Unit 2 Forensic

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

• Forensics
• Accomplice
• Crime Scene
• Alibi

Person thought to be capable of committing a crime

• Forensics
• Evidence
• Suspect
• CSI

Any material items that are present at the crime scene

• evidence
• accomplice
• detectives
• police officers

Typically the first to arrive at a crime scene and they secure the scene

• detectives
• specialists
• district attorney
• police officers

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

when securing a crime scene the two most important factors are to

• scan the scene, separate the witnesses
• safety of individuals, separate the witnesses
• see the scene, preserving evidence
• safety of individual, preserving evidence

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

The original location of a crime or accident. 

• Primary
• Secondary 
• Original 
• Jail

An alternate location where additional evidence has been found.

• Secondary crime scene
• Primary crime scene
• Physical location 
• Suspected location 

A folded paper used to hold trace evidence

• envelope

• baggie

• bindle

• chain of custody