TRACE EVIDENCE
Which of the following are types of trace evidence?
What are fibers, pollen and soil, hair and fur, glass and paint?
What are the main types of witnesses in courtroom testimony?
What are expert witness, lay witness, character witness, and eyewitness?
This microscope uses visible light and mimics the human eye.
What is a compound light microscope?
What are the three qualities that make fingerprint identification valuable?
What are individuality, identifiable characteristics, and unchanging structure?
This point holds clues to the fire's start and possible accelerants.
What is the point of origin?
The area in which blood drops in an impact pattern originated.
What is the area of convergence?
What are the jobs of the prosecutor and defense attorney?
What is to serve justice (prosecutor) and defend the accused (defense attorney)?
This powerful tool can magnify up to 1 million times.
What is an electron microscope?
Define mobile forensics.
What is the recovery and investigation of data from digital devices?
The evidence unit that tracks who handled items after collection.
What is chain of custody?
This number of tires must be present to leave tire track evidence.
What is two?
What is the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine?
What is the doctrine stating illegally obtained evidence is inadmissible?
This microscope is joined by an optical bridge for comparing evidence side by side.
What is a comparison microscope?
What are the two types of facial recognition?
What are authentication and identification?
Evidence that can be linked to a single person or source.
What is individual evidence?
A dissecting microscope is also known as this.
What is a stereoscope?
This determines whether evidence stays admissible despite chain of custody concerns.
What is the value of the evidence?
Used to detect birefringence in botanical or pharmaceutical samples.
What is a polarizing microscope?
What must be considered in a human bite mark evaluation?
What are the maxilla, mandible, and victim movement?
The courtroom role responsible for determining the admissibility of evidence.
What is the trial judge?
This microscope measures spectra in trace samples like textile fibers or paint fragments.
What is a microspectrophotometer?
This type of correlation exists between mental illness and violent acts.
What is a weak correlation?
What unit assigns identification numbers to evidence at a crime lab?
What is the evidence intake unit?
Why is forensic psychiatry important in understanding criminal behavior?
What is because many individuals experience mental illness?
This type of evidence often requires tweezers or tape lifting to collect.
What is trace evidence?