I, Witness
Team Effort
Scene Of The Crime
Tagged and Bagged
Potpourri
Planetary Trivia
100
This word is used to describe the sum of nervous system signals sent to the brain by the five sensory organs.
Perception
100
THESE members of the crime scene investigation team are often the first to arrive and are tasked with securing the scene.
Police Officers
100
Name as many crime scene search patterns as you can. 100pts per each correct answer.
Grid, Linear, Quadrant, Zone, Spiral
100
Dr. Edmond Locard developed the "Principle of Exchange", which states that evidence is exchanged between two persons based on what 3 factors?
Intensity, Duration, and Nature of their interaction
100
THIS location, other than the primary crime scene, but in some way related to the crime, where evidence is found.
Secondary Crime Scene
100
THIS is currently the only known planet to harbor life.
Earth
200
Eyewitness accounts qualify as THIS kind of evidence
Direct Evidence
200
THESE members of the police department are the ones who take official witness statements
Detectives
200
When collected evidence is analyzed by each subsequent member of the team after the first, THIS process must be rigorously maintained and documented so as to not taint the validity of the evidence.
Chain of Custody
200
What is the difference between Physical and Biological Evidence?
Biological - formerly part of a living human
Physical - not that
200
TRUE OR FALSE: the terms Grid, Linear, Quadrant, Zone, and Spiral are typically used to describe Datum Points
FALSE - they describe search patterns.
200
The Cassini probe orbited THIS planet for over 20 years collecting literally all of the data NASA has about its rings.
Saturn
300
List AT LEAST 3 factors that can affect an eyewitness account.
1) Alone vs In a Group
2) Amount of people nearby
3)Intensity of activity observed
4)Location
5)Personal Bias
6)Emotional State
300
Investigators document the scene while collecting trace evidence. Name 3 distinct examples of trace evidence.
Natural fibers (hair), textile fibers (clothes), fingerprints, soil tracked, bodily fluids, glass fragments, shell casings, gunpowder residue, cigarette butts/juul pods, pollen, etc
300
When mapping a crime scene, investigators will include at least one of THESE types of points - a permanent, fixed point of reference such as the corner of a building or a tree.
Datum Point
300
Give 1 example of Class evidence and 1 example of Individual evidence
Class - narrows suspect search to a group
Individual - narrows suspect search to an individual
300
Direct evidence includes what 3 examples of first-hand accounts?
Eyewitnesses, confessions, audio/video recordings
300
THIS planet is named for the Roman king of the gods due to its size.
Jupiter
400
THIS organization, which uses DNA evidence to re-evaluate past convictions, has found that up to 87% of false convictions were originally decided by eyewitness testimony.
The Innocence Project
400
Chief medical examiners, or Coroners, are members of the crime scene investigation team that often do not visit the scene itself. They deal with any victim remains in order to determine THIS, such as natural, accidental, homicde, or undetermined.
Cause of Death
400
A crime scene sketch should include what 4 elements?
Positions of evidence
Compass directions
Scale for distance
Datum and Subdatum points
400
THIS small, easily-made container is typically used for the collection of small, dry, trace evidence from a crime scene.
Paper Bindle
400
DAILY DOUBLE
Select a new question that ONLY your team may answer
400
The Romans named THIS planet after their goddess of love and beauty. The Greeks called her Aphrodite
Venus
500
Describe 3 techniques that eyewitnesses can employ to improve their observational ability.
1)Methodical searching
2)No assumptions
3)Wait for all evidence to begin analyzing
4)Document instead of relying on memory
500
Name 5 of the 7 S's of crime scene investigation. Double points for being IN ORDER.
Secure the Scene
Separate the Witnesses
Scan the Scene
See the Scene
Sketch the Scene
Search for Evidence
Secure and Collect Evidence
500
Crime scenes are occasionally staged by the perpetrator in order to give the appearance of different crime than what happened. Describe an example of a crime that can be staged as another.
Arson - staged to cover murder, burglary, or fraud
Suicide - staged to cover homocide or fraud
Burglary - staged to cover fraud
500
Construct the classification tree for all evidence. Place "Evidence" at the top and include the other 4 relevant categories.
See Board
500
Deriving a conclusion from the facts using a series of logical steps is called _____ ________
Deductive Reasoning
500
THIS planet has 2 moons - Phobos and Deimos - whose names are Latin for 'fear' and 'panic'
Mars