Crime Scene GPSTC Exam Questions
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Classification of evidence - ✔✔direct, real, circumstantial
direct evidence - ✔✔evidence that (if true) proves an alleged fact, such as an eyewitness
account of a crime
real evidence - ✔✔physical evidence - such as a weapon, records, fingerprints, and
stolen property - involved in the crime
the shell casing, blood, physical items
circumstantial evidence - ✔✔(indirect evidence) evidence used to imply a fact but not
prove it directly
has a logical relationship between the person and the crime
The Evidence Triangle - ✔✔1. Crime Scene
2. Victim
3. Suspect
trying to link all three together
victim to susp, susp to crime scene, crime scene to vict
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, Identification of investigative factors - ✔✔investigative factors provide information
about a crime that serve determine who committed it
without an investigative factor the chances of crime solution are - ✔✔small
preliminary investigation - ✔✔All of the activities undertaken by a police officer who
responds to the scene of a crime, including determining whether a crime has occurred,
securing the crime scene, and preserving evidence.
12 Major investigative factors - ✔✔1. Witness to the crime
2. Knowledge of the suspects name
3. knowledge of where a suspect can be located
4. description of a suspect
5. identification of a suspect
6. property with identifiable characteristics , marks, or numbers, so it can be traced
7. a significant modus operandi
8. Significant physical evidence
9. Description that IDs the automobile used by the subject
10. positive results from a crime scene search
11. belief that the crime can be solved with publicity or reasonable additional
investigative effort
12. Opportunity for only one person to commit the crime
First Response to a Crime Scene - ✔✔administer aid to injured parties
protect the scene (limit unnecessary walking about, do not allow items to be moved or
handled)
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and Answers 100% Pass
Classification of evidence - ✔✔direct, real, circumstantial
direct evidence - ✔✔evidence that (if true) proves an alleged fact, such as an eyewitness
account of a crime
real evidence - ✔✔physical evidence - such as a weapon, records, fingerprints, and
stolen property - involved in the crime
the shell casing, blood, physical items
circumstantial evidence - ✔✔(indirect evidence) evidence used to imply a fact but not
prove it directly
has a logical relationship between the person and the crime
The Evidence Triangle - ✔✔1. Crime Scene
2. Victim
3. Suspect
trying to link all three together
victim to susp, susp to crime scene, crime scene to vict
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, Identification of investigative factors - ✔✔investigative factors provide information
about a crime that serve determine who committed it
without an investigative factor the chances of crime solution are - ✔✔small
preliminary investigation - ✔✔All of the activities undertaken by a police officer who
responds to the scene of a crime, including determining whether a crime has occurred,
securing the crime scene, and preserving evidence.
12 Major investigative factors - ✔✔1. Witness to the crime
2. Knowledge of the suspects name
3. knowledge of where a suspect can be located
4. description of a suspect
5. identification of a suspect
6. property with identifiable characteristics , marks, or numbers, so it can be traced
7. a significant modus operandi
8. Significant physical evidence
9. Description that IDs the automobile used by the subject
10. positive results from a crime scene search
11. belief that the crime can be solved with publicity or reasonable additional
investigative effort
12. Opportunity for only one person to commit the crime
First Response to a Crime Scene - ✔✔administer aid to injured parties
protect the scene (limit unnecessary walking about, do not allow items to be moved or
handled)
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