Crime Scene Investigation

Any physical location in which a crime has occurred or is suspected of having occurred

• Forensics
• Accomplice
• Crime Scene
• Alibi

Person thought to be capable of committing a crime

• Forensics
• Evidence
• Suspect
• CSI

Any material items that are present at the crime scene

• evidence
• accomplice
• detectives
• police officers

statement of where a suspect was at the time of a crime

• alibi
• accomplice
• fingerprints
• evidence

Typically the first to arrive at a crime scene and they secure the scene

• detectives
• specialists
• district attorney
• police officers

The first step in investigating a crime scene is to

• examine possible evidence
• interview the first officer at the scene or the victim
• document what happened
• process the crime scene evidence

The CSI team includes

• Police officers and detectives
• District Attorney
• Specialists
• all of the above

Refers to small evidence like hairs of fibers

• physical evidence
• trace evidence
• suspect
• witness

The first officer arriving at a crime scene, after providing or obtaining medical assistance for the injured and effecting an arrest of suspects (if possible), should immediately:

• photograph the scene.

• search for evidence.

• make a rough sketch of the scene.

• secure the scene.

The most basic methods of crime scene recording include all of the following EXCEPT:

• infrared analysis.

• narrated videotape.

• sketches.

• note taking.