Investigative Processes

What do you call items that can tell an investigator about the crime committed?

• evidence

• stuff

• observation

• perception

Evidence is only used to convict people of crimes.

• True

• False- it can exonerate

Another term for proving a defendant to be not guilty of an accused crime

• exonerate

• convict

• expunge

• implicate

Where does forensic science begin?

• at the crime scene

• at the crime lab

• in court

• China

Who may be present at a crime scene in order to issue warrants?

• District Attorney

• coronor

• police chief

• entomologist

Whose job is it to document in detail and collect evidence? (after initial secure and scan)

• responding officer

• witness

• investigator

• medical examiner

The chronological documentation or paper trail that records the sequence of custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of physical or electronic evidence.

• chain of custody

• evidence record

• sketch

• crime scene log

During which step of CSI is the scene preserved and roped off to outsiders?

• secure

• see

• scan

• sketch

Why is it important to separate witnesses? Select all that apply

• to keep from influencing each other

• all of the above

• to intimidate them

• so it is easier to get information from them

Giving medical aid to the victim or arresting the perpetrator on site may have to happen before you can secure a crime scene.

• true

• false