Intro to Forensic Science Final Exam
General Crime Scene Investigation? correct answersBased on the location,
evidence around the body (trace evidence- information about the profile of
the suspect), and the body itself can tell us what happened
The crime scene provides insight into what happened
It's more than just the processing, documentation, collection, and packaging
of physical evidence
It's the first step and the most crucial step of a forensic investigation
What is the foundation of all forensic investigations? correct
answersBased on the ability for a crime scene investigator to recognize
potential and important physical evidence, large and small, at the crime
scene
What are the next steps after collecting physical evidence? correct
answersThe subsequent identification of the physical evidence & the
determination of the possible source or origin of the evidence (this is
called the individualization of evidence)
Proper Crime Scene Investigation? correct answersThe starting point; the
initiation of crime scene reconstruction
Careful processing, documentation, collection, and preserving of physical
evidence are integral parts
Crime scene investigation is not like what it is on TV, it is
more? correct answersOrganized, methodical, systematic, and
logical
To properly investigate a scene, what is needed? correct answersAdequate
experience and training (current and outgoing)
Managed and coordinated team effort
Never restrict the flow of information instead provide an opening of
communication between investigators and other law-enforcement
personnel
Types of crime scenes? correct answersPrimary or
secondary Primary scene- where the original or first
criminal act occurred Any subsequent scenes are
considered secondary crime scenes
Classification of crime scenes? correct answersBased on the original location
where the crime occurred
Now other locations can all be crime scenes, so most crime scenes have
more than one location
Macroscopic & Microscopic Crime Scenes? correct answersClassification
based on size Based on the type of crime
, Based on location (indoor or outdoor)
Based on scene condition (organized or disorganized)
Microscopic Crime Scene? correct answersMicroscopic- is any specific
object or piece of physical evidence related to the crime being
investigated; looking at a piece of evidence
Each of these bits would be individually investigated as "crime scenes"
unique unto themselves
Macroscopic Crime Scene? correct answersMacroscopic- includes not just the
location, but the victim's body, suspect's body, the house, the vehicle, etc.;
looking at the overall scene
What is an organized crime scene? correct answersWell-planned,
methodical, have fantasies, bring with them what they need to fulfill those
fantasies, prepared, and very detailed
What is a disorganized crime scene? correct answersMentally ill, break with
reality, not prepared, spur of the moment, and use whatever they can in the
area
Physical Evidence? correct answersCan be classified according to its
physical state, type of crime, nature of evidence, its composition, or by
the types of questions to be resolved, etc.
Most of the clues that lead to the solution of a crime are at the crime scene
in the form of physical evidence
Analysis of the crime scene and what the objective of crime scene
investigators? correct answersWill allow the investigator to determine the
sort of physical evidence that is most likely to be found at a particular crime
scene
Recognize (know what is evidence and what is not), collect (properly collect
evidence), preserve (keep intact), process (go over it and analyze it), and
interpret/reconstruct (determine what happened based on evidence)
What is the major objective of examining physical evidence and the
interaction of these objectives creates what? correct answersTo provide
useful information for the investigator to solve the case
Interaction of these objectives is the basis of a "scientific crime scene
investigator"
What is circumstantial evidence? correct answersPhysical evidence such
as fingerprints, blood, hair; used to convict people all the time; leads one
to believe that this happened; the more of this evidence the bigger the
case is against that person
What is direct evidence? correct answersEyewitness testimony; directly saw
the person doing it; a video of the person doing it
What is corpus delecti? correct answers"Body of a crime"
General Crime Scene Investigation? correct answersBased on the location,
evidence around the body (trace evidence- information about the profile of
the suspect), and the body itself can tell us what happened
The crime scene provides insight into what happened
It's more than just the processing, documentation, collection, and packaging
of physical evidence
It's the first step and the most crucial step of a forensic investigation
What is the foundation of all forensic investigations? correct
answersBased on the ability for a crime scene investigator to recognize
potential and important physical evidence, large and small, at the crime
scene
What are the next steps after collecting physical evidence? correct
answersThe subsequent identification of the physical evidence & the
determination of the possible source or origin of the evidence (this is
called the individualization of evidence)
Proper Crime Scene Investigation? correct answersThe starting point; the
initiation of crime scene reconstruction
Careful processing, documentation, collection, and preserving of physical
evidence are integral parts
Crime scene investigation is not like what it is on TV, it is
more? correct answersOrganized, methodical, systematic, and
logical
To properly investigate a scene, what is needed? correct answersAdequate
experience and training (current and outgoing)
Managed and coordinated team effort
Never restrict the flow of information instead provide an opening of
communication between investigators and other law-enforcement
personnel
Types of crime scenes? correct answersPrimary or
secondary Primary scene- where the original or first
criminal act occurred Any subsequent scenes are
considered secondary crime scenes
Classification of crime scenes? correct answersBased on the original location
where the crime occurred
Now other locations can all be crime scenes, so most crime scenes have
more than one location
Macroscopic & Microscopic Crime Scenes? correct answersClassification
based on size Based on the type of crime
, Based on location (indoor or outdoor)
Based on scene condition (organized or disorganized)
Microscopic Crime Scene? correct answersMicroscopic- is any specific
object or piece of physical evidence related to the crime being
investigated; looking at a piece of evidence
Each of these bits would be individually investigated as "crime scenes"
unique unto themselves
Macroscopic Crime Scene? correct answersMacroscopic- includes not just the
location, but the victim's body, suspect's body, the house, the vehicle, etc.;
looking at the overall scene
What is an organized crime scene? correct answersWell-planned,
methodical, have fantasies, bring with them what they need to fulfill those
fantasies, prepared, and very detailed
What is a disorganized crime scene? correct answersMentally ill, break with
reality, not prepared, spur of the moment, and use whatever they can in the
area
Physical Evidence? correct answersCan be classified according to its
physical state, type of crime, nature of evidence, its composition, or by
the types of questions to be resolved, etc.
Most of the clues that lead to the solution of a crime are at the crime scene
in the form of physical evidence
Analysis of the crime scene and what the objective of crime scene
investigators? correct answersWill allow the investigator to determine the
sort of physical evidence that is most likely to be found at a particular crime
scene
Recognize (know what is evidence and what is not), collect (properly collect
evidence), preserve (keep intact), process (go over it and analyze it), and
interpret/reconstruct (determine what happened based on evidence)
What is the major objective of examining physical evidence and the
interaction of these objectives creates what? correct answersTo provide
useful information for the investigator to solve the case
Interaction of these objectives is the basis of a "scientific crime scene
investigator"
What is circumstantial evidence? correct answersPhysical evidence such
as fingerprints, blood, hair; used to convict people all the time; leads one
to believe that this happened; the more of this evidence the bigger the
case is against that person
What is direct evidence? correct answersEyewitness testimony; directly saw
the person doing it; a video of the person doing it
What is corpus delecti? correct answers"Body of a crime"
