Exhibits

Question 0

SOCO

Answer 0

Scenes of crimes officers

Question 1

Continuity of evidence?

Answer 1

An exhibit’s location must be accounted for at any one moment.

Officers involved in an investigation have control of an exhibit from its discovery to its presentation in court.

Question 2

CSI

Answer 2

Crime scene investigation dept

Question 3

What makes an item of clothing not suitable for examination ?

Answer 3

Damp/wet clothes

Question 4

What should you use to package clothing in?

Answer 4

Paper sacks

Question 5

Who would handle items such as hypodermic needles, knives?

Answer 5

SOCO/CSI staff

Question 6

Exhibit referencing

Answer 6

Initials of person finding the exhibit plus a number (chronological) referring to the order that the exhibits were found in

Question 7

Exhibits requiring specialist handling?

Answer 7

• Liquid and body fluid samples
• any item stained with blood/body fluid
• items infested with parasites
• hazardous chemicals
• explosives
• any item with sharp edge capable of penetration or injury
• examples of a fragile nature , ie documents/elec storage devices

Question 8

Types of evidence?

Answer 8

Conclusive - ie DNA

Corroborative - ie clothing fibres

Question 9

What is locards principle of exchange?

Answer 9

‘Whenever 2 objects meet there is
an exchange of material from each to the other’

Sometimes known as ‘contact trace evidence’

Question 10

What is forensic science?

Answer 10

‘The application of scientific matters relevant to the law’

Physical evidence found at crime scene