Types of Evidence
Direct or Circumstantial?
A blood sample from a crime scene.
Circumstantial
Overview, Intermediate, and Close-up photos are taken during this "S."
S4- Seeing the Scene
This search covers a large area, dividing it into a grid.
Grid Search
True or False?
When evidence is already sealed, it must be re-opened from the same side it was originally sealed on?
False
O.J. Simpson wrote a book after being convicted Not Guilty. This book was titled ______.
"If I Did It"
Class or Individual?
Blood Type
Class (Narrows to a group of people)
Ensuring people do not collaborate on their statements can be prevented by this "S."
S2- Separating the Witnesses
This search pattern is used when few people are available to cover a large, outdoor area, moving in a snake-like fashion.
Strip Search (Linear)
Arson (Fire)
What were the 2 theories in the Jon Benet case?
Family Theory and Intruder Theory.
Physical or Biological?
Footprint
Physical
Excluding unauthorized personnel from a scene is done in this "S."
S1- Securing the Scene
This search pattern is done by 1 person, starting in the center of an area, circling outwards.
Ever Widening Circle AKA Spiral Search
The Chain of _____ is essentially a receipt log of evidence that was handled.
Custody
What is Mr. P's favorite food?
Chicken Wings
A witness's statement is considered what kind of evidence?
Direct
A finished sketch is usually completed on a computer, back in the lab, with the use of a ______.
Template
The place where a crime took place is known as the Primary Crime Scene. The ______ Crime Scene relates to the crime, such as the suspect's car, house, workplace, etc.
Secondary
Biological evidence is mostly stored in a ____ container.
Breathable
Who established the idea of the "Exchange Principle?"
Dr. Edmond Locard
Circumstantial (Indirect) evidence is also called ______ evidence because it can be transmitted from one person or object, to another.
Trace
In Sketching the Scene, objects are located by distance, using at least ___ fixed points.
2
This search pattern consists of many people walking across an area shoulder to shoulder in one direction.
Straight Line Search
A paper ____ is used when no plastic or paper bags are available in collecting evidence. (Tri-folded twice)
Bindle
List the Seven S's in order.
Secure (Scene), Separate, Scan, See, Sketch, Search, Secure(Evidence)