Crime Scene Investigation

Any material items that are present at the crime scene

• evidence
• accomplice
• detectives
• police officers

Refers to small evidence like hairs of fibers

• physical evidence
• trace evidence
• suspect
• witness

The ability to establish the exact whereabouts of an item of evidence and under whose control it was from its collection at the crime scene to its presentation in the courtroom and everywhere in between is called

• chain of command
• record of evidence
• chain of custody

In a crime scene sketch, there should always be an arrow to show which way is

• South
• East
• West
• North

In a crime scene sketch, to show where a dead body or weapon is located, one should measure and draw the distance from the evidence

• 1 a movable landmark
• 2 immovable landmarks
• 3 the body

What are the four patterns to search for evidence

• spiral, round, linear, quadrant
• grid, round, linear, zone
• spiral, grid, quadrant, no pattern
• spiral, grid, linear, quadrant

Any physical location in which a crime has occurred or is suspected of having occurred. 

• Crime Scene
• Primary Location 
• Secondary Location 
• Alibi 

Define the "Locard's Principle."

• the scientific examination of evidence in a criminal investigation
• states that criminals always take a trace of something with them or leave a trace of something behind at the scene of the crime
• a type of evidence
• the person who runs the Locard School

A material that can be related to a SINGLE source.

• Trace Evidence

• Class evidence

• individual evidence

A written record of all people who have had possession of an item of evidence.

• Chain of Custody

• Trace Evidence

• Locard exchange