Crime Scene Investigator

Crime Scene Investigator Vocabulary PowerPoint Created by The University of North Texas in partnership with the Texas Education Agency

Crime Scene … • The scene where a crime took place

Trace evidence … • The evidence left at a crime scene, such as fingerprints, hairs, fibers, shoe impressions, and tire prints

Evidence collection kits … • Kits which contain tools and equipment for collecting evidence at a crime scene

Alternative light sources … • High and low wavelength ultraviolet lights that illuminate fluids, blood, and fingerprints

Latent fingerprints … • Fingerprints that are invisible and unseen without special chemicals or UV lights

Crime lab … • A scientific laboratory where all evidence collected at the crime scene is processed and analyzed

Forensics … • The science of identifying, classifying, and analyzing physical evidence related to criminal investigations

Chain of evidence … • A collection of various types of evidence that work together to tell what happened and to place a suspect, beyond any doubt, at the scene of the crime

Crime Scene Investigator