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• TRUTH 


  The function of an investigation is to discover the
• PARALLEL


  The following are methods of search, except:
• ASSESSING


  This action assists the investigator in deciding on what to do, when to do it, and what resources may be required.
• OBSERVING


  This is the most common activity involved in crime scene processing. It is the act of mentally registering the condition of the scene and artifacts found in it.
• KNOWLEDGE


  This refers to the basic understanding of the crime scene technicians about what they are trying to accomplish and why.
• LINE SEARCH


  This is a variation of the strip search, where multiple surgeries follow a single strip in one direction, while on-line with each other.
• SPIRAL


  The searchers in this method follow each other the path of a spiral, beginning from the outside and spiraling in towards the center.
• DOUBLE STRIP


  This is another variation on the strip search. Searchers follow strips in one direction, then cut across the scene in another set of strips, oriented 90 degrees to the first.
• INDOOR CRIME SCENE 


  This crime entails that the offender committed the crime in an enclosed place; crime could have been committed in a room or inside the house but not necessarily the house of the victim.
• CRIME SCENE INVES


  It refers to a comprehensive inquiry of a crime scene by conducting systematic procedure of various investigative methodologies.