Crime Scene Search Methods

1. Why are crime scene searches conducted?

• A. To gather evidence from the area in which the crime occurred

• B. To process evidence from the area in which the crime occurred

• C. Both a and b

• D. None of the above

2. Fingerprints are a large part of the evidence normally obtained at a crime scene.

• True

• False

3. Which of the following is in the correct order when processing a crime scene?

• A. Searching for fingerprints and other evidence, photographs and sketches, surveying the scene, recording location of evidence and documenting, measuring and mapping

• B. Recording location of evidence and documenting, searching for finger prints and other evidence, measuring and mapping, photographs and sketches, surveying the scene

• C. Surveying the scene, photographs and sketches, measurements and mapping, searching for fingerprints and other evidence, recording location of evidence and documenting

• D. Surveying the scene, photographs and sketches, measurements and mapping, recording location of evidence and documenting, searching for fingerprints and other evidence

4. What is rarely used anymore, where searchers begin at the center and move outward and the number of people searching at the beginning can cause evidence to be ruined?

• A. Strip Method

• B. Spiral Method

• C. Wheel Method

• D. Grid Method

• E. Zone Method

5. What is most often used indoors and divides the search area into sections or squares and a separate officer is designated to search a given section?

• A. Strip Method

• B. Spiral Method

• C. Wheel Method

• D. Grid Method

• E. Zone Method

6. What is useful in larger, outdoor areas, is quick to implement, simple to use, and can be done by a single person inside or outside?

• A. Strip Method

• B. Spiral Method

• C. Wheel Method

• D. Grid Method

• E. Zone Method

7. What is one of the best kinds of searches for detailed searching of large areas, and can be modified depending on the number of searchers and the area covered? When done correctly each area will be searched twice.

• A. Strip Method

• B. Spiral Method

• C. Wheel Method

• D. Grid Method

• E. Zone Method

8. Where can evidence be found?

• A. At the points of entry or exit

• B. At the route of escape

• C. On clothing

• D. On vehicles

• E. All of the above

9. How do you document any evidence location?

• A. Diagram

• B. Photograph

• C. Verbally into a tape recorder

• D. A and b only

• E. All of the above

10. More often than not, evidence tampering is intentional.

• True

• False