Crime Scene Investigation IAI UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Crime Scene Investigation IAI
Crime Scene Investigation IAI UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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Final analysis is done where? - CORRECT ANSWER- In the courtroom
Major Goals of a Crime Scene Search - CORRECT ANSWER- * The recongnition and
identification of physical evidence
* The collection and proper preservat...
Crime Scene Investigation IAI UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Final analysis is done where? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- In the courtroom
Major Goals of a Crime Scene Search - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- * The recongnition and
identification of physical evidence
* The collection and proper preservation of the evidence
* Reconstrutction of the crime
* To assist detectives in forming a theory about the crime
The job of the CSI in "forensic science" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Is to properly
recongnize, identify, collect, and preserve those pieces of evidence that begin the process
known as justice.
CSIs are responsible for what two of the four steps in the admissiblity of phiysical evidence
for court? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- recognition and collection
Physical evidence leads to the linkage of... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the victim,
perpetrator and the scene
Four Major Factors that Determine the Value of Physical Evidence - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Recognition-the CSI must have the knowledge and understanding to
recongnize potential items of physical evidence located at the crime scene
Collection-Utilizing the appropriate skills and following accepted protocols to gather and
preserve the physical evidence
Testing Procedures-Application of acceptable scientific procedures to analyze the physical
evidence
Courtroom Presentation-Qualifications of the witnesses to provide objective reports on the
forensic analysis of the evidence
,Forensic Archeologist - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Utilizes archaeological recovery
techniques at scenes of mass graves or exhumations
Forensic Botanist - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Can aid in determining time since death or
assist in placing a suspect or victim at a location by studying the anatomy of plant evenidence
Forensic Entomologist - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Can evaluate the life cycle of insects
found at the scene or on the body of a victim to assist in establishing investigative leads such
as the movement of a body after death, manner of death, and the postmortem interval
Forensic Odontologist - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Dentist with special training in the
evaluation and handling of dental evidence, including bitemark comparison and the
identification of victims/suspects
Forensic Pathologist - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A medical doctor with additional specialty
training in determination of injuries and disease that cause death
Medical Examiner - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A medical doctor with five or more years of
specialized training in recognition of the cause and manner of death
Coroner - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An eleted or appointed official who conducts death
investigations. the coroner is not required to have a medical background and his/her duties
are dictated by jurisdiction.
FSAB - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board- provides
accreditation to those certifying bodies that meet stringent requirements for training,
education, experience, and testing of individual forensic scientist and specialist.
the duty of the expert witness is to - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- educate the jury and provide
testimony using terminology that is easily explainable and not misunderstood.
Essential elements of exper witness testimony - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Clarity,
simplicity, and honesty
,expert witness testimony may be challenged in the following ways: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- *the case may not require the expertise
*Basic qualifications and ability to give an opinion in the field at issue
*Insufficient education or experience to have anything of value to offer (no vaule added)
*the methodology utilized to support the opinion may not be scientifically sound or capable
of supporting the profered opinion
*The methodology may be scientifically sound, but the opinion based on the method is not
sufficiently derived from that scientific methodology
Acts of commission - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Intentional
Acts of omission - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- unintentional
O.J. effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- discrediting the chain of evidence, the scientists, or
the science is known as the OJ effect and has become a key defense technique
Physical evidence is valuable in many aspects and can reveal data that will aid the
investigation by: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- *Providing essential information on the facts
of the case-corpus delicti
*Revealing the modus operandi (MO)-the preferred method of operation
*Demonstrating linkages between the vicitm, suspects, locations, and objects
*Proving or disproving witeness statements
*Identifying a suspect through DNA or other individualization
*Classifying unknown substances
*Reconstructing the crime scene-how a crime was committed
*Developing investigative leads
Corpus delicti - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- facts of the case
MO-Modus Operandi - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the preferred method of operation
, Class characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- physical evidence that cannot be related to
a common origin with a high degree of certainty, therefore it can only be associated with a
group and never a single source
Indivdual characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- are distinct differences in the physical
evidence that allow it to be associated with a single source and allow the examiner to
determine the uniqueness of any single object or piece of evidence
Associative evidence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- items of physical evidence located during
a crime scene search can be used to demonstrate linkage or to "associate" the victim to the
suspect or to a particular location
What ammendment protects against unreasonable search and seizure - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Fourth amedment
Mincey v. Arizona - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- dictated what actions law enforcement
personnel are authorized to take without first obtaining a warrant
Items that can be obtained without obtaining a warrant - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Seach
the scene for rictims and render aid in areas where a victim could resonably be found
2. Enter the scene to search for perpetrators (only in areas where a suspect could be located)
3.While officers are legally in a location performing either of the two aforementioned actions,
they may swize items of evidentiary nature that are in plain view-however, this should only
occur in exigent circumstances, such as an unsecured weapon
Transient evidence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- is defined as physical evidence that may be
lost forever if not immediately preserved
Fruit of the poisonous tree - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- If the physical evidence is tainted
then any subsequent information derived from that evidence would also be tainted
Frye v. United States - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- rejected the admission of a polygraph test
on the basis that the reliability of the intrument had not been proven.
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