Exam 12: Crime Scene Characteristics

What is considered one of the most important considerations of crime scene investigation, reconstruction, and analysis?

Using a gag to quell the victim's verbal behavior is an example of control-oriented force.

Review the following paragraph and answer the questions below. An altercation occurs between a victim and offender in a high-rise apartment building. The altercation results in the victim being pushed off the balcony of the apartment. The victim's body hits numerous balconies during the fall, leaving material and biological transfer evidence e.g., fibers, blood, hair, and skin) in the process. The offender subsequently recovers and transports the victim's body by vehicle to a rural location that dissociates the offender from the crime scene. -Where is the disposal site located?

Which of the following is not an example of a precautionary act?

Review the following paragraph and answer the questions below. An altercation occurs between a victim and offender in a high-rise apartment building. The altercation results in the victim being pushed off the balcony of the apartment. The victim's body hits numerous balconies during the fall, leaving material and biological transfer evidence e.g., fibers, blood, hair, and skin) in the process. The offender subsequently recovers and transports the victim's body by vehicle to a rural location that dissociates the offender from the crime scene. -Where is the primary crime scene located?

What personal item taken from the victim represents a symbol of victory, achievement, or consequent?

Antemortem wounds are those that occur during the period of time immediately after death.

It is possible for one crime to have two primary crime scenes.

Why is it important for criminal profilers to determine whether multiple offenders were involved in the commission of the crime? Provide 2 examples of evidence that may support the presence of multiple offenders at a crime scene.

The location where a body is found can be described as which of the following?

A crime scene exposed to the elements of nature is an example of what type of crime scene?

Which type of force is generally the result of cumulative rage?

Define the term precautionary act. Provide 3 examples.

A determination of the extent of offender planning hinges on an assessment of type of force and crime scene type.

Physical torture does not require a living victim.

Review the following paragraph and answer the questions below. An altercation occurs between a victim and offender in a high-rise apartment building. The altercation results in the victim being pushed off the balcony of the apartment. The victim's body hits numerous balconies during the fall, leaving material and biological transfer evidence e.g., fibers, blood, hair, and skin) in the process. The offender subsequently recovers and transports the victim's body by vehicle to a rural location that dissociates the offender from the crime scene. -Did the offender engage in any precautionary acts?

A blitz attack follows what method of approach?

Chopping off a victim's hands and head to obscure investigative efforts at identification is an example of what type of force?

Explain the difference between method of approach and method of attack. Is a blitz considered a method of approach or attack? Explain.

Defensive force may also be used to describe injuries that are self-inflicted in an attempt to escape or resist the application of force.