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study of finding evidence to solve a crime or find the guilt or innocence of suspects
What is Forensics?
the location that provides evidence which may include a body, car, type of building, or objects found
What is a crime scene?
a person who provides proof of a crime saw a crime
Who is a witness?
a more serious crime with punishment with more than a year in jail, fines, and probation
What is a felony?
age, race, use of drugs, memory, influenced by another witness
What are witness factors?
firearm examiner, crime scene investigator, criminologist, trace evidence examiner, forensic computer scientist
What are careers in Forensics
What is a suspect?
a person who sees an event and can report or testify to it.
What is an eye-witness?
a crime that is not a serious offense, with punishment of less than a year in county jail, probabtion fines
varies from state to state
What is a misdeamenor?
a person or computer program which uses facial reconstruction program to make a picture of a suspect
Who is a sketch artist?
a person who that found that everything leaves a trace
Who is Edmond Locard?
any physical evidence that can be collected from a crime scene ( hair, soil, fingerprints, DNA, etc)
What is trace evidence?
something that can be proven really happened, and can be verified
What is a fact?
a slight offence, traffic ticket, littering
What is an infraction?
a person who made detection methods popular in a crime scene, also wrote a book
Who is Sir Arthur Conon Doyle?
the first to study fingerprints
Who was Francis Galton
developed a way to match a gun to the bullet it was fired from
Who was Calvin Goddard?
someone's own thoughts about something, and can not be proven
What is an oppinion?
assalts, murder, burgalary, car left, drug charges,
What is a felony?
eye witness account not realiable because
What is memory, age, time of day, etc.?
identified the type of blood from dried blood
Who was Leone Lattes?
oral or written statements to the police by someone who witnessed an event
What is testimony or testimonial evidence?
the law that relates to a crime, thought as threatening, or harmful to the health, and safety of others
What is criminal law?
DWI, Drug possession (small amount), tresspassing, shoplifting
What is a misdeamenor?
software that reconstructs a person's face
What is called FACE?