Eyewitness
Can influence a person's ability to recall the events of a crime even after they are no longer under the influence.
Drugs or Alcohol
What does CSI stand for?
Crime Scene Investigation
Typically the first to arrive at a crime scene. They are responsible for securing the scene and detaining the persons of interest in a crime
Police Officers
What is evidence?
Anything left behind by a perpetrator
What evidence, found on the sidewalk proved that the man did not commit suicide?
His glasses
When a person's memory of an event van be influenced by other witnesses, investigators, and/or the media.
Influenced Memory
A person who sees a crime or accident take place
Eyewitness
What does a pathologist (medical examiner) do?
What is Testimonial Evidence?
Oral or written statements and testimony by an eyewitness
DNA evidence that proved who killed the woman was collected from what part of her body?
Under her fingernails
Investigators work with sketch artists and an eyewitness to create sketches of a person's face called this.
Facial Composites
Person thought to be capable of committing a crime
Suspect
Interviews witnesses and consults with the CSI Unit. They investigate the crime by following leads provided by witnesses and physical evidence.
Detectives
Name the 3 types of evidence
Testimonial, Physical, Trace
What evidence was found that proved that the man did not fall from the roof?
Carpet fibers found stuck in his watch
Name 2 of the 4 Crime Scene and Suspect Factors that may make an eyewitness not reliable
Trauma, Time, Distinctive Faces, Time of Day
Person associated with someone suspected of committing a crime
Accomplice
Name one type of CSI specialist
Forensic Scientist (Criminalist), Entomologist, Odontologist
Name 5 types of evidence you might find at a crime scene
Fingerprints, shoe prints, hair, fingernails, tire tracks, etc....
What did the detective see that made him question the man who used the slot machine first and considered him a suspect?
Roof dust on his boots
phenomenon in which people are better at recognizing faces of their own race.
Cross Race Effect (CRE)
What is a perpetrator (or culprit)?
A person who commits an illegal, criminal, or evil act
How does an entomologist (person who studies and is an expert in bugs) figure out how much time has passed after a person has died?
By the size and the weight of the bug that is present
What are the 4 steps to crime scene protocol?
Credit card records