Chp 3

Question 1

What does C I A stand for and what are their individual goals

Answer 1

Crime identification association

C- establish whether or not a crime has been committed
I- identify suspects in the crime
A-associate victims, suspects, and the crime the scene

Question 2

These cases are were offenders are still at scene or very nearby the crime scene

Answer 2

Hot cases

Question 3

Offenders have let the crime scene and victims may or may not be present but the scene still contains fresh or smoking gun evidence

Answer 3

Warm cases

Question 4

Main clued eyewitness accounts and physical evidence

Answer 4

Smoking gun evidence

Question 5

Been reported or detected sometime after it occurred usually one year or more or been investigated for at least a year with no suspects

Answer 5

Cold case

Question 6

In table 3.1 what is the least likely and most likely reason to not report a crime

Answer 6

Least likely protect the offender

Most likely for personal/private matter

Question 7

In table 3.1 what is the most likely reason for people not reporting and the least likely reason for people not reporting violent crimes

Answer 7

Most likely reason is to prevent future violations

Least likely for them to report to catch the offender

Question 8

What is ROI stand for and what is it?

Answer 8

Report of investigation and it is submitted to prosecutors who will decide whether the strength of the case merits an attempt to officially charged suspect with investigative crime

Question 9

Evidence that is easily perishable or destroyed

Answer 9

Transient evidence

Question 10

A rough sketch outlining key areas of the crime scene

Answer 10

Logistics map

Question 11

The peripheral crime scene is also known as this

Answer 11

Inner area

Question 12

Peripheral crime scene has what type of items In it

Answer 12

Shell casings footprints fingerprints or other evidence to potty before and after the crime was committed entry and exit paths

Question 13

What is found or what is the outer and extended area used for

Answer 13

To locate possible evidence that has not been previously discovered and to keep media and other onlookers away from the activity

Question 14

Is helpful in a sequence of events occurring if there are one or two crime scenes

Answer 14

Macroscopic scene

Question 15

Specific evidence found within a particular crimes and location such as cartridge casing window glass or bloodstain found on the pavement where one of the drive-by shootings occurred

Answer 15

Micro scopic scene

Question 16

What are some steps relating to media relations at the crime scene five steps

Answer 16

One provide information about the radio call

Two unless doing so would adversely affect investigation release information about arrestees
three release basic facts of the rest
four don’t release information about
five in general

Question 17

Photographs taken from the side of the object

Answer 17

Oblique lighting

Question 18

Sketches that are created in a Birdseye across projection or exploded also known as

Answer 18

Elevated perspective

Question 19

Gently used method to show bullet holes or blood stains on the walls or eight or any other vertically oriented service

Answer 19

Elevated perspective

Question 20

Commonly used by investigators. The method requires the identification of two fixed, adjacent points within the crime scene to create a horizontal and vertical axis, or rectangular area.
Measurement taken from both horizontal and vertical angles to the center mass

Answer 20

Rectangular coordinates

Question 21

Used in rectangular coordinate methods normally outdoor crime scenes they form a 4 quadrant grid

Answer 21

Grid system

Question 22

Most precise and flexible method used

Secondary reference point coordinates

Answer 22

Triangulation

Question 23

The purpose is to illustrate the locations of all evidence contained on both horizontal and vertical surfaces

Answer 23

Cross projection or exploded sketch

Question 24

Establishing a straight line or baseline between to fix points

Answer 24

Baseline coordinates

Question 25

Not used very often but is helpful for taking measures in large outdoor crime scenes that contain few fix point of reference

Answer 25

Polar coordinates

Question 26

Used indoor and outdoor measures distance is and elevations with the device known as EDM

Answer 26

Total station approach

Question 27

What does EDM stand for

Answer 27

Electronic distance meter

Question 28

Main objective of locating all evidence that will associate the suspect to the crime committed at the crime scene

Answer 28

Associative evidence

Question 29

A fixed point which from all measures are taken

Answer 29

Datum point

Question 30

Consists of two or more methods of search

Answer 30

Hybrid search

Question 31

Divided into a series of liens or stripes across the search area

Answer 31

Line or stripe search

Question 32

Double stripe technique search Goodwin looking for small pieces of evidence

Answer 32

Grid search

Question 33

Outward and inward spiral( known to be the best used by investigators)

Answer 33

Spiral search

Question 34

Searches conducted a long paths most likely to contain evidence

Answer 34

Link search

Question 35

Zones can be carried out indoors or outdoors and can be easily combine with other search methods

Answer 35

Zone search