The Field of Forensic Science
When two objects come into contact with each other there is always a transfer of material.
What is Locard's Principle?
Laws established by the Supreme Court.
What is Constitutional Law?
You have the right to remain silent...you have the right to speak to an attorney...
What is the Miranda Rights?
Evidence that has to actually prove something.
What is probative evidence?
The misconceptions jury members may have to how forensics is conducted due to TV shows.
What is the CSI effect?
FBI, DEA, ATF, US Postal Service and Us Fish and Wildlife Service
What are the governmental agencies that maintain their own crime labs?
Laws that forensic scientists examine and contend with.
What are civil and criminal laws?
Murder, arson, violence, threats, and assault.
What are felonies?
Evidence that must address an issue that is relevant to the particular crime.
What is material evidence?
The branch of government that makes laws.
What is the legislative branch?
A field that helps forensic scientists study how insect activity affects decomposition in dead bodies.
What is entomology?
Right to a speedy and public trial, impartial jury, right to counsel, and the right to be informed of charges brought against you.
What is the 6th Amendment?
When a person in custody appears before a judge to hear charges and enter a plea of guilty or not guilty.
What is an arraignment?
A ruling that says evidence must be approved by the scientific community.
What is the Frye standard?
When a judge oversees a case between people who are disputing a contract.
What is civil law?
Another name for the examination and study of crime to matters of the law.
What is criminalistics?
The right to be tried for a crime only once.
What is double jeopardy?
An expert who is called upon to testify.
What is an expert witness?
A ruling that says the judge is the gatekeeper in determining if evidence is admissible or allowed in court.
What is the Daubert ruling?
When a defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge to avoid legal costs and longer jail times.
What is plea bargaining?
A type of reasoning that helps scientists draw conclusions based on general scientific principles.
What is deductive reasoning?
An activity that is protected by the first amendment but can become a crime if it leads to violence or harm.
What is hate speech?
Citizens who hear evidence only from the prosecution.
What is a Grand Jury?
Seeks to eliminate junk science and non-expert testimony.
What are the Frey and Daubert standards?
What is the Drug and Enforcement Administration (DEA)?