Crime Scene and Evidence

The ability to establish the exact whereabouts of an item of evidence and under whose control it was from its collection at the crime scene to its presentation in the courtroom and everywhere in between is called

• chain of command
• record of evidence
• chain of custody

material that can be related to a single source

• individual evidence
• control evidence
• trace evidence

material that connects an individual or thing to a group that share similar characteristics

• trace evidence
• individual evidence
• class evidence

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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Found in small but measurable amounts. 

• Physical evidence
• Testimonial evidence
• Rare evidence
• Trace evidence

Evidence would refer to any material items that are present at the crime scene or on the victims. 

• Physical evidence
• Trace evidence
• evidence
• Testimonial evidence

What are the four patterns to search for evidence

• spiral, round, linear, quadrant
• grid, round, linear, zone
• spiral, grid, quadrant, no pattern
• spiral, grid, linear, quadrant

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A witnessed account of an incident or crime. 

• Testimonial 
• Physical 
• Trace 
• Primary 

Correct order for processing a crime scene is ...

• interview, examine, document, process
• process, interview, document, examine
• examine, interview document, process
• interview, document, process, examine

"With contact between two items, there will be an exchange." This is known as _____

• physical evdience
• Locard's exchange principle
• Forensic exchange principle
• the law of forensics 

Also known as CSI, technicians who collect and preserve evidence from a crime scene

• Psychiatry
• Anthropologists
• Toxicologists
• Crime Scene Investigators