Crime Scene Basics Vocab

The purpose of a crime scene sketch is to give the courts a ___________ depiction of the crime scene.

• rough

• made up

• accurate

• lovely

Who can enter a crime scene?

• Anyone as long as they sign the log sheet

• only crime scene investigators and authorized personnel

• Suspects

• witnesses

Which of the following is a type of individual physical evidence?

• fingerprint

• blood

• glass

• fibers

Person thought to be capable of committing a crime

• Forensics
• Evidence
• Suspect
• CSI

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

• Forensics
• Accomplice
• Crime Scene
• Alibi

Any material items that are present at the crime scene

• evidence
• accomplice
• detectives
• police officers

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

This is an example of what type of evidence?

• DNA

• Hair

• Fingerprint

• blood

Refers to small evidence like hairs of fibers

• physical evidence
• trace evidence
• suspect
• witness