Crime Scene investigation and Evidence Collection

The goal of crime scene investigation is to

• recognize evidence at the scene of a crime

• document evidence at the scene of a crime

• Collect evidence at the scene of a crime

• all of the above

Direct Evidence includes

• first hand observations such as eyewitness accounts

• second hand observations

• circumstantial evidence

• None of these choices

Circumstantial Evidence is

• direct evidence that can be used to imply a fact, but does not directly prove it

• Indirect evidence that can be used to imply a fact, but does not directly prove it.

• Indirect evidence that cannot be used to imply a fact

• None of these choices

Trace evidence is a type of circumstantial evidence, examples of which include

• hair found on a brush

• fingerprints found on a glass

• blood drops on a shirt

• All of these choices

Class evidence narrows an identity to

• a group of persons or things

• an individual person or thing

• an individual person

• a subgroup

The crime scene investigation team is made up of

• legal and scientific professionals who work together to solve a crime

• legal professionals who work together to solve a crime

• scientific professionals who work together to solve a crime

• None of these choices

Specialists at a crime scene include

• entomologists

• forensic scientists

• forensic psychologists

• All of these choices

The first to arrive at a crime scene include

• police officers

• crime scene investigators

• medical examiners

• detectives

Medical Examiners are also called

• detectives

• coroners

• crime scene investigators

• specialists

Crime Scene investigators include

• recorders to record the data

• sketch artists to sketch the scene

• photographers to take photos of the crime scene

• All of these choices