LECTURE 7: PHASE 3 CRIME SCENE SEARCH

Question 1

It could only be started after it has been photograph and sketched to systematically look for physical evidence that may prove useful in establishing that a crime has been committed and to determine what method of operation the perpetrator may have used.

Answer 1

Crime Scene Search

Question 2

What are the Methods of Crime Scene Search?

Answer 2

a. Strip or Line Search Method
b. Double Strip or Grid Method
c. Spiral or Circular Method
d. Quadrant of Zone Method
e. Wheel, Radial, or Spoke Method

Question 3

the searchers will proceed at the same place along the path parallel to one side of the rectangle.

Answer 3

Strip or Line Search Method

Question 4

is a combination of the strip search and is useful for large crime scene.

Answer 4

Double Strip or Grid Method

Question 5

the searchers will follow each other in the path of a spiral, beginning in the outside and spiraling towards the center or vice versa in a clockwise or counter clock-wise direction.

Answer 5

Spiral or Circular Method

Question 6

the area to be searched is divided into four quadrants and each searcher is assigned to one quadrant.

Answer 6

Quadrant of Zone Method

Question 7

is applicable for area which is considered to be approximately circular or oval. The area is then divided into six quadrants in a pie-like fashion.

Answer 7

Wheel, Radial, or Spoke Method

Question 8

What must be a constant activity throughout the processing of the crime scene?

Answer 8

Note Taking

Question 9

these are the articles and materials which are found in connection with the investigation and which aid in establishing the identity of the perpetrator or the circumstances under which the crime was committed or which, in general assist in the prosecution of criminal. It embraces any object, living or inanimate, solid, liquid, or gas state.

Answer 9

Physical Evidence

Question 10

What are the procedures needed for the care of physical evidence?

(3 Important Factors of Physical Evidence):

Answer 10

a. The article must be properly identified

b. Chain of custody must be proved

c. The evidence must be material and relevant

Question 11

It is the number of persons who handled and possessed the pieces of evidence the moment they were collected, marked and tagged, up to the time of the final disposition of the case.

Answer 11

Chain of Custody