Deck 6: An Introduction to Crime Scene Analysis

Question 1

Which of the following is true regarding crime scene videos?
a. In the absence of being able to visit the scene, it is the best way to appreciate the nature and extent of the crime scene as it related to the events that took place in it
b. Crime scene video is only sporadically available
c. Videos tend to document the conversations and mistakes of others inside the tape
d. All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

In a post-conviction review case, what documentation should be available for a crime scene analysis?
a. Suspect arrest warrants
b. Search warrants and documentation
c. Court decisions
d. All of the above

Answer 2

All of the above

Question 3

The decision to construct a TA should only be made after which of the following has taken place?
a. A suspect has been identified
b. A full profile has been completed
c. A basic cost-benefit analysis has been made
d. All of the above

Answer 3

A basic cost-benefit analysis has been made

Question 4

Which of the following is not an example of documentary evidence?
a. Financial records
b. Phone records
c. Video recordings
d. Wound patterns

Question 5

All coroners are licensed physicians.

Question 6

Which of the following is not an investigative or forensic protocol discussed in the text?
a. Crime scene protocol
b. Medicolgeal investigative protocol
c. Forensic victimology
d. Incident protocol

Question 7

The Centers for Disease Control estimate that medical examiners and coroners investigate
% of the roughly 2 million deaths that occur in the United States each year.
a. 5
b. 10
c. 15
d. 20

Question 8

protocols include toxicological reports, wound pattern analysis reports, sexual assault protocols/reports, and autopsy protocol/reports.
a. Crime scene
b. Investigative
c. Medicolegal investigation
d. All of the above

Question 9

refers to a phenomenon that occurs when investigators, detectives, crime scene personnel, or others somehow involved with an investigation come up with theories uninformed by the facts.
a. Observer bias
b. Examiner bias
c. A priori investigative bias
d. None of the above

Question 10

Crime scene analysis is synonymous with crime scene processing.

Question 11

Crime scene analysis occurs subsequent to crime reconstruction.

Question 12

The purpose of a forensic assessment is to help preserve the criminal profiler's objectivity by protecting him or her from investigative and forensic assumptions or premature theories.

Question 13

A threshold assessment is informed by complete access to all crime scene documentation, victim information, and the full analysis and interpretation of physical evidence by the necessary forensic scientists.

Question 14

translates as "the body of the crime."
a. Argument ad Hominem
b. Corpus Delicti
c. Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
d. None of the above

Question 15

Which of the following is conclusive evidence for individuating and identifying a suspect?
a. Fingerprints
b. Bite-mark evidence
c. DNA
d. All of the above

Question 16

The overall level of forensic science knowledge and training within the judicial and law- enforcement community is relatively high.

Question 17

Veteran police officers tend to write the most detailed and consequently most useful reports.

Question 18

A threshold assessment should include firm conclusions or opinions.

Question 19

Which of the following is an example of signature behavior?
a. Lack of fingerprints at the point of entry, suggesting a gloved offender
b. Money taken from the scene
c. Slashing the victim's clothing in the closet
d. Tire marks nearby suggesting the type of vehicle used

Question 20

Which of the following assessments is not part of crime scene analysis?
a. Forensic analysis
b. Forensic victimology
c. Crime scene characteristics
d. Offender characteristics

Question 21

Ejaculating, urinating, and defecating in a specific location is an example of signature behavior.

Question 22

List 3 inputs that should be reviewed and considered before a competent criminal profile can be rendered. Explain their significance.

Question 23

What is a threshold assessment TA)? Explain the 2 two main reasons for making a threshold assessment of a case.

Question 24

It is appropriate for an examiner to assume that law-enforcement and crime lab personnel have worked together to form cohesive, informed theories about victim-offender behavior and basic crime scene characteristics.

Question 25

Define crime scene analysis. Explain the difference between crime scene analysis and a BEA profile.