Terminology I
Terminology II
Crime Scene Recording
Evidence Collection
JonBenet Ramsey
100

A permanent fixed, point of reference used in mapping a crime scene.

datum point

100
This procedure is performed when the cause of death is not known.
What is an autopsy?
100
This type of search pattern involves walking in a circle around the crime scene, starting on the outside and moving inward.
What is a spiral-in search pattern?
100
This is the term given to a piece of evidence that has been compromised due to poor packaging or handling.
What is contamination?
100

The original reason why 911 was called on the evening of December 25, 1996.

What was a kidnapping?

200

This is a technique used to record evidence location using the object and two fixed reference points.

What is triangulation?

200
This is the scaled drawing of the crime scene that if the official record of the scene.
What is a finished sketch?
200

Outside of photography and sketches, this method is used to help record the crime scene.

What is note-taking? (can also say video)

200
This is the term for a process by which evidence is tracked from the scene to the crime lab and documents everyone who has come into contact with the evidence.
What is a chain-of-custody?
200

This type of activity resulting in the destruction or contamination of evidence in the Ramsey home.

What is allowing random people to walk through the crime scene, moving the body, or moving the evidence.

300

The second "S" in the seven "S's" of Crime Scene Investigation

What is Secure the witness?

300

This is the 4th "S" in the seven "S's" of crime scene investigation.

What is Seeing the scene?

300
Who is responsible for preserving and protecting the crime scene?
Who is the first arriving officer on scene?
300
This type of evidence storage is preferred for collecting trace evidence off a wall, such as paint.
What is a druggist fold?
300

The point at which the case was considered a homicide.

What is the time when her body was found in the basement?

400

This is the person who collects the body and transports it to the area hospital or morgue.

Who is the medical examiner?

400

This is an improvement in Crime Scene Investigation made in the last decade.

What is ground-penetrating radar, surveillance cameras, facial recognition programs, drones, GPS, and cell phones ? (must mention one of these)

400

This is the 7th "S" in the seven "S's" of crime scene investigation.

What is Securing and collecting evidence?

400

The term used when evidence is correctly collected and processed and admissible as court evidence

What is valid?

400

This was the cause of death for Jon Benet Ramsey.

What is strangulation (garrote)?

500
This is the term for a known sample taken from a suspect for comparison to an unknown sample taken from a crime scene.
What is a standard/reference sample?
500

One of three things that affect the transfer of trace evidence according to Locard's Principle of Exchange.

What is the intensity, duration or nature of the entities in contact

500
Components of a crime scene sketch include measurements, scale, camera locations, a key, and this item.
What is a compass heading designating north?
500
This is the preferred type of container for evidence that contains blood or bodily fluids.
What is a paper bag?
500

This is the reason why the cold case of JonBenet Ramsey was reopened three years ago.

What is a confession of a man currently in prison?

(can also say matching DNA or matching handwriting of man currently in prison for pedophilia)

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