Vocabulary
Observations
Crime Scene Investigation
Evidence Collection
The Seven S's
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of the forum
What does the Latin word Forensis mean?
100
A statement or assertion of information that can be verified.
What is a fact?
100
Evidence that (if true) proves an alleged fact.
What is direct evidence?
100
All evidence needs to be properly packaged, sealed, and labeled. Liquids and arson remains are stored in these.
What are breathable containers?
100
This is what the first-responder does.
What is secure the scene?
200
A personal belief founded on judgement rather than on direct experience of knowledge is
What is an opinion?
200
Observe, interpret and report observations clearly.
What are important tools and abilities of the forensic investigator?
200
Hair found on a brush, fingerprints found on a glass, blood drops on a shirt.
What are types of trace evidence?
200
Trace evidence.
What is contact with people or things?
200
This is what the first-responder does when question witnesses.
What is separate the witnesses?
300
The documented and unbroken transfer of evidence is a
What is chain of custody?
300
Paul Ekman
Who is the leading expert on facial analysis and deception?
300
Entomologists, forensic psychologists, forensic scientists.
Who are crime scene specialists?
300
A folded paper used to hold trace evidence.
What is a paper bindle
300
Taking photographs.
What is scan the scene?
400
What a person perceives using his or her senses.
What is an observation?
400
An eyewittness.
Who is a person who has seen someone or something and can communicate these facts?
400
The medical examiner that performs autopsies.
What is a coroner?
400
Indirect evidence that can be used to imply a fact, but does not directly prove it.
What is circumstantial evidence?
400
A diagram labeled with north, a scale, case number, location, date and name.
What is sketch the scene?
500
The process of forming conclusions from assumptions and known facts.
What is logic?
500
An influence that interferes with our ability to see and hear what is happening around us.
What is emotional state?
500
Individual evidence.
What is the kind of evidence that identifies a particular person or thing?
500
First-hand observations such as eyewitness accounts.
What is direct evidence?
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