Review
Chapter 2 Review Questions: Criminalistics
1. The term ______ encompasses all objects that can establish whether a crime has been committed or can link a crime and its victim or its perpetrator.
2. True or False: Scientific evaluation of crime-scene evidence can usually overcome the results of a poorly conducted criminal investigation. ______
3. True or False: The techniques of physical evidence collection require a highly skilled individual who must specialize in this area of investigation. ______
4. All unauthorized personnel must be ______ from crime scenes.
5. Three methods for recording the crime scene are ______, ______, and ______.
6. The most important prerequisite for photographing a crime scene is to have it in a(n) ______ condition.
7. Photographs of physical evidence must include overviews as well as ______ to record the details of objects.
8. An investigator need only draw a(n) ______ sketch at the crime scene to show its dimensions and pertinent objects.
9. A detailed search of the crime scene for physical evidence must be conducted in a(n) ______ manner.
10. Besides the more obvious items of physical evidence, possible ______ of trace evidence must be collected for detailed examination in the laboratory.
11. In cooperation with the medical examiner or coroner, evidence retrieved from a deceased victim to be submitted to the crime laboratory should include ______, ______, ______, ______, ______, _______, and _______.
12. Whenever possible, trace evidence (is, is not) to be removed from the object that bears it.
13. Each item collected at the crime scene must be placed in a(n) ______ container.
14. True or False: An ordinary mailing envelope is considered a good general-purpose evidence container. _______
15. An airtight container (is, is not) recommended packaging material for blood-stained garments.
16. As a matter of routine, all items of clothing are to be ______ before packaging.
17. True or False: Charred debris recovered
1. The term ______ encompasses all objects that can establish whether a crime has been committed or can link a crime and its victim or its perpetrator.
2. True or False: Scientific evaluation of crime-scene evidence can usually overcome the results of a poorly conducted criminal investigation. ______
3. True or False: The techniques of physical evidence collection require a highly skilled individual who must specialize in this area of investigation. ______
4. All unauthorized personnel must be ______ from crime scenes.
5. Three methods for recording the crime scene are ______, ______, and ______.
6. The most important prerequisite for photographing a crime scene is to have it in a(n) ______ condition.
7. Photographs of physical evidence must include overviews as well as ______ to record the details of objects.
8. An investigator need only draw a(n) ______ sketch at the crime scene to show its dimensions and pertinent objects.
9. A detailed search of the crime scene for physical evidence must be conducted in a(n) ______ manner.
10. Besides the more obvious items of physical evidence, possible ______ of trace evidence must be collected for detailed examination in the laboratory.
11. In cooperation with the medical examiner or coroner, evidence retrieved from a deceased victim to be submitted to the crime laboratory should include ______, ______, ______, ______, ______, _______, and _______.
12. Whenever possible, trace evidence (is, is not) to be removed from the object that bears it.
13. Each item collected at the crime scene must be placed in a(n) ______ container.
14. True or False: An ordinary mailing envelope is considered a good general-purpose evidence container. _______
15. An airtight container (is, is not) recommended packaging material for blood-stained garments.
16. As a matter of routine, all items of clothing are to be ______ before packaging.
17. True or False: Charred debris recovered