WITNESS &
MEMORY
MEMORY
What takes away from eyewitness reliability?
Bias
Max Frei-Sulzer developed the “tape lift method” to collect what type of evidence?
Fingerprints
What does EMS stand for?
Emergency Medical Services
What are the two types of evidence?
Direct
Circumstantial
Describe the difference between implicit and explicit memory.
Implicit is remembered subconsciously
Explicit is remembered intentionally
What decade was the first use of dna profiling to exonerate an innocent suspect?
The Chinese culture
What is the main rule of crime scenes?
Do not disturb any evidence
What are the three types of circumstantial evidence?
Physical
Biological
Trace
Describe the difference between episodic and semantic memory.
Episodic is the recall of personal experiences
Semantic is the recall of general information
What decade was the first use of dna profiling to exonerate an innocent suspect?
The 1980s
Why is it necessary to separate witnesses?
To avoid them collaborate on the story
To avoid adding extra biases
What is Locard's exchange principle?
When things interact they leave traces of each other, on eachother