Types of Forensic Science
The type of forensic scientist that studies criminal minds and behavior.
What is forensic psychology?
What are direct and indirect?
This is the location of the rape.
What is Elon, North Carolina?
This is the first "S" of crime scene investigation.
What is "secure the scene"?
This is an example of something that can affect eyewitness testimony.
What is altered perception due to alcohol, drugs, how many people are around, the sounds, inattentional blindness, tiredness, confirmation bias, lighting, etc.?
The type of forensic science that analyzes digital files such as accounting records.
What is forensic computer science?
CCTV footage and eyewitness accounts can be categorized as this type of evidence.
What is direct evidence?
Who is Jennifer Thompson?
This "S" describes when investigators determine where to take photos.
What is "scanning the scene"?
These are two ways to locate objects in a crime scene sketch.
What are rectangular coordinates and transecting baseline?
The type of forensic science that studies the teeth of victims.
What is forensic odontology?
Indirect evidence includes both biological and physical evidence. These pieces of evidence can also be called what term?
What is circumstantial evidence?
This is the sole piece of evidence presented that convicted Ronald Cotton the first time.
What is Jennifer Thompson's eyewitness testimony?
This is the "S" that describes when investigators must keep the witnesses from getting together so they can set their stories straight.
What is "separating the witnesses"?
This is the difference between civil law and criminal law.
What is civil law is private and between citizens; criminal law is between an individual or organization and the government (misdemeanors and felonies)?
The type of forensic science that analyzes drugs in a victim's bloodwork.
This is the difference between class evidence and individual evidence?
What is class evidence narrows evidence down to a group and individual evidence narrows down to a singular person or suspect?
This is the number of years that Ronald Cotton wrongfully served in prison before being exonerated.
What is 11 years?
Once investigators have scanned the scene, this is what they do next.
What is "see the scene", which means that they take photos of the scene and any evidence?
This type of forensic science is dedicated to examining and analyzing the insects found in/on a victim or at a crime scene.
What is forensic entomology?
The type of forensic science that studies the bones of victims.
What is forensic anthropology?
These two terms can be used describe a piece of evidence, such as a fingerprint or DNA sample, left at a crime scene.
What are indirect (circumstantial) and individual evidence?
This is the name of the person who committed the rape and whose DNA actually matched the evidence on the bedsheet.
The final step of crime scene processing is "Securing and Collecting Evidence." This is the term that describes documentation of evidence handling.
What is "Chain of Custody"?
These are the six pieces of information that should be on a crime scene sketch.
What are the date, case #, address or location of the scene, the sketch artist's name, a key, and an arrow pointing north?