is separate the witnesses?
A location connected to the crime but not the original crime location.
What is a secondary crime scene?
A pathogen enters the body through a puncture wound from a contaminated needle.
What is injection?
This documents who collected, handled, transferred, and stored evidence.
What is Chain of Custody?
This professional interviews witnesses and develops leads during an investigation.
Who is a detective?
During this step, investigators develop an overall view of the scene and identify evidence.
What is scan the scene?
This rule states that investigators should establish a larger perimeter initially and reduce it later if necessary.
What is the expand outward rule?
Breathing hazardous materials into the lungs is called th
What is inhalation?
This rule stresses that a crime scene must remain untouched and protected from contamination.
What is the Integrity Rule?
Who is a fingerprint analyst?
Rough sketches, measurements, and evidence placement occur during this step.
What is sketch the scene?
These areas help control access and organize personnel at a crime scene.
What are perimeter zones?
Absorption occurs when hazardous materials enter the body through this.
What is the skin?
This term refers to the critical time immediately after a crime when evidence and information are most vulnerable to loss.
What is the Golden Hour?
This professional determines the cause and manner of death through medical examination.
Who is a medical examiner?
Put the 7 S's in order.
Secure, separate, scan, see, sketch, search, secure.
Officers find shell casings 30 feet outside the established perimeter. What boundary-assessment mistake occurred?
What is failing to follow the expand outward rule?
This principle states that every contact leaves a trace.
What is Locard's Principle of Exchange?
An investigator picks up a knife before it is photographed and fails to record who handled it. Name TWO rules that were violated.
What are the Integrity Rule and Chain of Custody?
Hair, bone, or skeletal remains are often examined by this forensic specialist.
Who is a forensic anthropologist?