CRIMINOLOGY UNIT 3 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Scene of the Crime Officers (SOCOs) WEAKNESSES. Answer:
>Risk of evidence contamination though weather conditions or
interference (possible misconduct)
>Lengthy process which is time consuming and costly without no
guarantee of conviction
>Problematic testimonies, inaccuracies or misleading
>Malpractice, deliberate or accidental, leading to errors
◉ Scene of the Crime Officers (SOCOs) CASES. Answer: >Amanda
Knox
Exchange student found dead in her flat in Italy, friend Knox suspected
of murder.
Contamination of evidence, failures to document evidence, planted
evidence to falsely incriminate
>Stephen Lawrence
Young boy murdered in a racially motivated attack in London.
, Failure to follow up on crucial evidence, loss of evidence and
institutional racism
◉ Forensic Scientists STRENGTHS. Answer: >Deal with specialized
areas within the investigation (Computing, Toxicology, Psychology and
Dentistry)
>Scientific advances (DNA Profiling)
>Advanced analysis of evidence (Spectrometry)
>Highly accurate, decrease chances of injustices
◉ Forensic Scientists WEAKNESSES. Answer: >Mistakes can allow
injustices (wrongful or failing convictions)
>Ethical issues due to the use of DNA as it involved the use of private
information
>Expensive and time-consuming
>DNA requires records and cannot be compared without a suspect
◉ Forensic Scientists CASES. Answer: >Sarah Payne
Young girl was abducted and murdered by a previously convicted
pedophile Roy Whiting
Used fibers from sweatshirt found in van to link to the presence of Sarah
there, found threads of school uniform on Velcro shoes
EVALUATION EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Scene of the Crime Officers (SOCOs) WEAKNESSES. Answer:
>Risk of evidence contamination though weather conditions or
interference (possible misconduct)
>Lengthy process which is time consuming and costly without no
guarantee of conviction
>Problematic testimonies, inaccuracies or misleading
>Malpractice, deliberate or accidental, leading to errors
◉ Scene of the Crime Officers (SOCOs) CASES. Answer: >Amanda
Knox
Exchange student found dead in her flat in Italy, friend Knox suspected
of murder.
Contamination of evidence, failures to document evidence, planted
evidence to falsely incriminate
>Stephen Lawrence
Young boy murdered in a racially motivated attack in London.
, Failure to follow up on crucial evidence, loss of evidence and
institutional racism
◉ Forensic Scientists STRENGTHS. Answer: >Deal with specialized
areas within the investigation (Computing, Toxicology, Psychology and
Dentistry)
>Scientific advances (DNA Profiling)
>Advanced analysis of evidence (Spectrometry)
>Highly accurate, decrease chances of injustices
◉ Forensic Scientists WEAKNESSES. Answer: >Mistakes can allow
injustices (wrongful or failing convictions)
>Ethical issues due to the use of DNA as it involved the use of private
information
>Expensive and time-consuming
>DNA requires records and cannot be compared without a suspect
◉ Forensic Scientists CASES. Answer: >Sarah Payne
Young girl was abducted and murdered by a previously convicted
pedophile Roy Whiting
Used fibers from sweatshirt found in van to link to the presence of Sarah
there, found threads of school uniform on Velcro shoes
