Vocabulary and Speech Exercises

I. Match English and Russian equivalents.

1. fingerprints а. следы орудий

2. palm prints б. волокна

3. tool marks в. строительный материал

4. foot impressions г. отпечатки пальцев

5. blood stains д. стекло

6. glass е. жир, смазка

7. wood ж. почва

8. grease з. волос

9. oil и. упаковочный материал

10. soil к. оружие

11. hair л. отпечатки ладоней

12. fibers м. пятна крови

13. tools н. инструменты

14. weapons о. дерево

15. construction material п. масло

16. packing material р. обломки металла

17. metal fragments с. следы ног

18. plaster cast т. гипсовый слепок

II. Complete the following sentences according to the patterns.

Pattern 1. It is the investigator who defines the crime.

1. It is the field criminalist who …

2. It is the crime scene that …

3. It is the physical evidence that must be …

Pattern 2. All articles found at the crime scene which help to prove a case are called evidence items.

1. The prints of the hands left … which he touched during … are called…

2. A group which goes out to the crime … is called …

3. The process of observing the whole of a … is called …

III. Work in pairs and complete the following sentences.

- … is an action of …

- … is one of the most …

- … consists of direct survey…, finding …

- … helps to solve …

- … makes pictures…, prepares a diagram…

- … must be recognized, recovered, preserved …

IV. Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

Survey, establish, crime scene, contamination, public.

Proper treatment of the 1) __________ is an important part of an investigation. Officers should 2) ______ the scene, keep out, and protect evidence. An initial check for safety conditions comes first. Then officers should 3) ________ means of separating the scene from the 4) _________. Finally, officers should make efforts to protect evidence from 5) _______ or disturbance.

V. Put instructions in the right order.

1. Retrieve and record the evidence.

2. Document the crime scene by taking photos and making sketches.

3. Secure the area with crime-scene tape.

4. Walk through the crime scene and observe it.

5. Send the evidence to the crime lab.

6. Talk to the victims.

Read the interview and act it out with a partner.

DIALOGUE

A: What is the first thing you do when arrive at the crime scene?

B: Well,first of all, it is necessary to secure the area with crime scene tape.

A: How important is it?

B: That’s very important because we need to prevent anyone from disturbing the evidence. The next thing is to talk to any victims who are at the scene to get important information.

A: Can you give an example, please?

B: A burglary victim, for example, might need to tell us about areas he or she knows the burglar has disturbed, or if there is anything at the scene that doesn’t belong there and which the perpetrator might have left behind – anything to help us.

A: Now, I see.What’s next?

B: The next thing to do is the walk through. We document the scene by taking photos, video, and sometimes by drawing as well. You can sketch the whole scene more easily than you can take a photo of it. A sketch can show the complete layout of rooms or furniture.

A: So, you can leave the crime scene, can’t you?

B: Far from it. Finally we begin retrieving and recording what evidence we can. This can include dusting for fingerprints and lifting them with a special tape, swabbing blood and body fluids and casting for tool, tyre or shoe marks.

A: It is a difficult work, I think.

B: Right you are. It is a delicate, methodical process and takes a long time. Every item is tagged, that is, it has a tag or label put on it, logged – information is written down about it in a record or log book – and bagged, put into individual plastic bags. All the evidence goes to the crime lab to be analyzed.

A: Thank you for answering my questions.

I. Add three more questions to the dialogue and learn it by heart.

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