COC and Collection of Evidence

What is the CSI Effect?

• Playing a part on the show CSI
• Being a fan of the show CSI and getting your friends to watch it too
• The belief that actual forensic cases are solved quickly
• Solving a case and feeling like you're on the show CSI

chronological documentation or paper trail, showing the seizure, custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of evidence, physical or electronic

• Physical Evidence
• Rules of Evidence
• Chain of Custody
• Ethical Standards

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

• responsibility link

1. Why are crime scene searches conducted?

• A. To gather evidence from the area in which the crime occurred

• B. To process evidence from the area in which the crime occurred

• C. Both a and b

• D. None of the above

3. Which of the following is in the correct order when processing a crime scene?

• A. Searching for fingerprints and other evidence, photographs and sketches, surveying the scene, recording location of evidence and documenting, measuring and mapping

• B. Recording location of evidence and documenting, searching for finger prints and other evidence, measuring and mapping, photographs and sketches, surveying the scene

• C. Surveying the scene, photographs and sketches, measurements and mapping, searching for fingerprints and other evidence, recording location of evidence and documenting

• D. Surveying the scene, photographs and sketches, measurements and mapping, recording location of evidence and documenting, searching for fingerprints and other evidence

8. Where can evidence be found?

• A. At the points of entry or exit

• B. At the route of escape

• C. On clothing

• D. On vehicles

• E. All of the above

9. How do you document any evidence location?

• A. Diagram

• B. Photograph

• C. Verbally into a tape recorder

• D. A and b only

• E. All of the above

the first responding police officer should keep a record of anyone who enters or leave the crime scene.  This is called

• chain of command
• evidence log
• security log

In a crime scene sketch, there should always be an arrow to show which way is

• South
• East
• West
• North

when securing a crime scene the two most important factors are to

• scan the scene, separate the witnesses
• safety of individuals, separate the witnesses
• see the scene, preserving evidence
• safety of individual, preserving evidence