Criminal Justice 2 final exam STUDY GUIDE
CRIME SCENE
1. The _________________ is responsible for securing the crime scene.
2. You can record the crime scene with ___________, ______________, and _____________
3. _____________ ____________ is any object that can establish a crime was committed.
4. A __________ ___________ is the first sketch of the scene.
5. Each item found at a crime scene must be placed in a ________________ container.
6. Moisture and mold may develop on bloodstained evidence, therefore, it should not be kept in an ____________
container.
7. List three things that can be used to collect evidence _____________, __________, _____________.
8. The ______________ ____ ____________ is a list of all people that have come into contact with the evidence at a
crime scene.
9. Examination of evidence, such as fingerprints and trace evidence must be compared with a _________ ________.
10. Evidence may be submitted to the lab by _________________ and ____________________.
11. Blood evidence must be submitted with a ___________ _________ or __________ _________ sample
12. Name 4 crime scene searches ____________, ________________, ___________________, and ___________.
13. Why do you secure the scene and who are you trying to keep out of the crime scene?
14. What two things should be photographed and what two types of photos should you make?
15. What should the notes of the crime scene include?
16. The ___________ ___________________ assigns tasks at a crime scene.
17. When does the role of the forensic scientist begin?
18. What three things can be used to do the final sketch of a crime scene?
19. Name some things that can be used at a crime scene to avoid contamination.
FINGERRPINT EVIDENCE
20. The best method to lift a fingerprint from a slick surface is _____________________ and _________________
21. Name three types of fingerprints that can be found at a crime scene ___________ ____________ and _______.
22. Know the three main types of fingerprint patterns.
POLICE CORRUPTION
23. _____________ corruption refers to illegal acts within a police department.
24. _____________ corruption refers to illegal acts and agreements by police with members of the public.
25. The _________ commission investigated corruption in the NYPD due to the allegations of Frank Serpico.
26. Police _____________ is the values, beliefs and acceptable forms of behavior.
27. _________ force is likely to cause death or serious injury
28. _____________ evidence is microscopic and may not been seen by the naked eye.
29. _________ __________ riots involved chicano males and sailors in 1943.
30. __________ ______________ is money paid to police for services or discounts offered to police officers.
31. ___________ eaters are police that accept small bribes. Named by the ___________________ commission.
32. The ____________________________ commission investigated corruption in NYPD in the 1990’s.
33. _____________ eaters are police that accept large bribes and engage in serious forms of corruption.
34. _____________ _____________ was questioned by police because they thought he matched the description of a
serial rapist. He was later shot ______ times by police because they thought he was reaching for a gun when he was
reaching for his ________________.
35. ____________ ______________ was arrested and later beat by police after he was suspected of assaulting a police
officer outside a nightclub.
36. This man, _______________________, was pulled over by police for speeding and dragged out of his car and beaten
while a private citizen taped the incident.
37. Frank Serpico worked for the _______________ police Dept. He was on a _____________________ when he was
shot and left for dead by his fellow officers.
38. In 1920 half of all blacks killed that were killed by whites were killed by ______________________________.
TRACE, TRANSFER AND HAIR EVIDENCE
39. ______________ evidence moves to and from the suspect and victim and to and from the scene.
40. Every contact leaves a trace is the __________________ ___________________ principle.
41. The three layers of the hair are: _______________, __________________, and _____________________.
43. The ______________ layer of the hair is the most prominent in animals.
44. The _______________ layer of the hair contains the pigment which is forensically significant.
45. The three patterns of the inner layer of hair are: _____________, _________________, and ___________________.
46. If a hair has a _________ attached it may show that it was forcibly removed.
BLOODSTAIN PATTERN ANALYSIS
46. What are the three main blood stain patterns? _____________, ________________, ______________.
47. The formula for finding the angle of impact of a bloodstain is: ___________________________________.
48. The tail of the bloodstain tells you the ________________ ____ ____________________.
49. Three ways to collect blood are ______________, _______________, and _________________
50. After you swab a blood stain you must do what two things? __________________ and _________________.
51. A ________________ is the most common source of high force blood stains.