Observation
It faulty, not always accurate and does not always reflect reality.
What is perception?
First-hand observations such as eyewitness accounts.
What is Direct Evidence?
The first to arrive at a crime scene.
What is a police officer?
A person who has seen someone or something and can communicate these facts is..
What is an eyewitness?
Forensic derives from the Latin word, forensis, which means:
What is 'of the forum?'
What you ______________ depends on your level of interest, stress and amount of distractions.
What is Observe?
Evidence that can narrow the suspect down to one specific person.
What is individual evidence?
Medical examiners are also called...
What is a coroner?
A statement or assertion of information that can be verified.
What is a fact?
To ensure all evidence is found, a crime scene is often laid out in a:
What is a grid?
Interpreting information received from the senses.
What is perception?
A type of circumstantial evidence, examples of which include: hair found on a brush, blood drops on a shirt, fingerprints found on a glass, fibers and pollen.
What is trace evidence?
Liquids and arson remains are stored in:
What are breathable containers?
The location where the crime took place is a..
What is a primary crime scene?
Its purpose was to reexamine post-conviction cases (individuals convicted and in prison) using: DNA evidence to provide conclusive proof of innocence.
What is the Innocence Project?
The ability to observe, interpret and report observations is the role of..
What is a forensic investigator?
________ evidence narrows an identity to a group of persons or things.
What is class evidence?
The documented and unbroken transfer of evidence is a...
What is Chain of Custody?
A location other than the primary crime scene, but in some way related to the crime, where evidence is found is the..
What is a secondary crime scene?
Whenever two people come in contact with each other, a physical transfer occurs. This is called...
What is Locard's Principle of Exchange?
A psychologist who has spent the last 50 years studying faces, Paul Ekman, is a leading expert on:
What is facial analysis and deception?
Indirect evidence that can be used to imply a fact, but does not directly prove it.
What is circumstantial evidence?
Forming a hypothesis of the sequence of events from before the crime was committed through its commission.
What is crime scene reconstruction?
A permanent, fixed point of reference used in mapping a crime scene is a...
What is a datum point?
After evidence is collected at a crime scene it is sent to...
What is a forensic lab?