7 steps of Crime Scene

What is NOT one of the 7 S's of Crime Scene Investigation

• Searching the Scene

• Searching and Collecting Evidence

• Scientific analysis of evidence

• Separate the Witnesses

A crime scene is

• in one location

• where the suspect is found

• anywhere where evidence is found

• all of the above

The primary crime is

• where the suspect is found

• where the crime was committed

• where the evidence is taken once documented

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Why must the crime scene be secured?

• To secure the integrity of the evidence

• to provide a secure place for the interviewing of witnesses

• So the perpetrator can't escape

• So that competing law enforcement agencies don't take over

Specialists at a crime scene include

• entomologists

• forensic scientists

• forensic psychologists

• all of these

Determining primary and secondary crime scene are apart of Securing the Scene

• True

• False

Why is it important to separate the witnesses at the crime scene?

• Prevent contamination of the evidence

• prevent fighting among the witnesses

• prevent witnesses from talking to each other

• to protect the witnesses from the perpetrator

Correct collection of evidence requires which of the following?

• documenting location where the evidence was found

• correct packaging of evidence

• maintaining proper chain of custody

• all of the above

A crime scene sketch should include all of the following EXCEPT

• a distance scale

• the type of search pattern used

• date and location of crime scene

• a north heading

What is the 5th S of Crime Scene investigation

• Sketching the scene

• Separating the witnesses

• Scanning the scene

• Searching the scene