Crime Scene Investigation

What is the primary purpose of using numbered markers at a crime scene?

• To identify evidence

• To confuse suspects

• To decorate the scene

• To mark the police presence.

What is the purpose of investigating a crime scene?

• To find out what has happened

• To determine who did it

• To understand how and why it was done

• All of the above.

Crime scenes can be classified by the ______ of the crime.

• A) time

• B) location

• C) method

• D) motive

What are the goals of a crime scene search?

• A) Recognize, document, collect, and preserve evidence

• B) Arrest suspects

• C) Interview witnesses

• D) Close the case.

In the US, the fourth amendment requires a ______ to enter any place to search for or seize evidence.

• Search warrant

• Verbal permission

• Police badge

• Court order

Which of the following is NOT a major search pattern used in crime scene investigation?

• Line/Strip

• Spiral

• Grid

• Circular

A combination of ______, training, experience, and intuition will guide the investigator in choosing which crime scene search method to use.

• skills

• tools

• technology

• luck

What is the Line/Strip Method used for?

• Cooking

• Searching large areas

• Painting

• Building

What is the primary shape that investigators view the scene as when using the spiral method of crime scene searches?

• Square

• Triangle

• Circle

• Rectangle

In the spiral method, the spiral can begin at a specific point and spiral outward or start on a perimeter and spiral ____.

• inward

• outward

• upward

• downward