Evidence
When handling evidence, what should you be most cautious of?
What is BBP/contamination?
The importance of chain of custody
What is keeping track of all records of who had the evidence?
The three basic roles
what is Photographer, recorder, and sketch artist?
The difference between class and individual
What is individual is one direct source and class narrows down the source to a group?
The universal precaution for blood-borne pathogens
What is treat all bodily fluids as contaminate/has disease?
The role of a recorder at the crime scene
What is collecting and packaging evidence safely and correctly?
Seeing someone flee from a crime scene counts as ___ evidence
What is circumstantial/indirect evidence?
First thing you do before collecting evidence.
What is photographing the evidence?
The best method/pattern of search for a kidnapping
What is a spiral search pattern?
You find a knife at a crime scene.
(Evidence type?)
What is physical evidence?
Daubert vs Merrel Dow
What widened the Frye Standard to include more types of evidence?
The first thing you should do at the crime scene.
What is verifying the scene is safe?
This established one of the most influential rules of evidence in the history of American law
What did Frye vs US establish?
Chain of custody sequence
What is custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition?
The 7 S's of Crime Scene Investigation
What is secure, separate, scan, see, sketch, search, secure?