1.What is meant by the term Physical evidence? List some examples or types of physical evidence.
- What are some of the important methods used to identify, collect, and preserve physical evidence?
- What is Locard’s exchange principle and why is it important to the field of crime scene investigation?
- Name and explain the various types of evidence sampling procedures undertaken in crime scene investigation. Under what circumstances would each method be used?
- What is meant be the term identification and what is the identification formula?
- What are the major forms of fingerprint evidence and how are they collected?
- How is print/impression evidence identified and collected?
- Discuss the types of evidence that would be classified a tool mark evidence and explain how they are collected.
- How does firearms evidence differ from ballistics evidence?
- Explain the proper procedure for identifying and collecting arson evidence?
- What is blood splatter and how is it used as a form of physical evidence?
- Identify the major types of blood splatter
- In which crime situations would the collection of bite mark evidence be the greatest importance to investigators?
- How are the skeletal remains use to investigators?
- Describe how soil, dust, and botanicals can be used as physical evidence.
- Imagine you are at a crime scene containing various forms of glass evidence. What possible characteristics contained within the glass evidence could you look for and what would these characteristics indicate?
- Name three types of trace evidence and discuss the proper methods for collecting and packaging each type of evidence.
- What is cold and hot shock, and how is it of use in the investigation of crimes involving vehicles?
- What do hair, fiber, cordage, and paint evidence all have in common?
- What are some of the methods used for questioned documents investigations?
