Unit 5B At the Scene of a Crime

Which of the following is NOT the clue found in a crime scene?

• a hair

• tire marks

• shoeprints

• blood

What are the most imporatnt clues that the investigator finds?

• fingerprints and shoeprints

• shoeprints and tire marks

• fingerprints and a hair

• shoeprints and a hair

What can you infer from 'a broken window'? (two answers)

• It's not broken recently.

• It's broken from the outside.

• The thief entered through the door.

• The thief came into the store through the window.

What can be inffered from tire marks? (two answers)

• number of thieves

• type of vehicle

• direction where the vehicle went

• height of the thief

What can predict a thief's height?

• the space between the shoeprints

• the shoe's pattern

• tire marks

• size of shoes

What may the investigator have learned by examining the shoeprints?

• weight

• height

• identity

• gender: male

How does the investigator know that the thief did not work alone?

• He didn't enter the car on the driver's side.

• Two different sets of fingerprints were found.

• Two people were photographed entering the store.

• Two different types of cars were found.

Ture or False?

The thief took nothing from the store.

• True

• False

Ture or False?

The tire marks were made by an expensive vehicle.

• True

• False

Ture or False?

The investigator collected DNA from the scene.

• True

• False