Serious And Major Crime Scenes Flashcards
The OC scene must minimise risk of contamination of the material collection by ensuring persons working in a serious crime scene.
Package exhibits in clean and dry containers . True.
Use gloves to remove and package any exhibit. True.
Work with haste to package and remove exhibits. False.
Are directly briefed about the zonal requirements. True.
The exhibits officer is responsible for ensuring the evidential integrity of all exhibits thigh the receipt and control of exhibits and maintaining an exhibits register.
Their responsibilities include.
Checking the collection is safely secured.
Maintaining a log of exhibit movement.
Checking the label on each exhibits is complete.
Checking an exhibit package is sealed and signed.
A search is a part of most crime scene examinations. Adopting a search pattern assists to.
Select one
Examine the scene in a thorough and controlled manner.
Which of the following tasks is not the responsibility of an exhibits officer.
Establish the relevance of the exhibit to the Enquiry.
A common approach path to and from the crime scene is established to.
Control access to the scene to prevent contamination.
The definition of a crime scene is any place an offender may have been in relation to a crime. In this definition scene and place cover many interpretations.
Indicate which if the following examples may fit the definition of a crime scene and so be subject to forensic scrutiny?
A police interview record of a suspects confession. No.
A shopkeeper who is the victim of a serious assault. Yes.
A suspect located soon after the incident. Yes.
A vehicle that has been used as a getaway car. Yes.
Think about the definition of a crime scene and select the situation most likely to lead to cross contamination?
When scene equipment is re used without cleaning
Police procedures for managing the hot zone at a serious crime scene direct the OC scene to.
Place guards to monitor hot zone entry and exit. False.
Establish a transition area for hot zone protection. True
Display instructions about protective clothing. True
Brief examiners on search strategy. True.
Full protective clothing consisting of overalls, gloves and foot coverings must be worn by anyone.
Examining an exhibit found in the hot zone. True
Transitioning from the warm zone to the hot zone. True.
Entering the hot zone by way of stepping plates. True.
Processing the exhibit collection in the warm zone. False.
A reconstruction is a theory about what took place in a given area over a relevant period of time and how it is likely to have happened.
True
Which of the following types of evidence located at a crime scene can be instrumental in establishing a personal signature of characteristic (modus operandi) of committing a crime.
Where and when the offence occurred. True.
What property was removed or damaged. True.
How the offender entered the scene. True.
When fingerprints provide positive identification. False.
An exhibit schedule produced for the court contains record of.
Only those exhibits collected at crime scenes. False.
Photographs and video/dvd interview tapes. True.
The identification number allocated to each exhibit. True.
All the material gathered for forensic analysis. False.
Scene logs (name, time, date,name) of people movements in a serious crime scene are essential for a serious major crime investigation because they.
Verify the use of elimination samples for the forensic examination. True.
Are an essential component of the chain of evidence. True.
Are a component of safe systems for managing crime scenes. True
Show how secondary transfer occurs when exhibits are collected. False.
Stepping plates are used in the hot zone of a major scene because they can.
Direct examiners to a pathway through the scene. True.
Conceal evidence embedded in the scene. False.
Be easily placed and repositioned in the scene. True.
Be easily cleaned and can be reused. True,
A careful search is conducted as part of most crime scene examinations.
Select the type of search to match the description.
Choose from grid, lane, spiral, zone.
When a pattern of same size squares overlays the scene and each square is examined. Zone
When the search begins from the centre and moves through concentric circles to the perimeter. Spiral
When the scene is divided by evenly spaced parallel lines and the examiners move in one direction. Lane.
When the scene is divided in to completely separate areas. Grid.
