Crime Scene Analysis

The place where a crime has taken place is called the...

• police place

• crime place

• crime scene

Who are the first people to be called to the scene of a serious crime?

• forensic scientists

• detectives

• lawyers

After detectives arrive at the scene, who are called next?

• forensic scientists

• detectives

• police

• judges

Why do forensic scientists wear protective clothing?

• They don't want to get dirty

• They want to look cool

• They don't want to contaminate the crime scene

• They don't want to stand out from the detectives

What is the job of forensic scientists?

• To find every single piece of evidence

• To arrest the criminal

• To convict the criminal

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Which of these is NOT a type of evidence that forensic scientists might collect?

• Blood

• Hair

• Fingerprints

• Food

Why do detectives and forensic scientists have to be so careful to preserve the evidence?

• Because the criminal might come back.

• Because the scene will not be intact forever.

Detectives and forensic scientists preserve an impression of the scene by...

• taking photos

• making sketches

• making video recordings

• all of these

Before evidence is removed from the crime scene it must be...

• carefully measured

• carefully recorded

• both of these

Items of evidence are stored...

• together in plastic bags

• separately in plastic bags

• separately in paper bags