Crime Scene Photography
Forensic Techniques
Interviews and Interrogations
Miscellaneous Vocabulary
Anatomical Terminology
100

What allows a crime scene photo to be admissible in court?

What is being fair, accurate and relevant.

100

What is the first step in crime scene investigation protocol?

What is approaching.

100

Is an interview accusatory or non-accusatory?

What is non-accusatory.

100

What is an eyewitness?

What is someone who was there to see what happened at a crime.

100

What is the ocularus region?

What is the eyes.

200

What is lens aperture?

What is what determines how wide the opening is that lets light in.

200

What do you look for when identifying a victim during a crime scene investigation?

What is ID, drag marks, discrepancies in mortis and body temperature.

200

What is one of the purposes of an interrogation?

What is to obtain an admission of guilt from the suspect.

200

What is observation?

What is using all five senses when studying something to gain information.

200

What is the oris region?

What is the mouth.

300

How many pictures should you get of a vehicle?

What is 21.

300

What is preserving in crime scene investigation protocol?

What is establishing perimeters, setting up command posts, determining the suspect's point of entry and engress + your own.

300

When are Miranda Rights not required?

What is when there's a concern for public safety or the person isn't in custody.

300

What is reconstruction?

What is rebuilding a crime scene as accurate as possible.

300

What is a cavity?

What is a hollow area within the body.
400

What are the elements of a good, technical photograph?

What is correctly exposed, maximum depth of field, accurate perspective and sharp focus.

400

What step is notifying next of kin in a crime scene investigation protocol?

What is step 6.

400

What's the difference between an admission and a confession?

What is an admission doesn't directly acknowledge guilt while a confession does.

400

What's the difference between individual and class evidence?

What is individual evidence can be traced back to one person while class evidence can be traced back to a group of people.
400

What's the difference between anterior and posterior view?

What is anterior is front view and posterior is back view.

500

How should up close photos be taken?

What is on a scale the same plane as the evidence, at 90 degrees, with oblique light and with a tripod.

500

What do photographers do in the processing step of a criminal investigation?

What is photograph scene, body and face, place and photograph markers, sketch and search the scene, examine evidence, take notes, tag and bag, and describe and document.
500

What is a cognitive interview used for?

What is to elicit information from witnesses and victims as opposed to obtaining confessions from suspects.  

500

What is bindle?

What is where the evidence goes and gets packed and shipped off to the evidence lab.

500

Describe the Anatomical position.

What is hands at side, palms facing forward, feet together, front view and back view.