Miscellaneous
What role do police officers at the crime scene?
They are usually the first to arrive at a crime scene. The best course of action would be to assessing the scene and securing it and radio the description and location of the scene for backup officers.
What is a perimeter?
(Cordoning the scene)
This means the officer protects the area within which the crime. The outer confines of the crime scene
A permanent record of the size and distance relationship of the crime scene and the physical evidence within it, a manner in which to present crime scene layout and measurements.
What is a Crime Scene Sketch
What is circumstantial evidence?
Evidence used to imply a fact but not prove it directly
What is Locard's exchange principle?
Locard’s exchange Principle states that when a person comes into contact with an object or another person, a cross-transfer of physical evidence can occur
Gunshot residue
Transient or Trace or Biological
What is trace evidence?
What are the Miranda Warning (rights)?
The right to remain silent, anything you say or do may be used against you in the court of law you have the right to have an attorney, if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you, do you understand your rights.
What is the primary crime scene?
The first encountered location where evidence was located.
What is mapping?
A term associated with crime scene measurements – applying measurements to the sketch produced and items represented.
What is biological evidence?
Physical evidence such as bodily fluids that originate from a human, plant, animal.
What is chain of custody ?
The process used to maintain and document the chronological history of the custody of evidence. It records the individual who collects the evidence and each person or agency that had custody of it. (In order to introduce physical evidence into trial, must prove an unbroken chain of custody of that evidence.)
Blood, saliva, vomit
Trace or Transient or Biological
What is biological evidence?
The role a medical examiners/coroners at the scene
What is -Necessary to certify the death at the scene
Medical term that is used to describe the hardening of a body’s muscles after death.
What is Rigor Mortis?
Fixed points from where measurements can be taken. (Curbs, corner of room, outlets, light pole)
Anchor Points
What is physical evidence?
Any type of evidence, anything with size, shape, and dimension such as fingerprints, glass, paint, hair, blood, soil, and drugs.
What is an autopsy?
The medical dissection and examination of a body in order to determine the cause of death.
This amendment protects against illegal searches and seizures of people persons or property.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
A prosecutor has to prove in a criminal trial
What is -Beyond a reasonable doubt the suspect did it
What is a secondary crime scene?
Other scenes that has evidence, may be identified as being associated with the primary scene
What is a crime scene?
The place where the crime was committed or anywhere evidence may be located that will help explain the events of the crime.
What is trace evidence?
Physical evidence that results from the transfer of small quantities of material such as paint chips, glass fragments, gunshot residue particles.
What is an admission ?
A statement that moves toward proving guilt. A suspect does not accept responsibility for committing a crime in an admission.
fingerprints (latent print)
Transient or Physical or Biological
physical evidence
The role of a specialists in the courtroom
What is, serve as expert witness in the courtroom such as entomologists (insect biologists), forensic scientists, and forensic psychologists may be consulted if the evidence requires their expertise.
What is a final sketch?
SKETCHING THE SCENE
A finished rendition of the rough sketch of a crime scene noting the position of the body (if any) and any other evidence.
Anything that can help to prove or disprove that a crime was or was not committed, and by whom. There are multiple varieties.
What is Evidence
What is transcient evidence ?
Evidence by its very nature or the conditions at the scene will lose its evidentiary value if not preserved and protected. (e.g. blood in the rain)
What is a confession ?
A fully corroborated statement during which the suspect accepts personal responsibility for committing a crime.
Footprint in soil
Transient or Trace or Biological
What is transient evidence ?