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CRIME SCENE – also called “locus criminis”; the
location at which a suspected criminal offense has
occurred.

CRIME SCENE RELEASE – the end of crime scene
processing and the return of the premises or area
to the owner or another responsible person;
determined by the scene coordinator.

CRIME SCENE SKETCH – a measured drawing of a
scene, showing the location of all the important
items, particularly physical evidence.

CRIME STATISTICS – the accounts that the State
compiles of the actions of its agencies concerning
those acts which the law prescribes.

CRIMEN FURTI – larceny or theft

CRIMEN INCENDI – arson or incendiary fire

CRIMEN MAJESTATIS – treason

CRIMEN OMNIA EX SE NATA VITIAT – crime
vitiates everything, which springs from it.

CRIMEN TRAHIT PERSONAM – the crime carries
the person.

CRIMES BY IMITATION – are crimes committed by
merely duplicating of what was done by others.

CRIMES BY PASSION – are crimes committed
because of the fit of great emotions.

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