Criminology- Crime Scenes

Question 1

The first attending officer

Answer 1

The first uniformed service to arrive on a crime scene usually the police

Question 2

5 duties they must perform

Answer 2

1. Check victim
2. Seal off the crime area
3. Detain potential witnesses/suspects
4. Keep a record of the scene
5. Pass information Onto the forensic team when they arrive

Question 3

Scene of crime officers

Answer 3

Usually civilians and they only collect evidence

Question 4

Hazards at a crime scene

Answer 4

1. inhalation
2. Skin absorption
3. Ingestion
4. Injection

Question 5

Physical evidence

Answer 5

1. Environmental: tyre tracks
2. Biological: blood
3. Weapons: knife

Question 6

Psychological evidence

Answer 6

Information available to an offender profile from the crime scene and physical evidence

Question 7

What is a profiler

Answer 7

Cerastes a psychological profile of an offender. Is trained or self taught. They narrow down the list of suspects by adopting different techniques. A number of profilers may be asked to work on the same case and create their own profiles and they don’t have an special authority

Question 8

Top down approach (US)

Answer 8

Developed by the FBI academy in Virginia case by case, they establish behaviour patterns and information from similar cases and interviews.

Question 9

Bottoms up approach (UK)

Answer 9

Was thought of by David Canter and established statistical patterns of cooler atop a but doesn’t work in similar cases.

Question 10

Organised criminal

Answer 10

Orderly life
Socially contempt
Average to high intelligence 
Skilled employment
Plans offences
Uses restraint
Brings a weapon
Conceals evidence

Question 11

Disorganised criminal

Answer 11

Lives alone, near crime scene
Below average intelligence 
Socially in-contempt 
Unskilled employment
Little preparation
Unlikely to use restraint
Improvises weapon
Leaves weapon
Limited concealment of evidence