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Crime Scene Processing and Investigation authors - Correct
Answers ✅Ross M. Gardner & Donna R. Krouskup
Evidence - Correct Answers ✅Something legally submitted
to a competent trier of fact as a means of ascertaining the
truth
Proves or disproves fact in contention
Types of Evidence - Correct Answers ✅Testimonial &
real/physical
Testimonial Evidence - Correct Answers ✅Given in the form
of a statement under oath, usually in response to questioning
Physical/Real Evidence - Correct Answers ✅Anything with
size, shape, and dimension
Evidence with an objective existence
Can prove a crime has been committed or establish key
elements of a crime
More reliable than testimonial evidence (humans are
subjective)
Not always collected (overturned table)
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Types of Physical Evidence - Correct Answers ✅Direct
Evidence & Circumstantial Evidence
Direct Evidence - Correct Answers ✅Evidence that
supports a conclusion of fact without inference
Circumstantial Evidence - Correct Answers ✅Evidence that
requires inference to connect it to a conclusion of fact
In situ - Correct Answers ✅Condition of the item as
found/as seen
Purpose of Processing a Scene - Correct Answers ✅Recover
physical evidence and document scene as found
Six Basic Steps of Examining a Crime Scene - Correct
Answers ✅Assessing, Observing, Documenting, Searching,
Collecting, Analyzing - must be done in order
Two basic goals of police - Correct Answers ✅Prevention of
crime/disorder (preservation of peace) & protection of life,
liberty, and property
Crime Prevention - Correct Answers ✅Effort to keep crime
from occurring
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Crime Repression - Correct Answers ✅Active investigation
and the identification of those responsible for the crime (CSI
work)
Controlling General Behavior Patterns - Correct Answers
✅Regulating non-criminal conduct (traffic regulations/city
ordinances)
Provision of Services - Correct Answers ✅Scope of services
provided by police
Constitutional Issue - Correct Answers ✅Protection of
personal liberties
Justice - Correct Answers ✅Defined by society in the form
of judges and juries
Fair Justice - Correct Answers ✅Needs victim, accused, and
society
Predictable Effects - Correct Answers ✅Changes to scene
that occur with some regularity/rhythm (onset of rigor mortis,
insect activity, etc)