Vocabulary
__________ _____________are not unique to a particular object but place the particular bit of evidence into a group of objects.
What are Class characteristics?
his method involves carefully documenting the original state of the crime scene using photos or sketches before collecting any evidence.
What is crime scene documentation?
This pre-trial phase allows the defense to challenge the admissibility of forensic evidence based on reliability or methodology.
What is a Daubert hearing (or Frye hearing)?
When collecting evidence at a crime scene, it's important to wear these protective items to avoid contamination.
What are gloves, shoe covers, and goggles.
This type of evidence includes fingerprints, blood, and hair, which can help identify a suspect.
What is physical evidence?
__________ ____________ narrow down the evidence to a single, individual source.
What are Individual characteristics?
When documenting bloodstains at a crime scene, forensic experts use this term to describe the shape and distribution of the patterns.
What is blood spatter analysis?
A forensic expert’s explanation about lab results or crime scene findings is considered this type of courtroom statement.
What is expert testimony?
This term describes the documented trail of who has handled the evidence from the time it is collected until it is presented in court.
What is chain of custody?
Evidence such as broken glass or paint chips that can be transferred between a suspect and a crime scene is known as this.
What is trace evidence?
Determine if each piece of evidence has either class characteristics or individual characteristics.
Column A
1. wear and tear on a hammer
2.blood
3.sneaker tread and logo
4.fingerprint
5.hair with root attached
1. Class
2. Individual
3. Class
4. Individual
5. Individual
The first step in securing a crime scene is setting up this physical barrier to keep unauthorized people out.
What is crime scene tape?
This process allows opposing counsel to question a forensic expert in order to challenge the credibility of their findings.
What is cross-examination?
To ensure biological evidence such as blood or DNA is not degraded, it should be stored in these types of breathable containers rather than plastic.
What are paper bags or envelopes?
This type of evidence consists of eyewitness accounts and statements given under oath.
What is testimonial evidence?
Serious crimes that are punishable by more than 1 year in jail and up to lifetime imprisonment or death if the death penalty is allowed in the state where sentencing occurs.
What is a Felony?
When searching for evidence at a large outdoor crime scene, investigators might use this search pattern to ensure no areas are missed.
What is a grid search?
In forensic science, establishing that a piece of evidence is in the same condition as when originally collected is known as this.
What is maintaining the integrity of evidence?
This tool is used to collect latent fingerprints by dusting surfaces with powder.
What is a fingerprint brush?
The three D's of evidence collection especially at a crime scene.
What is double gloving, double swabbing, and double packaging.
__ _____ ___________protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.
What is the fourth amendment?
Before collecting evidence, investigators must take these records.
What is a photograph? What is a sketch?
In cases where forensic evidence plays a major role, the expert must establish this legal term that indicates the evidence is directly related to the case
What is relevance?
To collect DNA samples from a suspect, forensics typically swab this part of the body.
What is the inside of the cheek (or mouth)?
Investigators use this color-changing chemical to detect the presence of blood at a crime scene.
What is luminol?