Crime Scene Investigation Team
Who is usually the first to arrive at a crime scene?
Police officers
Firsthand observations such as eyewitness accounts or police cameras are examples of?
Direct Evidence
The first S in the Seven S's of Crime Scene Investigation is?
Securing the Scene
Crime scenes that are staged will contain evidence that is?
not consistent with the testimony of witnesses
negative numbers
Who documents the crime scene in detail and collects all physical evidence?
Crime Scene Investigators
When someone comes in to contact with an object or another person, a cross-transfer of physical evidence can occur. This is known as?
Locard's Principle of Exchange
Step 4, Seeing the Scene, tells us to use what technique to record evidence locations?
Triangulation
Until all evidence is collected and interviews are complete all deaths should be treated as?
Homicides
When creating a collection site, locate a permanent, fixed point of reference called a?
Detectives interview witnesses, CSI's, and specialist to gather information to?
Reconstruct the crime scene
An example of individual evidence would be?
Hair follicle, fingerprints, DNA
What is used to contain trace evidence before placing it in a paper bag?
paper bindle
What crimes could someone be covering up by committing arson?
murder, burglary
Reconstructing the crime scene
What type of specialist can estimate time since death by studying insects colonizing the body?
Evidence that does not prove a fact but implies it is called?
Circumstantial Evidence
When securing the evidence, what is one of the most important things you can do?
Maintain the chain of custody
What advance in crime scene investigation allows investigators to record crime scenes in real time and document evidence for later viewing by jurors?
3-D camera called the OSCR 360
Discovery
Who autopsies the body and determines the cause of death?
forensic pathologists
What type of evidence narrows an identity to a group of persons or things?
Class Evidence
When searching for evidence, what four search patterns can you use?
Grid, linear, quadrant or zone, or spiral?
Ground penetrating radar
Evidence is considered to be
Inclusive, exclusive, or inconclusive