Crime Scene Investigation

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

• Chain of Custody

• Trace Evidence

• Locard exchange

Any place where evidence maybe located to help explain events.

• Secondary Crime Scene

• Crime Scene

• Circumstantial evidence.

example of this evidence is an eye witness account of a crime, or a recording of the crime.

• Direct Evidence

• indirect evidence

• Circumstantial evidence

indirect evidence, or evidence used to imply what happened at the crime scene

• direct evidence

• Circumstantial evidence

• secondary evidence

Small but measurable amounts of material found at a crime scene.

• trace evidence

• individual evidence

• Circumstantial evidence

This person looks for leads and interviews the whitness

• Detective

• Medical examiner

• First responder

A cross transfer of evidence between a suspect and victim

• Chain of Custody

• District Attorney

• Locard Exchange principle

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.

What should a CSI worker do before collecting evidence?

• All of these choices

• Tie Hair Back

• Cover shoes

• Put on gloves

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