Crime Scene Investigation and Evidence Collection

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

statement of where a suspect was at the time of a crime

• alibi
• accomplice
• fingerprints
• evidence

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

• detectives
• specialists
• district attorney
• police officers

Evidence can provide

• proof that a crime has been committed
• establish key elements of a crime
• exonerate the innocent
• all of the above

The first step in investigating a crime scene is to

• examine possible evidence
• interview the first officer at the scene or the victim
• document what happened
• process the crime scene evidence

Whorl, Arch and loop are all types of

• fingerprints
• footprints
• blood types
• hair types

Refers to small evidence like hairs of fibers

• physical evidence
• trace evidence
• suspect
• witness

The first officer arriving at a crime scene, after providing or obtaining medical assistance for the injured and effecting an arrest of suspects (if possible), should immediately:

• photograph the scene.

• search for evidence.

• make a rough sketch of the scene.

• secure the scene.