CRIME SCENE GPSTC EXAM LATEST
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Evidence is classified as direct, genuine, or circumstantial.
An eyewitness report of a crime is an example of direct evidence.
actual evidence - ANSWER tangible evidence in the crime, such as a weapon,
records, fingerprints, and stolen stuff.
Shell casing, blood, and tangible stuff
Circumstantial evidence is evidence that implies a fact but does not directly
prove it.
has a logical relationship between the individual and the crime.
The Evidence Triangle: ANSWER 1. Crime Scene
2. Victim.
3. Suspect.
attempting to link all three together.
Victim to Suspicion, Suspicion to Crime Scene, Crime Scene to Victim
Identification of investigative factors - ANSWER Investigative factors provide
information about a crime that helps determine who committed it.
,ANSWER: Without an investigating aspect, the odds of solving a crime are
slim.
preliminary investigation -- ANSWER All of the acts that a police officer
performs when responding to a crime scene, including as determining whether a
crime has happened, safeguarding the crime scene, and preserving evidence.
12 Major Investigative Factors: ANSWER 1. Witness to the crime.
2. Knowledge of the suspect's name.
3. knowledge of a suspect's location.
4. description of the suspect
5. Identification of a suspect.
6. property with identifiable qualities, marks, or numbers, which may be traced.
7. A significant mode of operation.
8. Significant physical evidence.
9. Description identifying the automobile used by the subject
10. Positive outcomes from a crime scene search
11. believe that the crime can be solved with publicity or reasonable extra
investigative effort.
12. Only one individual can conduct the crime.
First ANSWER to a Crime Scene: ANSWER give aid to injured victims.
, Protect the scene (reduce needless strolling and do not allow anything to be
moved or handled).
Limit access to the scene.
Identify witnesses.
Identify suspects.
Make a note of ________________________ and other facts that can be used
by an investigator, such as times, dates, and weather conditions.
Record the scene: ANSWER and observe before action.
Investigators have a limited amount of time to work the scene of a crime in its
original state, therefore this time must not be wasted.
Methods to search a criminal scene - ANSWER Point to point, sector or zone,
concentric circle or spiral, double strip or grid, wheel or pie pan, and line
Point-to-point search: ANSWER Move in sequence of the appearance of
evidence (from #1 to #2, #2 to #3, etc).
Trace evidence is often unorganized and may be disregarded.
Sector or Zone Search: ANSWER can be done inside or outside.
divide and allot the responsibilities of sectors.
UPDATED
Evidence is classified as direct, genuine, or circumstantial.
An eyewitness report of a crime is an example of direct evidence.
actual evidence - ANSWER tangible evidence in the crime, such as a weapon,
records, fingerprints, and stolen stuff.
Shell casing, blood, and tangible stuff
Circumstantial evidence is evidence that implies a fact but does not directly
prove it.
has a logical relationship between the individual and the crime.
The Evidence Triangle: ANSWER 1. Crime Scene
2. Victim.
3. Suspect.
attempting to link all three together.
Victim to Suspicion, Suspicion to Crime Scene, Crime Scene to Victim
Identification of investigative factors - ANSWER Investigative factors provide
information about a crime that helps determine who committed it.
,ANSWER: Without an investigating aspect, the odds of solving a crime are
slim.
preliminary investigation -- ANSWER All of the acts that a police officer
performs when responding to a crime scene, including as determining whether a
crime has happened, safeguarding the crime scene, and preserving evidence.
12 Major Investigative Factors: ANSWER 1. Witness to the crime.
2. Knowledge of the suspect's name.
3. knowledge of a suspect's location.
4. description of the suspect
5. Identification of a suspect.
6. property with identifiable qualities, marks, or numbers, which may be traced.
7. A significant mode of operation.
8. Significant physical evidence.
9. Description identifying the automobile used by the subject
10. Positive outcomes from a crime scene search
11. believe that the crime can be solved with publicity or reasonable extra
investigative effort.
12. Only one individual can conduct the crime.
First ANSWER to a Crime Scene: ANSWER give aid to injured victims.
, Protect the scene (reduce needless strolling and do not allow anything to be
moved or handled).
Limit access to the scene.
Identify witnesses.
Identify suspects.
Make a note of ________________________ and other facts that can be used
by an investigator, such as times, dates, and weather conditions.
Record the scene: ANSWER and observe before action.
Investigators have a limited amount of time to work the scene of a crime in its
original state, therefore this time must not be wasted.
Methods to search a criminal scene - ANSWER Point to point, sector or zone,
concentric circle or spiral, double strip or grid, wheel or pie pan, and line
Point-to-point search: ANSWER Move in sequence of the appearance of
evidence (from #1 to #2, #2 to #3, etc).
Trace evidence is often unorganized and may be disregarded.
Sector or Zone Search: ANSWER can be done inside or outside.
divide and allot the responsibilities of sectors.
