Chapter 3 Forensics

is the police effort expended after the initial incident report is completed until the case is ready for prosecution.

Follow-up investigation

Identify the characteristics of a neighborhood canvass.

It is important to record both positive and negative results of a canvass.

Which of the following is a guideline for digital still photography at a crime scene?

Photograph from eye level to represent the normal view.

connects the perpetrator to the scene or victim, or connects the scene or victim to the suspect.

Associative evidence

Which of the following is a typical crime scene problem?

Crime scene processing is frequently affected by the severity of the offense.

Which of the following is true of achieving the objectives of a crime scene investigation?

Services of specialists are required to accomplish certain objectives of the investigation.

cleared by arrest

The perpetrator has been arrested, charged with the commission of the offense, and turned over to the court for prosecution

Which of the following are precautions investigators should take at crime, accident, and other scenes with potential human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) presence?

They should immediately disinfect body parts or clothing they touch. They should use disposable tongs or forceps when handling sharp objects.

Which of the following is a quality of successful investigators?

They supplement an investigation with their own initiative and resourcefulness.

The most important skill of an investigator during an investigation is the Blank______.

ability to communicate well

Identify the characteristic of a competent investigator.

awareness of the difference between knowing things and doing things

is the witnessed, unbroken, written chronological history of who had the evidence when.

chain of custody

The term Blank______ refers to the situation in which the police can demonstrate who committed the crime but for any of several reasons cannot pursue the case further.

cleared by exceptional means

Identify the types of documentation that need to be maintained during the documentation of crime scenes.

consent search forms lifted-prints logs crime scene entry logs

Evidence that substantiates elements whose commission or omission must be demonstrated to have occurred in order to prove a case is referred to as Blank______.

corpus delicti evidence

The commission of any act that is prohibited or the omission of any act that is required by the penal code of an organized political state is called a(n) .

crime

In the context of forensic services in a crime scene, the open-view rule for documenting evidence is especially important when Blank______.

dead body is in plain sight

In the context of applying inclusiveness, Blank______ is useful in determining whether a latent fingerprint found at a crime scene belongs to the suspect.

elimination print

In most states of the United States, a(n) Blank______ is an act punishable by imprisonment for a term of one or more years, or by death.

felony

Identify a type of crime scene evidence that can be located by using trace-evidence vacuums.

hair, fibers, drugs

Who holds the overall responsibility for the crime scene events?

lead criminal investigator

Identify the information that can be released to the public during a criminal investigation.

name and marital status of adult accused of a crime number of suspects and victims involved

During crime investigation, who is authorized to review and approve the incident report prepared by an investigative officer?

supervisor

Which of the following types of sketching views is used to show heights in a crime scene?

the elevation view

Crime scene release refers to Blank______.

the end of crime scene processing and the return of the premises to the owner or another responsible person

Which of the following are impermissible releases to the public during a criminal investigation?

the refusal of a defendant to make a statement the names of the hospitals to which victims have been taken the results of any tests or examinations

A criminal offense can be considered a crime regardless of whether it is detected or undetected. True false question.

true

Which of the following eliminates barriers to introducing evidence in a court room?

using bar codes to track evidence handling

An offense is of concern to investigators only when Blank______.

when it is detected and reported