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CSI Vocabulary
My "detective words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Credentials | Proof that you are a detective. |
| Crime Scene | The place where a crime is commited. |
| CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) | Analyzing clues found at a crime scene. |
| Detective | The process of collecting evidence at a crime scene. |
| Evidence | Anything that might help solve a crime. |
| Eyewitness | A person who saw a crime with their own eyes. |
| First Responder | The first officer at the scene of a crime. |
| Forensic Scientist | A scientist who analyzes small microscopic clues. |
| Lieutenant | The rank of a police officer or detective that is 2 levels above a new police officer. |
| Motive | The reason why a person commits a crime. |
| Perpertrator | Person who commits a crime. |
| Precinct | The neighborhood that a particular police station is assigned to keep safe. |
| Rookie | Someone who is just getting started on their training as a policeman. |
| Sergeant | A police rank that is one level higher than a new police officer. |
| Shield | A badge that helps prove a detective's credentials. |
| Suspect | A person who may have committed a crime. |
| Trace Evidence | Tiny pieces of evidence that you might find at a crime scene. |
| Victim | A person who is hurt as a result of a perpetrator. |
| Witness | A person who knows something about a crime. |
| Assualt | To physically hurt someone. |
| Burgalry | To break in somewhere with the inent to steal something. |
| Crime Scene notification | A sign that police post to warn onlookers that a certain area is a crime scene. |
| CSI technician | A person that helps a detective preserve evidence. |
| Emergency Dispatcher | The person who answers emergency 911 calls and send out police officers. |
| Fingerprint | An impression on a surface made by the ridges on fingertips. |
| Lead Investigator | The detective in charge of a particular case. |
| Partial | A piece or part of a fingerprint. |
| Patrol | A police officer is on patrol when he is out and about protecting the streets from crime. |
| Robbery | When a perpetrator steals someone else's property using violence or intimidation. |
| Theft | When a perpetrator steals someone's property without using violence or intimidation. |
| Theory | An idea that a detective has about a possible way a crime was committed. |
| Tool Marks | Scrapes and scratches left by a tool on an area that indicates someone was trying to break in. |
| Ultraviolet | When you use UV light, it causes certain objects to glow, making them easier to see. |
| Vehicle Accident | When someone gets into an accident while in their car or on their bike. |
| Vehicle Theft | The act of stealing someone's car, van, bike or other vehicle. |