Criminal Investigation Basics
The process of collecting evidence to solve crimes and bring perpetrators to justices.
What is criminal investigation?
Usually the first investigative team member to arrive on the scene.
Who is the patrol officer?
The specially trained team member who is responsible for conducting interviews, analyzing evidence, and preparing the case for trial.
Who is the detective?
This member of the investigative team is considered a bridge between the crime scene and the forensics lab.
What is a crime scene technician?
In his quote, Criminalist Paul Kirk stated that physical evidence cannot be this.
What is wrong?
A key objective of a criminal investigation includes:
what is determining if a crime occurred, identifying and apprehending suspects, preparing the case for trial.
When arriving on scene the patrol officer should do this.
What is approach with caution and park strategically.
The first modern detective unit was a member of what law enforcement agency?
What is the London Metropolitan Police Department?
This is the primary responsibility of a crime scene technician.
What is document the crime scene, collect and secure evidence?
The penalty for mishandling evidence.
What is inadmissible in court?
The three members of an investigative team include.
What is the patrol officer, detective, and crime scene tech?
The first priority of the patrol officer once arriving on the scene is to do this.
What is assess for immediate danger and render aid.
This type of specialized detective is responsible for investigating cases of fraud, embezzlement, and financial crimes.
What is white-collar crimes?
Used to reference the size of a piece of evidence, this item is used when photographing evidence.
What is a scale marker?
If an officer is setting up a perimeter for a murder that occurred in the kitchen of a house, where would he/she put the inner and outer perimeters?
What is inner - kitchen, outer - entire house/property.
Crime specialization that involves investigating crimes that involve the death of a person.
What is Homicide?
Once a perimeter is established it is the patrol officers duty to do this.
What is log in and out every person who enters the crime scene.
What is a bachelor's degree and previous law enforcement experience.
CST should do this before moving or packaging a piece of evidence.
What is photograph it?
The reason witnesses are separated at a crime scene.
What is to keep them from comparing stories and possibly changing what they saw.
The name or abbreviation for the system used to store and identify fingerprints.
What is AFIS - Automated Fingerprint Identification System
When witnesses are identified, the patrol officer should do this until the detective arrives.
What is keep the witnesses seperate.
The "detective's curse" involves what?
What is Missing evidence that was right under their nose?
The perceived impact of crime television shows, like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, on jurors and the public, leading to unrealistic expectations.
What is the CSI Effect?
Hair and fibers are considered this type of evidence.
What is trace evidence?