Unit 3 - The Crime Scene

Question 1

Crime Scene

Answer 1

any place where evidence may be located and gathered to help explain events

Question 2

Modus Operandi

Answer 2

the characteristic method of operation of a criminal; sometimes referred to as MO

Question 3

Accelerant

Answer 3

a flammable substance used to help start a fire

Question 4

Chain of Custody

Answer 4

a written record of all people who have had possession of an item of evidence

Question 5

Methods of documenting a crime scene

Answer 5

Notes, Photography, Video, Crime scene sketch

Question 6

Methods of searching a crime scene

Answer 6

Strip, Grid, Zone, Spiral

Question 7

Difference between a coroner and a medical examiner

Answer 7

Coroner is an elected position and has more to do with the protocol of dealing with a dead body. A medical examiner is an appointed position and has a medical background.

Question 8

Two Things Law Enforcement Must Prove for Conviction

Answer 8

A crime has occurred.

The suspect has committed the crime.

Question 9

ADAPT

Answer 9

Assess the scene and assist any wounded.
Detain the witnesses.
Arrest the perpetrator.
Protect the crime scene.
Take notes.

Question 10

How should bloody articles be packaged?

Answer 10

Let blood dry and then place it paper or cardboard (never plastic)

Question 11

How should arson evidence be packaged?

Answer 11

In an airtight container so any accelerant fumes cannot escape.

Question 12

How should glass evidence be packaged?

Answer 12

in a rigid container to prevent cuts

Question 13

Corpus delicti

Answer 13

body of the crime

Question 14

Four major steps in crime scene investigation

Answer 14

Recognition, Identification, Individualization, Reconstruction

Question 15

Five different categories of manner of death

Answer 15

Natural, Homicide, Suicide, Accidental, Undetermined

Question 16

Cause of death

Answer 16

The injury or disease that caused a person’s death

Question 17

Mechanism of death

Answer 17

The physical reason for the death

Question 18

Difference between cause of death and mechanism of death

Answer 18

Cause of death is the injury or disease that led to the death. Mechanism of death is what led to the death. Example - A person is stabbed and then bleeds to death. The cause of death is stabbing. The mechanism of death is blood loss.