Crime Scene Investigation

Reorder the following steps of Crime-Scene Investigation (5 of the 7 are listed below).

• Search for Evidence

• Secure the Scene

• Secure and collect evidence

• Sketch the scene

• Separate the witnesses

Paper bindle

• a folded paper used to hold trace evidence
• the documented and unbroken transfer of evidence
• the seal used to hold all evidence as secure

• evidence that (if true) proves an alleged fact

Chain of custody

• the documented and unbroken transfer of evidence
• (indirect evidence) evidence used to imply a fact but not to prove it
• the first police officer to arrive at a crime scene
• small but measurable amounts of physical or biological material found at crime scene

True or False: Evidence markers should be placed before taking pictures

• True

• False

True or False: Sketching should be done before pictures of the scene are taken

• True

• False

A crime-scene sketch should include all of the following except

• a scale of distance

• date and location of the crime scene

• a north heading on the diagram

• the type of search pattern used to collect the evidence