Criminal Justice Nocti Test Study Guide. 2023 version. ‘Crime Scene Management • Exhibit understanding of proper evidence-collection practices o Procedure for collecting evidence ▪ All material gathered during a criminal investigation must be carefully

Criminal Justice Nocti Test Study Guide. 2023 version. ‘Crime Scene Management • Exhibit understanding of proper evidence-collection practices o Procedure for collecting evidence ▪ All material gathered during a criminal investigation must be carefully collected, recorded, classified, processed, and stored ▪ All evidence must be marked for identification and protectively packaged ● If officers fail to follow proper procedures the “chain of evidence” may be broken, tainting evidence and making it inadmissible in court o Chain of Evidence Sequence ▪ Identification and collection ▪ analysis ▪ storage ▪ Preservation ▪ Transportation ▪ presentation in court ▪ return to owner ● The chain of evidence shows o who obtained the evidence o where and when the evidence was obtained o who secured the evidence o who had control or possession of the evidence • Exhibit knowledge of scientific principles involved in crime scene management o Four components of a crime scene ▪ Information management ● Information can: link a suspect to a crime scene, approve or disapprove an alibi, or develop investigative leads ● Can be in oral form, written statements or documents, or patterns ● Various types of information can be used to solve crimes o Comprehensive victim background check o Inquiry into the suspects whereabouts and belongings within the past 24 hours of the proceeding crime ▪ Manpower management ● The agencies responsible for the crime scene processing and construction ● Factors of manpower management that affect crime scene management o Insufficient personnel