Memory/Witness
What is 1 of the 4 types of memory?
Long term implicit, explicit, declarative, or procedural
How is photography used in Forensics?
The use of photography for the documentation of evidence and crime scenes was first advocated by Odelbrecht in 1864. This use of photography created a chain of evidence that is primarily used to convict a suspect. Photography became beneficial and is used to this day as analysis and capturing evidence.
a planned and coordinated legal search of a crime to locate physical evidence relevant to the investigation.
How does DNA play a role in finding a suspect?
DNA is generally used to solve crimes in one of two ways. In cases where a suspect is identified, a sample of that person's DNA can be compared to evidence from the crime scene. The results of this comparison may help establish whether the suspect committed the crime.
Attention used to complete two or more tasks simultaneously (talking on the phone while surfing the web)
Divided Attention
One of the greatest inventions of all time was the portable polygraph. Why?
The polygraph also known as a “lie detector” is a scientific instrument capable of recording changes in several physiological variables. It can detect whether a suspect is lying.
Why is a crime search pattern needed?
To create an effective and successful investigation, investigators and officers must use a proper search pattern technique when processing a crime scene.
-The purpose of a crime scene search is to identify, collect and preserve evidence, and secondly develop facts of the crime.
What might lead a witness to confuse suspects?
Many are share similar appearances. Many might have the same race/ethnicity.
What are the 4 types of attentions
sustained, executive, divided, and selective
Who was Gilbert Thompson?
Gilbert Thompson is best known as the first American to use fingerprints for personal identification. Along with this, Thompson put his own thumbprint on wage chits to safeguard himself from forgeries.
Searching the crime scene is an attempt to...
...note obvious items of evidence and it is done for orientation purposes before the documentation begins.
Witnesses often make wrong assumptions. Leading to sentencing the wrong criminal. Why is that?
At the stand many will get nervous, leading them to forget what even happened. Our brain takes control and just might go with the suspect who matches best to what we can remember.