Foundations of Forensics Vocab
What is acquitted?
This field of forensics analyzes the shape and pattern of blood droplets.
What is blood spatter analysis?
This type of evidence includes firsthand observations such as eyewitness accounts, confessions, or camera footage.
What is direct evidence?
This direction is always included in a crime scene sketch.
What is north?
Each piece of evidence that is collected needs to be sealed and have this attached.
What is an evidence label?
This is the influence that crime show viewing has on juror verdicts.
What is the CSI Effect?
This professional works in pathology - they perform autopsies and determine the cause and manner of death.
What is a medical examiner?
A fingerprint is considered this kind of circumstantial evidence.
What is physical?
This search pattern is time consuming but the most throrough because the area gets searched twice!
What is a grid search?
What is mold?
Everyone has this, unconscious attitudes that shape our understanding and actions without awareness.
What is implicit bias?
Texts, calls, DMs, snapchats, app usage, health monitoring, etc. are all used in this field of forensics.
What is digital forensics?
Dental records and DNA are examples of this kind of evidence that can narrow a suspect's identity down to a single person.
This procedure must be maintained in order for the evidence to be admissible.
What is chain of custody?
Liquids and arson remains must be stored in airtight, unbreakable containers to prevent this process from happening.
What is evaporation?
Because our perception can be limited and faulty, this person's memories are not always reliable.
Who is an eyewitness?
We watched an episode of Bones in class, the main character, Dr. Temperance Brennan, is this kind of forensic scientist.
What is a Forensic Anthropologist?
This type of evidence narrows a suspect's identity down to a group of people or things, for example, blood type
Anyone who enters the crime scene must follow this to ensure safety and preservation of evidence.
What is a common path?
When sealing evidence, you sign and date along or on top of this part.
What is the seal or tape?
The legal side that presents the case against a person accused of a crime.
What is the prosecution?
This field of forensics includes the study of insects and insect larvae.
What is forensic entomology?
If a CSI finds a hair at the scene, this part must be included in order for the hair to be individual evidence.
What is the root?
Often forgotten by students, this step is critical for combatting collusion.
What is step 2, separate the witnesses?
When collected, trace evidence must go into this before it goes into an evidence bag or container.
What is a paper bindle?