What is the documented and unbroken transfer of evidence
Chain of Custody
100
Evidence that (if true) proves an alleged fact, such as an eyewitness account of a crime.
direct evidence
100
This type of search pattern involves walking in a circle around the crime scene, starting on the outside and moving inward.
What is a spiral-in search pattern?
100
This is the term given to a piece of evidence that has been compromised due to poor packaging or handling.
What is contamination?
100
States that when a person comes in contact with an object or another person, a cross-transfer of physical evidence can occur.
Locard's Exchange principle
200
What is (indirect evidence) evidence used to imply a fact but not prove it directly
Circumstantial evidence
200
What is the first police officer to arrive at a crime scene
First Responders
200
Who is responsible for preserving and protecting the crime scene?
First responders
200
This is the term for a process by which evidence is tracked from the scene to the crime lab and documents everyone who has come into contact with the evidence.
What is chain-of-custody?
200
body fluids, hair, plant parts, and natural fibers.
Biological evidence
300
material that connects an individual or thing to a certain group.
Class Evidence
300
What is a kind of evidence that identifies a particular person or thing.
Individual evidence
300
This type of crime scene recording requires the use of a tape measure and pad to create a representation of where evidence is located on the scene.
What is sketching?
300
This type of evidence storage is a folded paper used to hold trace evidence.
What is paper bindle
300
Knowing the ABO blood type of a sample of blood from a crime scene tells us that one of many persons with that blood type may have been there.
Class evidence
400
What is a multidisciplinary approach approach in which scientific and legal professionals work together to solve a crime
Crime-scene investigation
400
What is a folded paper used to hold trace evidence
paper bindle
400
These professionals determine the cause of death when a homicide has occurred
What is Medical examiner
400
Processes all of the evidence the crime scene investigation collected to determine the facts of the crime scene
What is Forensic Lab.
400
This type of crime scene recording requires the use of a tape measure and pad to create a representation of where evidence is located on the scene.
What is sketching?
500
What is a hypothesis of the sequence of events from before the crime was committed through its commission
crime-scene reconstruction
500
What is small but measurable amounts of physical or biological material found at a crime scene.
trace evidence
500
A murder may have taken place at one location , and the corpse found at another
What is primary and secondary crime scene
500
The reason it is important to separate the witness at the crime scene is to
prevent the witness from talking to each other.
500
The goal of a crime scene investigation is to:
recognize,document, and collect evidence at the scene of a crime?