At the Crime Scene
The number one priority when a police officer or medical assistance arrives at the crime scene
What is preserving life?
What is chain of custody?
To a search a person's home for evidence the police need this document.
What is a search warrant?
If evidence requires expert analysis, entomologists, forensic scientists, and forensic psychologists may be called on. Another term used to describe these professionals are called _______________________.
What are specialists?
Money, revenge and emotions are all reasons for doing this.
What is committing a crime?
These crime scene personnel are typically the first to arrive at a crime scene. They are responsible for securing the scene so no evidence is destroyed
What are police officers?
Evidence that is small in amount or small in size
What is trace evidence?
This amendment protects citizens from unreasonable search and seizure of their property.
What is the 4th amendment?
The study of gun and bullet identification, comparisons, and gunshot residue (GSR) is best defined as this forensic unit.
What is firearm analysis?
These crime scene personnel may be present to determine a preliminary cause of death.
Who is the medical examiner?
This is performed by the crime scene investigator, the first officer, and sometimes the lead detective to survey the crime scene.
What is a walk through?
This is the first step to collecting evidence.
What is putting on protective clothing and gear?
You are the only one at a crime scene. There is a dead body in the middle of a room. You use this search method.
What is the spiral method?
The study of insects to help determine the time of death.
What is entomology?
Evidence that associates a particular individual with a crime is said to have this type of characteristics.
What is individual characteristics?
The original location of where the crime occurred
What is the primary crime scene?
It is crucial to package evidence separately due to this forensic phenomenon.
What is cross contamination?
Splitting up a crime scene into segments and assigning investigators to search each segments is this type of search pattern.
What is zone search?
When a badly burned body cannot be identified by fingerprints, teeth can be used instead which is this branch of forensics.
What is odontology?
Forensic TV shows educating criminals, TV shows lacking proper protective equipment in the lab and TV shows not depicting the odor at some scenes are all negative consequences of this.
What is the CSI effect?
Typically a finished sketch does not include this.
What are measurements?
Edmond Locard, the father of forensic science, made this famous observation
What is every contact leaves a trace
What is PPPSCRIPT?
This medical specialty that deals with disease and the bodily changes caused by disease
What is pathology?
This is a 3-D laser scanner used for public safety and to develop outdoor crime scenes.
What is the Leica Geosystem?