The s"s of crime scene investigation
Vocab
Types of evidence
Crime scene investigation team
Crimes at a crime scene
100

How many steps are there

what is seven

100

Primary crime scene

what is the original location where the criminal activity or crime occurred. 

100

Direct evidence

what is proof of a fact that does not require any inference or logical deduction. 

100

Who are the first people to arrive at a crime scene

What is first responder

100

The act of ending someone

what is murder

200

First of the seven steps

what is securing the scene

200

Chain of custody

what is the documented, chronological history of evidence, detailing every person who handled it, the date and time they had it, and the purpose of each transfer

200

Class evidence

what is any physical evidence that can be linked to a group of people or objects.

200

The act of stealing something

what is burglary

300

how do they secure and collect evidence

what is 

300

Datum point

what is permanent, fixed, and easily identifiable point of reference used at a crime scene for mapping and documenting the locations of evidence.

300

Individual evidence

what is any physical evidence that can be linked to an individual person or object 

300

The act of transporting a illegal substance

what is drug trafficking

400

secondary crime scene

what is any location that is related to a crime but is not where the crime originally occurred 

400

Trace evidence

what is refers to materials transferred between people, objects, or the environment during a crime. 

400

The act of taking someone

what is kidnapping

500

The Order of the seven steps

what is Securing the Scene, Separating the Witnesses, Scanning the Scene, Seeing the Scene, Sketching the Scene, Searching for Evidence, and Securing and Collecting Evidence



500

triangulation

what is a method of measurement used to record the location of evidence found at a crime scene.

500

circumstantial evidence

what is indirect evidence that does not prove a fact in issue but leads to a logical inference that the fact exists.

500

What is the criminal act of setting fire to property

what is arson
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