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Crime Scene Vocab.
Crime scene
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7th Grade
09/17/2015

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What is a crime scene?
Definition
A place where a crime is commited.
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What is a primary crime scene?
Definition
The origanal location of a crime or accident.
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What does Secondary Crime Scene mean?
Definition
Another place where evidence can be found.
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What is a suspect?
Definition
A person thought to be capable of coommiting a crime.
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What is an accomplice?
Definition
A second person helping to commit the crime.
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What is an alibi?
Definition
An alibi is a statement where a suspect was at the time of the crime.
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What is testemonial evidence?
Definition
Testemonial evidence would be a witness telling what they saw.
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What is physical evidence?
Definition
Physical evidence would refer to any material items that are present at the crime scene or on the victims.
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What is trace evidence?
Definition
Trace evidence refers evidence that is found at a crime scene in small but measurable amounts.
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What will evidence collect at a scene and do for the investegation?
Definition
It may prove that a crime has been commited, establish any key elements of a crime, link a suspect with a crime scene or a victim, establish the indentity of a victim or suspect, corrobrate verbal witness testimony, exonerate the innocent, and give detectives leads to work with in the case.
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At a crime scene who are on of the firsts to arrive?
Definition
The police officers are one of the firsts to arrive.
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Who documents crime scenes in detail and collects any physical evidence?
Definition
The CSI unit does that.
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Who is often present to help determine if any search warrants are required?
Definition
District Attorney
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Who may or not be present to determine a preliminary cause of death?
Definition
Medical Examiner
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Who may be called in such as, entomologists, scientists, forensic phychologists , etc., if the evidence requires expert analysis?
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Specialists
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Who interview witnesses and consult eith the CSI unit. They investegate the crime by following leads provided by witnesses and physical evidence?
Definition
Detectives
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What steps will an investigator follow to anaylze and document a crime scene?
Definition
Interview, Examine, Document, Process
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