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• Explain why it is important to secure the crime scene and provide examples.
• Identify possible ways that evidence might be contaminated.
• Identify different methods that might be necessary to document evidence at a crime scene.
• Identify different collection methods that might be used at a crime scene.
• Explain chain of custody and why it is important.
• Identify the repercussions of failure to protect evidence or establish chain of custody.
• Explain how an investigator or forensic expert differentiates between what is or is not evidence.

The Crime Scene Management