Crime Scene Investigation

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Where is the crime scene?

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location of criminal activity
size of area
type of crime comitted
physical location of the crime

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what is the primary location of the crime?

Back 2

where the original occurred

Front 3

what is the secondary location of the crime?

Back 3

subsequent crime scenes

Front 4

what is a macroscopic crime scene?

Back 4

one location, composed of many microscopic crime scenes

Front 5

what is a microscopic crime scene?

Back 5

focuses on specific type of physical evidence

Front 6

What are the different types of crimes committed?

Back 6

homicide, robbery, sexual assualt, etc.

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what are the different physical locations for crime scenes?

Back 7

indoors, outdoors, vehicle, etc.

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the body of the offense
*must be proven a crime has been committed (i.e. dead body should be produced in a murder trial)

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corpus delicti

Front 9

a certain criminal's repeated behavior

Back 9

modus operandi (MO)

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when two objects come into contact with one another, an exchange of matter takes place

Back 10

Locard Exchange Principle

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What can physical evidence do?

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It can link suspect, victim, crime scene, and objects to one another

Front 12

what can proving or disproving witness statements do?

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*can identify intentional lies
*can identify unintentional eyewitness mistakes

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what types of information can be obtained from a crime scene?

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corpus delicti, modus operandi, linkage of persons, places, and things, proving or disproving witness statements, identification of suspects, and identification of unknown substances,

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what is class evidence?

Back 14

common to a group of objects or persons

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what is individual evidence?

Back 15

can be identified with a particular person or a single source

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what is physical evidence used to answer questions about?

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what took place, how the victim was killed, number of people involved, and the sequence of events

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what will a forensic scientist do?

Back 17

compare the questioned or unknown sample with a sample of known origin

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what are the different types of searches?

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link method, line or strip method, grid method, zone method, whell or ray method, and spiral method

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What are the three things that must be determined about a dead body?

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cause of death, manner of death, and mechanism of death

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injury, disease, or combination of the two responsible for initiating the sequence of disturbances brief or prolonged that prove to be fatal
ex. gunshot, stab wound, heart attack, cancer

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cause of death

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the dissection of the human body to determine the cause of death

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autopsy

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circumstances in which the cause of death arose
* ususlly most difficult to determine

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manner of death

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what are the types of manners of death?

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natural, accidental, homicide, suicide, and undetermined

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the termination of the life of the individual due to the disease process

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natural

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the termination of the life of the individual by an act that one would/could reasonably expect to survive

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accidental

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the termination of the life of an individual by an intentional act or intention omission by another individual

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homicide

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the intentional termination of one's own life
sometimes difficult to determine if accidental or intentional

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suicide

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a death in which the manner and or cause cannot be determined

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undetermined

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the physiological or biochemical abnormality incompatible with life which actually caused the death of the individual

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mechanism of death

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name the mechanism of death:
heart attack
head injuries
stab wounds
poison
hanging

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coronary artery disease
cerebral edema
hemorrhage/exsanguination
toxicity
asphyxiation

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antemortem

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before death

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perimortem

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at or around the time of death (within 5 minutes)

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postmortem

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after death

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refers to the state of a body after death, in which the muscles become stiff. It begins after around 3 hours, raching max stiffness after 12 hours, and gradually dissipates until approx. 72 hours after death

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riger mortis

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the maroon color that develops after the heart stops and no longer churns blood; heavier red blood cells settle downward from the serum by gravity as occurs in the plastic container when giving blood

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liver mortis

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refers to change in body temperature after the heart stops pumping and cellular oxidation, which keeps our body temps. at 98.6 degrees F, stops; the body temp. falls to room temp. (about 70 degrees F) at about 1.5 degrees F per hour

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algor mortis