Crime Scene Investigation

During which step of crime scene investigation do investigators take photographs?

• Step 1: Securing the Scene

• Step 2: Separating Witnesses

• Step 3: Scanning the scene

• Step 4: Seeing the Scene

Who is in charge of securing the crime scene?

• District Attorney

• Crime Scene Investors

• First Responding Officers

• Specialists

True or False: Pictures are taken before a sketch is made?

• True

• False

During which TWO steps of crime scene investigation do investigators mark evidence with evidence markers?

• Step 3: Scanning the Scene

• Step 4: Seeing the Scene

• Step 5: Sketching the Scene

• Step 6: Searching the Scene

What process must investigators follow when collecting evidence and packaging evidence at the crime scene?

• Chain of command

• Securing and collecting evidence

• Chain of custody

• Securing the scene

All of the following are pieces of information that should be in a crime scene sketch except....

• SOUTH

• the location of the scene

• the date

• a scale/legend/key

• the name of the sketcher

What are THREE examples of questions that detectives may ask crime scene witmesses?

• What did you see?

• Did you do it?

• Where were you when you made this observation?

• Do you have any information that may be helpful in our investigation?

What are possible search patterns that investigators might use to search for evidence? Check ALL that apply?

• grid

• strip search

• quadrant

• circular

• spiral

True or False: A record of everyone who enters the crime scene must be kept

• True

• False

All of the following are true of the process of taking photographs at a crime scene EXCEPT...

• A scale marker must be in each photograph

• Only the parts of the scene of interest to the photographer are photographed

• Evidence must be photographed at 3 different distances with 3 different angles