CRIME SCENE BASICS
MEMORY/PERCEPTION
EYEWITNESS BASICS
FORENSIC OCCUPATIONS
MISC. FORENSICS INFO.
100
Any physical location in which a crime has occurred or is suspected of having occurred.
Crime Scene
100
Memories are not literal. They are...
Constructive
100
An observer who claims to have seen something clearly enough to describe it
EYEWITNESS
100
This forensic-related occupation uses in-depth knowledge of fire chemistry and mechanics to investigate possible fire cases. They also gather evidence and eyewitness accounts, talk with insurance companies and provide expert testimony in court proceedings.
Arsonist or Arson Investigator
100
The three branches of forensic science
LABORATORY, FIELD, AND MEDICAL
200
A person who has committed a crime
PERPETRATOR
200
The process of organizing and interpreting information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events.
Perception
200
Includes oral or written statements given to police as well as testimony in court by people who witnessed an event.
Testimonial Evidence
200
This person spends time at crime scenes to collect evidence necessary to recreate a violent crime. Through careful documentation and evidence analysis, crime scene investigators provide proof that is the keystone of most criminal trials
Crime Scene Investigator
200
Use of science to solve crimes or legal cases
FORENSICS
300
A person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident
WITNESS
300
Pareidolia
300
Statement of where a suspect was at the time of a crime.
Alibi
300
Experts in the fields of criminal justice and science who, using their knowledge of how insects aid in bodily decomposition, can determine the time and source of death.
Forensic Entomologist
300
The Latin word for Death
MORTIS
400
A person believed to have committed a crime
SUSPECT
400
A cognitive psychology term that describes how misleading information can alter a person's memory of an event.
The Misinformation Effect
400
A set of procedures in Forensic Science:
Step 1 - Interview
Step 2 - Examine
Step 3 - Document Step 4 - Process
CSI Protocols
400
A person who conducts autopsies and post-mortem examinations on individuals whose deaths may have been caused by unnatural circumstances. They also work closely with law enforcement officials and legal teams to provide expert opinions on their findings.
Forensic Pathologogist
400
The tendency to recognize faces of people in one's own racial group more easily than faces of people from other races.
Cross-Race Effect
500
The original location of a crime. Think 'first' or 'number 1.'
Primary Location
500
How often has research shown that mistaken eyewitness accounts have led to wrongful convictions?
THREE OUT OF FOUR CASES OR 75%
500
'A person who does not become actively involved in a situation where someone else requires help'
BYSTANDER
500
A person who addresses issues such as violence, criminal responsibility, competence to stand trial in both civil and criminal courts, child custody issues, psychic injury, mental disability, malpractice, involuntary treatment, ethics and human rights, and juvenile justice and rehabilitation.
Forensic Psychiatrist
500
A person who is involved in a crime with criminal intent, either by participating in the crime or by aiding and abetting its commission.
ACCOMPLICE
600
Person associated with someone suspected of committing a crime.
Accomplice
600
A concept that states memories may not be accurate reproductions of events but can be altered by new information related to beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions to fill in gaps in the memory
CONSTRUCTIVE MEMORY CONCEPT
600
Reason a person commits a crime, such as money, hate, or jealousy.
Motive
600
People who examine firearms, ammunition, and other evidence related to guns and projectiles.
Ballistics
600
A defense of having been somewhere other than at the scene of a crime at the time the crime was committed. The fact or state of having been elsewhere when a crime was committed.
ALIBI
700
An alternative location where evidence of a crime might be found.
Secondary Scene
700
A memory error where a person creates a false memory due to the addition of false information - without the intent to deceive. Could also occur based on questioning techniques.
CONFABULATION
700
Using science to solve crimes or legal cases - refers to LAW
FORENSICS
700
A scientist who analyzes bodily fluids and tissue samples to identify drugs and chemicals, and to help determine the effects of those substances on people.
FORENSIC TOXOLOGIST
700
Post Mortem
After Death
800
This person or persons solve crimes through the analysis of physical evidence (blood, prints, hair, fiber, etc...) related to suspects and may give evidence in legal cases
FORENSIC SCIENTIST
800
A psychological phenomenon that causes people to see a familiar object or structure in a random or ambiguous visual pattern.
PAREIDOLIA
800
This can lead to arrests, provide information to be used in the interrogation of suspects, and direct the creation of a lineup.
EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY
800
This occupation comes from the Greek anthropos and logia
ANTHROPOLOGY
800
A Latin term used to describe a criminal's distinct pattern of behavior or method of operation.
Modus Operandi (M.O.)
900
This person or persons documents the crime scene, identifies evidence, protects evidence and the crime scene from contamination, works with scientists to analyze evidence, provides a theoretical reconstruction of the crime, and may give evidence in court
CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATOR
900
This principle states that a perpetrator of a crime will leave something behind at the crime scene and take something away
LOCARD'S EXCHANGE PRINCIPLE
900
A memory bias that occurred when people believed they saw Bugs Bunny at Disneyland after seeing Disneyland brochures with Bugs Bunny in them. The results are transferrable when considering eyewitness testimonial evidence.
The Bunny Effect
900
This occupation comes from the Greek words Pathos and Logos
PATHOLOGY
900
The four Mortises
PALLOR, RIGOR, LIVOR, ALGOR
MORTIS