SCENES OF CRIME

Question 1

What is a crime scene?

Answer 1

Location where an illegal act took place

Question 2

What is a primary crime scene

Answer 2

Place where the crime took place usually with the most evidence

Question 3

What is a secondary crime scene

Answer 3

Location related to the crime but not where the actual crime took place

Question 4

What are cordons supposed to do?

Answer 4

1- control access

2- preserve the scene

Question 5

Distance of cordons

Answer 5

Briefcase - 100m
Vehicle - 300m
Building - 700m

Question 6

Name some examples of PPE?

Answer 6

Face mask, gloves, scene suit, metal toe capped boots

Question 7

What is scene preservation required to prevent?

Answer 7

Loss of evidence
Destruction of evidence
Contamination of evidence
Movement of evidence

Question 8

Once in a cordon, what are precautions that are taken?

Answer 8

Establish a Common Approach Path
Stepping plates
Evidence markers
Covers

Question 9

What does Locoards principle state

Answer 9

When two object come in contact with each other, there is a two way transfer greave evidence

Question 10

Search methods

Answer 10

Zone
Strip/parallel
Grid
Outward spiral
Inwards spiral

Question 11

Packaging examples

Answer 11

Paper bag
Cardboard box
Polythene bag
Knife tube
Nylon bag
Metal cans

Question 12

What is Bertillonage?

Answer 12

Measurements of bones to identify a person

Question 13

Types of basic fingerprints

Answer 13

Arch
Loop
Whorl

Question 14

Direct vs circumstantial evidence

Answer 14

Direct - establishes a fact

Circumstantial - requires inference about what happened

Question 15

Reconstructive and associative

Answer 15

Reconstructive - helps law enforcement officers gain a better understanding at the crime scene
Associative - ties suspect to a crime scene