Defining a crime scene:

Question 1

T or F: once the incident is reported, first responders are called through a three tiered dispatch system.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Who asses the crime scene first?

Answer 2

Responding officer (Constable)
- Also ensures the management of the scene (crucial for integrity of the scene).

Question 3

What are the five steps of crime investigation:

Answer 3

1. Crime reported, first responders dispatched.
2. Responding 1st officer (uniformed), performs assessment and decides on immediate action and services scene
3. If there’s a deceased= death scene (coroner is called)
4. The ranking officer arrives and manages the scene
5. CSI consults the Ranking upon arrival.

Question 4

What are the three types of officers involved in types of officers?

Answer 4

1. Uniformed
2. Ranking
3. Detective

Question 5

Uniformed:

Answer 5

“Constable”
- Responds to emergency calls
- Assumes initial control of the scene until the Ranking officer arrives.
- Specifically establishes an inner and outer

Question 6

Ranking:

Answer 6

“Sergeant”
- Supervises constables
- Assumes control of scene until ranking CSI arrives

Question 7

Detective:

Answer 7

“Criminal investigator”
- Police officer (any rank) for crime investigator
- Conducts/manages investigations to prepare case (court).

Question 8

CSI In Canada is also called . . .

Answer 8

Forensic identification officer

Question 9

To become a a Forensic identification officer you must . . .

Answer 9

1. A sworn officer
2. Become a Soco (scene of crime officer)
3. Become an identification officer
4. Spend time in the central investigation bureau

Question 10

T or F: Depending on the crime, 1-2 I.D officer

Answer 10

True

Question 11

How many officers are in a death investigation?

Answer 11

Death investigation (2 I.D officers)
- Lead FSC investigator
- Less experienced FSC investigator

Question 12

What are other types of people who work on a crime scene:

Answer 12

Civilian, FSC I.D assistant

Question 13

Civillian:

Answer 13

Someone who hasn’t completed formal police training and is not sworn.

Question 14

FSC I.D assistant:

Answer 14

Assist officer (process evidence)
- Toronto: crime scene support techs require FSC backgrounds

Question 15

Forensic scientists in Canada:

Answer 15

• Evidence submitted to a crime lab, by CSI
• Enters case recipient unit
• Exhibits tagged “Computerized monitoring systems”

Question 16

What did acomputerized monitoring system allows . . .

Answer 16

• Where evidence is
• Who has it
• How far the analysis (proceed)

Question 17

T of F: Exhibits go to ERU (Evidence Recovery Unit)

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Who collects Exhibits?

Answer 18

CRO personnel

Question 19

Other areas of Forensics . . .

Answer 19

• Forensic Biology
• Forensic Toxicologist
• Forensic Chemist
• Forensic Firearm examination
• Forensic Questioned Document examiner

Question 20

Forensic Biologist:

Answer 20

Analyze Biomaterial (semen, blood, ect)
- Human/non-human and DNA analysis
Min honours degree: Bio/Biochem/molecular bio (most have grad degree)

Question 21

Forensic Toxicologist:

Answer 21

Determine the presence/amount of toxins)
- Determine Physiological effects
- Min honours B.Sc (most grad degrees) Bio-chem/pharmacology/physiology/chem

Question 22

Forensic Chemist: “Trace evidence specialist”

Answer 22

• Analyze non-bio evidence (Trace evidence, substances)
• What substance is/what are its chem continents and elements
• Min honours B.SC (most grad degrees)

Question 23

Forensic Firearm Exam: not ballistics

Answer 23

• Analysis (tool marks, tools, firearm, and ammunition)
• Phys matching of tool and suspect mark
• Min honours B. Sc (engineering, and physics)

Question 24

Forensic Questioned document examiner:

Answer 24

• Documents that contain (Letters, numbers, and symbols) don’t express meaning or authorship
• Analyze/compare handwriting
• Examine document alterations (Where document comes from)
• Min honours B.Sc (chem)

Question 25

Investigative ethics:

Answer 25

Outlined by organizations
- CSI/FSC work (facts)
- Professional ethics and intengrity are essential

Question 26

Ethics:

Answer 26

“Moral principled that govern a persons behaviour or the conducts at an activity”

Question 27

What are the three most important factors within investigative ethics?

Answer 27

Objectivity, Honesty, and Openness

Question 28

Objectivity:

Answer 28

Discover truth regardless of how (may/may not) affect legal outcome.

Question 29

Honesty:

Answer 29

Tells the Truth, avoids distortion of facts and misinterpretation.

Question 30

Opennesses:

Answer 30

Be open (criticism) be transparent

Question 31

T or F: error and bias can be made at any time

Answer 31

True

Question 32

Errors and Bias:

Answer 32

Error can be made at any point
- may affect validity (established in conclusion)
- May lead to flawed understanding events

Question 33

Types of error:

Answer 33

Ethics (Violation), and honest error

Question 34

Cognitive bias:

Answer 34

• May also be a factor in error
• Broad term that includes (Variety of processes that may lead to inaccurate judgements)

Question 35

T or F: cognitive bias may affect memory, reasoning, and decision

Answer 35

True

Question 36

Type of Bias:

Answer 36

Confirmation, and Context

Question 37

Bias may result in . . .

Answer 37

Miscarriage of Justice, and loss of public confidence